e South Marysbut rf) Blogs & Blogging - Continued from page 6 I could barely go over 5 km per hour. Senior hik- ers with walkers were passing me by. In a few are- as, the railway ties had not even been removed yet. It was dreadfully hard slogging so finally I changed to cycling on the roads alongside the TCTrail, going from town to town along the old rail line. But, back to blogs and blogging. I did 365 blogs from my 64th to my 65th birthday, counting backward, 365 down to zero. Then I blogged up to the day the trip started because I just could not give it up, and then I blogged the trip which was so very hard, and so very enjoyable. Now I have that won- derful record of it all. That is the best thing about ‘plogspot' for which I am etemally grateful. You _ get to read it whenever you want to. Years later and it's still there but do a change on it every once in a while to show it's active. ‘Blogspot’ always shows the very last entry you're written so that anyone reading it reads the most recent entry first - the opposite to that of read- ing a book. My blog has to be read ‘backward’ - the last day(s) of my cycling trip showing up first on the blog with the day I started my trip being about 40 blogs back. Whether I was blogging about the countdown or blogging about the bicycle trip, most days I at- tached a picture. I must add here that I got hooked on blogging and looked forward so much to taking pictures and. writing something on the blog at the end of each day. Photographing sure slowed me down when I was actually cycling but gave me the needed rests that I should have taken anyway. I strongly suggest that you try doing a blog if you love communicating. Write about whatever your hobby or greatest interest is even if it's just writing. Blog's are so very rewarding and such fun to do. Not only that, when you're retired, you have more time to do it (if you don't join too many clubs). Karen I. Smith BS (blog savvy) Skip the crowds. Avoid the lines. At AV ON you will find everything you need. Great gifts. Exceptional quality. Amazing values. _ Personalized service, including FREE delivery. MAKE AVON YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP...HAVE A CAREFREE HOLIDAY Call Karen Vance-McCrea for yur AVON brochures and let's start checking off that list!! 613.476.9729