I really don’t know why. I’ve been stopping at Lithia Park in Ashland on the way home on the past few trips. It’s a wonderful place to stroll. Not to mention that if the light is favorable you can get some darn nice pictures of little Ashland Creek.

I wasn’t sure how it was going to be today considering that there hasn’t been much in the way of fall color. Actually Lithia Park had better color than the other places I’ve visited this month. Well, with the exception of the trees in the cities.

Today was, as usual, a sunny day. So I was hoping to get some nice colorful reflections in the creek. Apparently timing is extremely critical. As it so happened, I hit the perfect time last year. This year I was lamenting the lack of reflected color. As I walked a bit further I started to see some. You see, I arrived just a tiny bit earlier this year. My observation, which is based on a sample of just two days, is that the right time starts around 10:35. I ended up looping back to my original spot by 11:40 and that was too late.

Oh I made sure to visit the tiny Japanese Garden. Last year I was just a bit late, but there was still some color and the fallen red leaves were pretty. This year I was definitely too late.

After dinner tonight I was looking for a trash can. I found one in the exercise room. As long as I was in there I figured why not try the machines. I had never used an elliptical before. I didn’t like it. I had to bend my knees too much. The recumbent bike was okay. I wouldn’t mind working with it a little more to get a better feel for it. But I tried that after I got a work out on the treadmill. That was okay. I prefer actually walking on the ground, but I think I wouldn’t mind having one at home. It felt a little strange, but I think I might be able to get used to it. Gee, that would save me the trouble of driving so far so that I can go walking in the woods.