The Fog Dodgers invite all residents and visitors of the Mendocino Coast to join us on our weekly group runs and walks. We have runners and walkers of all abilities (and even some bikers) and we have only one "rule" - we start at exactly 8:00 a.m. on Sundays. Exercise at your own pace (1/2 hour out, 1/2 hour back) and experience the fresh Mendocino coastal air.

Fog Dodgers provides a fun, safe way to explore some of our local trails and back roads and to meet new friends. You can find out where we're going to be by reading the bottom of last week's post, then clicking on the "Our Routes" tab above. We average 15-20 persons each Sunday and typically half will go to breakfast together afterwards at a nearby restaurant.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Ward Avenue

"Act like a horse. Be dumb.  Just run." --  Jumbo Elliot

It was a very pretty morning.  Driving over the bridge, there was a beautiful rainbow due west, very stormy looking ocean and a heavy shower offshore.  Didn't know for sure which way the shower was headed, hopefully not our way.  By the time we got to Ward Avenue, the shower had gone south of us, it was a nice 49 degrees with just a light breeze.

J. Loomis

John was out early and got a couple of beautiful pictures, accurately depicting  the morning.  Thank you  John!

J. Loomis photo
It was nice to have Janis return.  She last ran with us maybe a year ago.  Thanks too, Melissa, for bringing your daughter, Sonia.  My, how fast they grow up!  Also present this morning: Nancy T., Roger, John, Toni, Joe, Geri, Nichole, Katie, Donna, Greg, Gay, Mark, Nancy and Tom (17).  Some cars arrived with just 10 seconds to go so if I missed someone, that's my alibi.  If I missed you and you were plenty early, my humblest apology.

Along the beach, below the last high tide line, were thousands of jellyfish or sea jellies.  Not the small "Purple Sailors" which are common but the larger kind that we normally associate with the term.  I guess the stormy weather and ocean weren't going the right direction for them.  The ever present sand dollars were along the high tide line before the most recent.  Confused?

The ocean, the clouds and the rising sun, were all beautiful.   There were six lines of surf breaking.  The rising sun really lit up the surf and foam.  The hills had dark shadows and our shadows, going out into the water, made us look about a hundred feet tall.


NEXT SUNDAY,  NOV. 2ND @ 8:00 A.M. STD. TIME:  BIG RIVER, see "Our Routes" above.  Also, remember your mosquito repellant if it is a 50 degree or so morning.

EVERY TUESDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: RUSSIAN GULCH STATE PARK, beginning on Point Cabrillo Drive, 1/10 of a mile north of its south end.

EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.

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