Poem 252: Busy Saturday

My Saturday morning started early, around six o’clock

Then shortly afterwards, the dog and I were on our walk

It was a nice morning and we didn’t set much of a pace

After over an hour and a half of walking, we were back at our place

Both of us were contented in achieving our daily goal

Once we entered the house, I filled his water bowl

He lapped it up mightily and finally quenched his thirst

Meanwhile I polished off a glass myself and was able to finish first

I filled up his food dish and he ate a little bit

Then we headed to the front porch to relax and sit

I wolfed down some cereal as I listened to the news

The puppy did his usual, stretched out and took a snooze

After relaxing for a while, I heard my cell phone beep

It wasn’t quite loud enough to rouse my dog from sleep

My neighbours were wondering if I wanted to join them in a hike

I messaged back that I would and proceeded to get my bike

It was a little after nine when the three of us headed out

We all knew where we were going and were familiar with the route

It would be almost four hours after everything was said and done

We arrived back in our neighbourhood  a little after one

We covered over thirty four kilometers on the trek that we took

We took in all the scenery and had the time to stop and look

I finished cleaning myself up and was just sitting around

When all of a sudden, my phone made another beeping sound

It was my daughter asking me if I wanted to see the bands playing on Main Street

I was all for it and decided walking down to her house was the best place to meet

It would be just before five when we reached the “downtown” core

We walked between “Oak” and “Main” right up to the final encore

We ate some pizza and ice cream and ran into cousins we haven’t seen in years

The highlight of the evening was when the band “Dwayne Gretzky” finally appeared

They were a remarkable cover band and all their musicians were great

All the songs they played were classics and they were well worth the wait

Everyone there seemed to be enjoying the show

After playing their final song, it was now time to  go

Once we got back to my daughter’s place, her fiancé came up with a plan

They insisted that they wanted to protect this “old man”

The two of them escorted me right up to my front door

After standing and walking for six hours who could ask for more!

I told them to make sure when they got home to give me a call

So to add up to that cycling, I finished with over 27,000 steps in all