Ginger, I totally agree about the ocean! I’m an ocean person (trapped in the midwest, haha!), having grown up on the east coast, literally down the street from the water.

I am thinking the poster’s issue about “through the end of the year” may be weather, i.e., winter related. I have the same issue. I live in a great location for walking BUT having had back and neck surgeries and being older now 😢, I will not walk if it’s slippery out. I wish I could just go to a gym for limited use in winter. But they don’t allow memberships like that. Argh.

Yes, @gingerw, I do drive to nearby parks to walk on good weather days. My concern is for those wet, slippery wintry days when, with my osteoporosis, I dare not risk a fall.

My yards are my passion and being outdoors is my favorite place to be. Not fortunate to live by an ocean or even big lake but nature and fresh air do more for my well being than almost anything else.

Friends laugh and say "don't call her until late in the day because she'll be in the yard!" They are right unless high heat drives me inside.

I do really like the idea of the 3 wheel bicycle though because that could be used as aging and neuropathy become more of a problem for feet; however, the pedaling might not be good either down the road on the feet...worth considering/investigating though. Thanks for your response! Take care and stay well.

I do that at Lake Superior. Just standing by the lake is very humbling. Sometimes I see a "saltie" (ocean-going cargo ship) leaving the harbor for the long journey back to Europe starting with 24 hrs across that deep, cold lake and I get very pensive.