We walked to school today!

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Yeah well... that's saying something when you live 13 miles from school! Sam & Larissa attend Winans School in Livingston and this is the 3rd year we walked to school as part of International Walk to School Day! Well, ok, they make it a little easier on those of us who live rurally...we drove to Albertsons and walked to school from there with a group of children and a few teachers and parents led by the school Principal, Jim Huntziger...

It is invigorating to go on a brisk walk early on a Fall morning and enjoy the gorgeous autumn foliage on the trees in town, but what I love most is that Sam & Larissa both still hold my hands as we walk. They love it that I am walking with them. I love it too.

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Throughout the state of Montana, a total of 39 schools participated in today's event which promotes walking and biking to school in an effort to enhance the health of children, improve air quality and the environment and to create safer routes for walking and bicycling to school.

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If you get a chance next year, take your child's hand and walk to school with him or her. You'll be hooked!