Levy Trail South/DFL/Joe report

I walked Levy Trail South early this afternoon in 31:13.
The DFL Green Bay Packers defeated the Ratpackers, 103.96-97.77, to advance from tenth to eighth place. We have won three consecutive games but, with one game left in the regular season, remain a longshot to make the playoffs. In order to make it, we will need the seventh-place Last Chance FUs and the sixth-place Cajun Navy to lose. We will need to win against Jeff Krupsaw's Schwarbears and score 17.71 points more than Cajun Navy. Furthermore, we will need the Get Down Boys to either lose or not outscores us by more than 0.62 points.
It's right at 4 p.m. and I haven't seen Joe since a little past midnight, or roughly sixteen hours ago. This is, I think, the longest he has been out of my sight, not counting a recent trip to Kansas City. You'd think that after eighteen years of uninterrupted cat cohabitation I wouldn't be so much as curious about Joe's whereabouts.

Levy Trail North/Levy Trail Loop

I walked Levy Trail North on Sunday morning in 31:57.
Late this afternoon, I walked the Levy Trail Loop in 33:16.

Joe T. Robinson/Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked through a cold, driving mist for 38:07 before Joe T. Robinson's 36-0 victory over Central Arkansas Christian at Robinson High on Friday night.
At lunchtime today, I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop in 34:17.

Levy Trail

I walked north to Kierre Street and back on the Levy Trail this morning in 1:07:24. Based on an average of my first- and last-mile splits of 16:17 and 16:07, this course covers approximately 4.16 miles.

38th Street Loop

I walked 38th Street Loop this morning in 33:25.

River Trail/First Tee

Ron and Elaine Gimblet and I started south from Cooks Landing and walked out and back on the River Trail for 1:08:39 this morning. The rest of the Geezers walked further.
Ed Pennington and I played one lap of First Tee this afternoon. Ed scored 42. I scored 47 and used 20 putts.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South this morning in 30:36. There was an impossibly cute squirrel-size kitten on the trail about a hundred yards north of 38th Street. Too bad he/she was most likely feral. All I could get once it ran from the trail was about half its face and one eye peering back from behind a tree. I'm kind of in the market for a step-sibling for Joe.
This evening, I walked Levy Trail South in 33:01. I'm in about a half an hour before the Chiefs play the LA Chargers in a game that will decide my DFL weekend.

Levy Trail North

I walked Levy Trail North this morning in, no kidding, 29:29.

OVERHEARD
"Yes, we do. You oughta come check him out."
—pleasant-looking fifty-year-old man in a gray suit walking with his wife from the Levy Church of Christ across the Levy Trail to the church parking lot as the congregation let out at twenty minutes after eleven. You know, with plenty of time to make noon NFL kickoffs. The man's comment was a response to Pete's, "Y'all must have a football-friendly pastor."
It was, no kidding, the closest thing in Pete's long experience with Churches of Christ members to have heard a suggestion from any of them that he consider attending one of their services*
*Pete has long wondered if this was due to a cultural slant of the institution or the observational skills of its members

Burns Park Championship Course/Irby Hall Loop

CONWAY—I added the Irby Hall Loop for UCA football days when I feel well and have a little more time. It's no more than the Bear Loop with several blocks tacked on. I walked it in 55:17 this afternoon.
Ed, John, and I played Burns Park Championship Course on Friday afternoon. Ed scored 96. I scored 99 and John 109. I had nines of 52 and 47 and used 34 putts.

Levy Trail

Just as I walked in, I saw one of the city trucks about a block away that pick up refuse. I'm fascinated to see how its occupants respond to two trees from my backyard that are chopped and piled up by the street in front of my house.
Well, they drove right past. I believe, or at least hope, this means they will send another truck. I have witnessed them do that with other such enormous piles in front of neighbors' houses over my tenure here. We'll see.*
The paved portion of the Levy Trail now extends an entire extra mile toward Camp Robinson, a bit beyond two miles north from my house and approximately 2.75 miles from its southern starting point near Spectators.
I walked from here to the turnaround on Kierre Street and back late this morning in 1:10:16.
*A truck returned at about noon-thirty. Fifteen minutes later, the remains of two seventeen-year-old Bradford Pear trees were gone

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop late this afternoon in 34:55. It's a toasty 35°F in Levy at 5:25 p.m.

Levy Trail South/DFL

I walked Levy Trail South this morning in 33:53. When I walked back into my house, at about 7:50 a.m.,  the temperature in Levy was 20°F, with a RealFeel® of 7.
The DFL Green Bay Packers stopped their losing streak at five games with a 104.64-92.61 victory over the Trojan Men. They are at 4-6 and in tenth place in the fourteen-team league. My team is not yet mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, but I would put its chances at roughly 75-1 against.

QUESTION OF THE DAY
How does someone drive to a Hobby Lobby to buy a clock and forget what they had driven to the Hobby Lobby to buy?

OVERHEARD
"I just remembered what I needed: a clock."
—woman to her daughter at Hobby Lobby, which seemed to Rockmundo roughly equivalent to someone walking around in Lowe's only to stop and say, "I just remembered what I needed: a garbage disposal."

Jewel E. Moore Nature Reserve Bear Loop

CONWAY—I walked the Jewel E. Moore Nature Reserve Bear Loop early this afternoon in 59:01. By god, the course I walked today will now and for all time remain the Bear Loop. Its sponsorship rights are subject to change.

Joe T. Robinson High/Levy Trail South

I walked for 36:03 around the rather large Joe T. Robinson High parking lot and school grounds last night before I watched Robinson defeat Benton Harmony Grove, 35-6.
Late this afternoon, I walked Levy Trail South in 33:36.

First Tee Par-3/DFL

I played one lap of the First Tee Par-3 course this afternoon, using one ball from the back and another from the front. As an example of how peculiar my game is at the moment, I scored 34 from the front and 32 from the back. I had a total of 9 pars, 7 bogies, 1 double, 1 triple, and used 33 putts.
The DFL Green Bay Packers lost their goddamn fifth-consecutive game. With our 103.21-86.12 loss to Walt Webb's Fat Whores, we fell to 3-6 with virtually no chance to make the playoffs.
By the way, my golf game and DFL franchise are similar. Both are close to good but not quite there.

Ghetto Cat Loop

I walked the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 32:54.

Levy Trail South/Burns Park Tournament Course/DFL

I alternated four-minute walks with one-minute jogs to complete Levy Trail South this morning in 29:48. It was 33°F in Levy when I walked in at about 8:45 a.m.
Ed Pennington and I played the par-70 Burns Park Tournament Course (anyone who knows who Mr. EverydayRunning is knows which course I'm talking about) this afternoon. I scored 86 and Ed 87. It was the fifth time I have broken 90 on a course with a par of 70 or higher. I had nines of 42 and 44, used 32 putts, and had 7 pars, 7 bogies, 3 doubles, and 1 triple.
It has been, I believe, eight years since I last played that course. I don't remember enjoying it as much (no, I don't mean having more fun on it, rather appreciating the somewhat tricky layout. Obviously, few events during a round on that course will be more than to have watched the abject joy of a little four-eyed Chinese-looking woman bang a shot off my golf bag to subsequently outscore her boyfriend and me for the first time).
The DFL Green Bay Packers lost to the Complete Sellouts last week, 109.25-88.75, to drop to 3-5 and 10th in our 14-team league. We are very close to toast. Our four-game losing streak might be the longest in DFL Packers history.