BACK ON TRACK~Exercise; Quartzsite-AZ

As soon as my alarm went off, this morning - I was out of bed (skipped making it, for the moment), quickly dressed & out the door; walking ;-)

There has been so much going on in my personal life, that exercise fell trough the cracks; but, now I'm back on track.

And I'm going to stay on track.

My walking area here is limited, so I have to make several laps around the perimeter to make my daily goal (which is 1 mile/day for starters).

On my second lap, I noticed a little wild rabbit was keeping an eye on my progress ;-)

A White-tailed rabbit - it blended in so well, if it hadn't moved, I would have missed it.

I paced myself so I didn't run out of steam before finishing my goal: I walked four laps, which ended up being just a little under a full mile. I'm okay with that. I don't want to overdue, right out of the chute.

Standing outside our front door, just under a mile = 4 laps around the Park perimeters.

As it happened, four laps was just right; because as I got inside, I noticed that a sandstorm was kicking up; there had been a little grit in the air I breathed as I walked along (not enough to harm my lungs), but the sand was seriously getting whipped up and tossed into the air, now :-(

Back inside in the nick of time …

As I walked in … Holland walked out, to drive into town for some salad fixings.

As he was leaving, the wind had picked up significantly - and Independence was rocking and rolling: at one point I was wondering if Holland would come back to find the wind had blown Independence off her legoed Jack Blocks.

Things had settled down by the time he got back, thank the Lord :-)

Windy sandstorm; Quartzsite-AZ

Legoed RV stabilizer Jack Blocks.

Things had significantly settled down, by the time Holland returned home.

By the time the salad fixings had been refrigerated, and he sat down in his recliner … the mountain range was visible, again:

Plomosa Mountains, Quartzsite-AZ: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plomosa_Mountains)

These mountains in Arizona, are considered part of the Rocky Mountain Range: though they are designated as the Southern Rocky Mountains at the tail end of the range.

I was thankful the house rocking had ended. I threw some laundry in the washer ... and scouted for a book to read over the weekend. I bypassed the boxed books - and I didn't even thumb through the Cussler novels. I went straight for the one book I knew would fit the month of October.

A cup of hot cocoa is also in tonight's relaxing mood mode ;-)

Basically Christmas themed books …

I'll save Clive's novel's until later, too ;-)

I think I've read this before; I've read most of her books.

It's been a good day - and I foresee a good night :-D

Sundown; The Pit Stop RV Park, Quartzsite-AZ

FULL BODY WORKOUT~My Senior Exercise Plan; #11/Long Beach-WA

It's raining cats and dogs here at the moment; but at some point the sun will prevail along our journey, and I want to be fit and ready :-)

All of the exercises I choose to do are relatively easy on an aging body: I marked my 67th year on earth in December, and I have physical limitations - such as asthma and scoliosis. But I have been fortunate enough, by the grace of Elohim, to live a full and active life without undue complications - the asthma can get a bit dicey at times, but the spinal curvature (I only found out about this condition a decade ago, when an X-ray showed it) isn't painful, crippling, or deformative in any way.

All that said, I enjoy my exercise time, and do what I do with my body, thoughtfully.

So, I'm in my she-cave-room, working muscles and burning off calories …

Stepper & weights, today …

Steppers provide a full-body workout; they can also strengthen and tone muscles in your lower body, including your calves, quads, hamstrings, and glutes.

A stronger lower body, which you get from consistent use of a stepper, will make heavy lifting, running, and other forms of activity easier.

And toning your upper body with weights will strengthen the muscles needed to live a full, enjoyable, functioning body - allowing you to age gracefully.

10 Minute Tone Your ARM Workout With WEIGHTS | Biceps, Triceps, Shoulders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVO_Zre2Tbg

Still in the safe zone … I'll bump up to 8-lb. weights, next time; I hardly felt "the burn" with the 5's.

Also, warmer weather (please, God!) is only a few short weeks away, so I added back exercises to my toning repertoire: I like to wear sleeveless tops when the heat is up - and will do that as long as I am able to pull it off ;-)

Sleeveless summers = toned and shapely arms; June & July, 2023.

[8 minutes] beautiful back and posture! Back training that can be done while standing: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7CePwR5-k)

*BELLY FAT EXERCISES~My Senior Exercise Plan 2024; #10/Long Beach-WA 

https://roadgypsiesvalandholland.blogspot.com/2024/02/belly-fat-exercisesmy-senior-exercise.html

CLAM TIDE~Shabbat/Long Beach-WA

The whole day today was good :-)

Straight off, Holland's blood work results came back looking good; and he's walking easier.

I got a morning text from Becky, with exciting news.

Morning text from Becky.

David invited us to go clam digging with him at 4 PM: YUM!

I got a full body workout at the beach - a lot of muscles are used digging clams ;-)

Clam digging was fun - wet, but fun ;-)

And Yeshua blessed the close of our day with a lovely sunset over the Pacific Ocean …

Sunset as we were leaving the beach.