making New Friends

I've discovered benefits to my early morning walks besides the exercise that it gives me - I've also made some new friends. They aren't ACTUAL friends, in fact I don't even know their names or anything about them really exept that I usually see them about five mornings a week when they are doing their morning exercises. Some of them walk, some run and some are riding bicycles. We always greet each other with a "good morning" or at least with a smile and I've found that I look forward to those greetings. On the days that I don't see some of them at the usual time and in the usual place I wonder if they're on vacation or perhaps if they're ill. I'm always glad to see them again when they return from whatever it was that kept them away.
It makes my morning walks much more interesting to see their familiar faces.