I have been walking for my health for 40 years now. I began in March of 1974. My wife and I moved into the neighborhood in which we reside now with a lot of enthusiasm. I remember the second or third day after moving into our new home, I noticed several cars driving up in front of our house. The curious thing was that it was about 5 am in the morning. I also noticed that the men in the cars all went into the house next door. I thought to myself, what could this be all about?
I found out the next day when an old gentleman from the same house next door came over to me as I was watering my yard, why the men were going into his house. After greeting each other, he proceeded to tell me why the cars were parking in front of our houses so early in the morning. It turned out that they were a walking group. The old gentleman was 89 years of age at the time, and he was very well respected in the community. He was the catalyst for the group for walking to get his exercise at such an elderly age. The men were so amazed by the old gentleman that they all decided to honor him by starting the walking exercise from his house.
