• Wellness
    • Fitness
    • Nutrition
    • Mind
    • All
  • Food
    • Recipes
  • Style
  • Design
  • Travel
  • -------------------------------------
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy
  • -------------------------------------

© Highland Rain Creative - All Rights Reserved

Habit Powered Living
Habit Powered Living
Habit Powered Living
  • Wellness
    • Fitness
    • Nutrition
    • Mind
  • Food
    • Recipes
  • Style
  • Design
  • Travel
General

Day 160: Christmas Eve Run

  • Kerrie

When T Junior went down for a nap on Christmas Eve, I was practically kicked out of my mom’s house. I know I shouldn’t be surprised about the support I receive from my family, but I was.

These people get it.

Since it was the middle of the day, I wasn’t too worried about running into coyotes and my mom said she’d never, ever seen a mountain lion. My plan was to run for 30 minutes on the newly paved road next to my mom’s property.

It was absolutely gorgeous outside. I wore my capris and my long-sleeve Seattle Marathon shirt, but I could’ve worn a t-shirt. Sunshine and about 55 degress. That is the kind of California weather I like. Summer? Not so much.

I started back by my mom’s barn and ran out toward the highway, then turned around and headed back toward the cul-de-sacs.

Back at the barn, the road splits — like a Y — into two cul-de-sacs. The person who owns the land around the road sectioned  it into lots for future homes, seven acres here and 13 acres there. Here’s the first cul-de-sac:

You can’t see it, but there is coyote poop everywhere. A constant reminder that they are out there somewhere. Obviously, I didn’t listen to my Zune. My ears were busy. The cul-de-sac was downhill, which means it was uphill on the way back. My legs were stiff from the two-day drive.

I returned to the three-way intersection near my mom’s. I went left down the other cul-de-sac. These are long cul-de-sacs, not like the short, crowded ones in my neighborhood in Washington.

This cul-de-sac also went downhill. From this one, I could look toward the back of my mom’s acreage, which rolls down into a canyon.

There’s a trail that goes down toward the canyon under these power lines. I didn’t take it. Yikes. I really didn’t want to run into any wild animals. As I approached the end of the cul-de-sac, I saw something up ahead.

Is that a hedgehog? Do they have hedgehogs here? Maybe it’s a porcupine.

I couldn’t tell what some large, spiky looking creatures were doing just hanging out in the cul-de-sac. I slowed down, but kept running.

Are they moving?

When I saw what they were, I felt like an idiot.

I’ve never heard of anyone getting attacked by a pinecone. But you gotta watch out for these guys, especially if they are hungry.

0
0
0
5 comments
  1. dworst says:
    December 31, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    lol killer pinecones!

    Reply
  2. Zoë says:
    December 31, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    Oh no, PINECONES! Now THERE'S a scary movie idea! 🙂 Beautiful pictures, Kerrie!

    Reply
  3. Mel -Tall Mom on the Run says:
    December 31, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    Hehehe!! Great pictures and way to get out there.. Have you signed up for Mercer? The price goes up today, I am still torn I want to see my Marathon training plan first.

    Reply
  4. L.B. says:
    December 31, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    I've seen some scary pine cones but it looks like the NoCal version of the pine cones take the cake. Glad you survived the pine cones ;)Great pics!

    Reply
  5. Kerrie T. says:
    January 1, 2010 at 5:06 am

    @Mel – Registered today!!!!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Rating




  • Privacy Policy
  • Affiliate Disclosure
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact

Input your search keywords and press Enter.