Ya can’t go wrong when the sun is shining!
And today it was!! And it was also 32F/0C!!!! Ok, maybe I’m overreacting to the warm weather – 2 days in a row no less – but I figure any day I get up and my outdoor thermometer doesn’t say -20F/-29C is a happy day – and it’s been a good 2+ weeks since that’s been the case.
So, how great is this: I go to one of the trails, haven’t been there is a couple of weeks any way – this is the trail where I lost my car key back in August – and what do you suppose is clipped to the post at the trailhead with a clothespin but a Neon (as in Dodge) key!! So, thick me, I’m walking towards it and thinking “why would someone just leave their car key like that, didn’t they have any pockets?” Sloooowly the light dawns and I grab the key and run back to my car where I am delighted to find that the big black key on the rusty ring opens the door to MY Neon!! Happy little dance follows! Isn’t that something!!
My mood was ever so slightly soured when I went back to the trail and found that the snow was too deep, too rutted from snowmobiles, and not hard packed enough to run on. I went maybe a tenth of a mile before I bagged it and during that time I had to step off the trail and into the calf high snow to get out of the way of 6 snowmobiles. On the No Motorized Vehicles trail this is. Anyway, I drove to the village nearby and just took off running around town. It was a beautiful day, sun shining, lots of people out walking around, not much traffic. I made it a point to run up a few gradual inclines and was able to keep my pace pretty well and not feel all worn out so that was encouraging. 3 miles all told and just a really brilliant day to be out.
Comment by Jon in Michigan
Monday January 31 2005 @ 9:25 am
Karma was smiling on you, Lara! Very cool about the keys.
And let me say that I HATE the snowmobiles. Especially the ones driven by the MORONS that ride on the road in front of my house at MIDNIGHT!
Watch yourself out there.