Doug,
Did you calculate how many miles walking the inside
vendors added to the total?
We did at least one loop inside and 2+ outside on
Friday. One of my ankles complained, but my feet were
relatively happy ;o)
thanks for the outside estimate!
73,
Julius
--- doug smith <dougw9wi@gmail.com> wrote:
> A number of people (probably most vocally myself)
> have been
> complaining of sore feet after walking the Dayton
> flea market.
>
> Wishing to quantify this, I made a rough estimate of
> the distance one
> must walk to visit every outside space.
>
> I paced off the width of a space. (arrived at 8
> feet, about 2.4m)
> Used the map printed in the program to count the
> spaces.
>
> Allowing for the aisles between the rows and
> allowing 8 ft. to turn
> around at the end of each row, I arrive at 3.81
> miles (about 6km) as
> the distance of one lap of the flea market.
>
> This does not count the walk from the bus to the
> lot. Nor distance
> spent backtracking to that thing you really needed
> that sold before
> you got there, nor going to the porta-potty & back,
> nor hauling that
> rotor or plate transformer to the UPS Store. (or to
> the bus stop)
>
> Accurate? Who knows...
>
> ==
> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View, TN EM66
> http://www.w9wi.com
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