A (mostly) successful week

So yesterday turned out to have yet another indication that exercise just wasn't in the cards; I got a call to come into work very early. It was a false alarm, so I got my stretches and strength training in. My situps were not done all in a row, but I had a very poor method of restraining my feet. Today went fine; 71 of each exercise, and 1200+ strokes of swimming. I even took a longer route on my bike ride home. The showers at the public beach have been shut down for the winter; I continue to daydream about a van/bus/RV that I can just drive to the beach. I could get out of the ocean and be home in a hundred yards.

This afternoon, I went and gathered a bunch of acorns from an oak tree near one of the city buildings. I washed them and intend to let them air dry for a while. I intend to try to make flour from them, and experiment with several different methods of leaching. Supposedly, they can even be leached whole in the shells by repeated soaking in change after change of cold water.

There's a website called falling fruit that documents the locations of various edible plants. Fruit and nut trees, berries, ramps, wild garlic, etc. Supposedly, there are a number of black walnut and hickory trees within relatively easy biking distance. I think I may bike to some of them tomorrow to check them out. The question is; do I bring the trailer? Hickory nuts should be easy enough to shell on the spot, but black walnuts are probably best brought home whole to be processed. I'd happily bring home a trailer full, if I thought there would be that many. I should probably also bring my work gloves and hammer. Pedaling against all that extra resistance for nothing might be frustrating; at least I could console myself that it would burn extra calories.