Here's how I spent the morning of my day off from work, on January 1, 2008. I got up at 4:30 a.m., ate breakfast, and set out on
a long walk . This is the route that I've been walking every month since last January, so it's the 13th time I've done it. There's usually something special about each time. This time it's all about my new hiking boots. Hiking boots aren't especially practical footwear for urban hiking in south Florida, but I need to break in my new boots so they can be used in more northerly, wilder environs.
I left the house at 5:05 a.m. It was still dark.
