Meow!

This morning started with us attempting to put Ronnie the cat into his carrier for his annual vet visit. He was not a happy kitty. We tried the side hatch. He refused. We tried putting him in through the top hatch. His legs were splayed out in a vain attempt to keep out of the carrier. Eventually Snowman was able to stuff him in. Poor guy. He meowed angrily and pitifully, no doubt cursing us out and screaming "Why am I in this bag?! What have I ever done to you?" The meowing continued all through the car ride. Luckily, we had the first appointment of the day, and were in and out within 10 minutes. Five minutes after we got him home, he had forgotten all about it and was stalking the birdies taunting him from outside the sliding door.

With that event over and done with, we set out for a nice run down at Reid State Park. The drive down to the park meanders through some pretty marshes and inlets and by the time you reach the park entrance, it sort of feels like you're at the end of the world. As it is off-season, the park was quiet. There were no other cars in the parking lot. The trail we were planning to run ran out from what I typically think of as the park, away from the beach and through the woods. Snowman had run this trail last summer at one point when I was injured and taking it easy for a few weeks, but it was new to me! It's always nice to go to a place you know and find something new. The trail took us by a pretty pond, the shore tinged with the deep reds of the blueberry bushes and tall cattails.



The trail then headed around the pond and along an old dirt road. As we neared the park entrance, I noticed a small path off to the right. Snowman hadn't taken this route before, but we figured it couldn't take us too far out of the way and so set off to explore it. The section of trail was more rugged singletrack and twisted and turned through the woods, eventually dropped us down at the far end of the park at Mile Beach. Cool. We headed down the rocks to the beach, running along the empty beach at the edge of the water. Luckily, we had the wind behind us, a nice tailwind.



A beautiful day at the beach.