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The chemo treatments have changed my normally active life… I just don’t have enough energy for clearing brush anymore (as I did last year) or for a long hike in the woods. So to keep in good physical shape we have started to walk each evening. Last night we returned to Boulevard Park to walk along the waterfront boardwalk. It was a busy place and off in the distance we could hear the sound of live music. We didn’t know it then, but we were heading towards an end-of-summer dance sponsored by the Bellingham Parks and Recreation: As a token of appreciation to the community, Bellingham Parks & Recreation invites everyone to the annual Dance on Taylor Dock on August 30th. Enjoy the “honkytonk-cajun-hippiebilly-blues” of Jon Parry, Joe Paquin and friends in a truly scenic location. What fun! It was mostly an “over the age of fifty” crowd who clapped enthusiastically and tried to remember how to dance the hustle. A younger couple wowed us all with their break-dancing. Two people listened to the music from a small boat tied to a piling. We ended our walk at Wood’s Coffee where we enjoyed an iced drink called the Mudslide… a combination of espresso, iced cream, white chocolate, dark chocolate, and toasted marshmallow. As we left, we watched the sun set over Bellingham Bay. And we were just going for a walk.

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