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, November 30, 2014

Caspar Logging Roads

"A guy who has run twenty Boston Marathons was once asked, "Don't you feel like skipping a day when it's raining?"  The old road warrior replied, "If you start skipping runs because the weather's too lousy, pretty soon you start missing runs because the weather's too nice!"--Florence Griffith Joyner and John Hanc, RUNNING FOR DUMMIES.
Caspar Creek, J. Loomis photo

John couldn't make it this morning, so he snapped a few pictures a couple of days ago, if you can't tell  by the sunshine, thanks John.

I think I felt a little tremor, or a stutter in the earth's rotation, this morning at 6:00.  It must have been when everybody's  alarm clocks went off, you woke up and heard the rain, rolled over and went back to sleep.  Well, you missed a beautiful morning!   I do know that quite a few Fog Dodgers do have family and it is the Thanksgiving weekend, so I'm not implying that the rain kept all home.

J. Loomis photo

At 8:00, the rain was very light and it was 54 degrees and really nice for both walking and running.  Small group this morning: Nancy B., Joe, Fay, Bob, Nancy and Tom (6).  Recent rain and traffic on Road 600, has mashed down a lot of the loose rock that I mentioned bothering us on our last run/walk here and we all really enjoyed the morning.



Caspar Barn, J. Loomis photo

Everyone is so happy with the rain!  It was nice today, to see and hear the little tributaries to Caspar Creek, and to see how the creek itself has come up.  There is either rain or a chance of rain in the forecast everyday next week, and so I hope that the Fern Canyon Trail at Van Damme will be okay 
because,


when the banana slug came out and saw it's shadow


NEXT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7TH @ 8:00 A.M.:  VAN DAMME STATE PARK, see "Our Routes" above.  And then,

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, PUDDING CREEK TRESTLE, followed with our Annual Pot Luck Breakfast and Cookie Exchange, at Tom and Nancy's.


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.

Posted by Tom at 1:34 PM

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