All right, we're going to see something pretty spectacular, or at least I am, and I'm going to try and describe it to you.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness.

This is a podcast of action providing a little extra motivation to help keep that fitness promise.

Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking since 2013.

Actually, I've been walking since 1961, walking for fitness intentionally.

It is still early.

Walking for fitness since 2013, averaging about 21,000 steps a day. I'm walking

right now and would love to have you join me for 10 minutes. It is early. It is earlier than

usual for me. So here's the thing. It's actually probably not that much earlier than when I normally wake up.

It's just that usually I roll out of bed, make some coffee, gather my thoughts, and then go for this walk so that you and I can walk together.

This morning I rolled out of bed and basically was out the door within five minutes

because this window of opportunity is pretty narrow and I wanted to take advantage of it.

So this month, and I think if I understand it correctly, it really does not matter where you are,

whether you're in the United States, you're in the United Kingdom, or pretty much anywhere in the world.

I believe you have the opportunity to see this. What will prevent you from seeing it is a sky that has some clouds.

During the month of June, 30 minutes before sunrise, which is exactly where I am right now,

you can see five planets aligned in the sky.

And at the moment, I've got eyeballs.

Well, I had eyeballs on three,

but clouds are covering Mars,

so all I can see are Venus and Jupiter, but I had seen Mars,

and then Saturn is like supposed to be way off to the right, and I've got a bank of clouds,

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