Coyotes and King Snakes

Time for a little envelope expansion. Up to now my longest walk was a 13 mile slog that half killed me. Time to up that to 15. The venue, the coyote trail (a previous hike from "school's in") but this time much further. The day started foggy and cool but soon got HOT. The walk was uneventful, which, given the fact that it was an envelope expansion, was a very good thing. A few lessons learned however: sunscreen, water and sunscreen!

About the only real high point was a two foot long King Snake that was sunbathing on the trail. I stopped to take a picture and get acquainted. At the same time a jogger was coming the other way. She was clearly lost in her thoughts and didn't look to see what I was photographing until she was about two feet from the snake. She screamed and jumped about four feet in the air. It scared the crap out of both me and the snake!!!

Anyway, mission accomplished. We are up to 15 miles and in doing so have just broken the 250 mile point! Yay!