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, July 19, 2015

WARD AVENUE


J. Loomis photo, Lake Cleone

Not sure of where to start here.  Should I defend the confusion I was alleged to have caused last week?  Nah, I don't think so.  No more speed reading, folks!  I'll start by saying this was one of those mornings that we only get a few of each year.  It was warm, sunny, calm and the ocean was beautiful. You couldn't asked for a prettier morning.

J. Loomis photo
I think we may have had a record turnout.  Let's see, there was:  Neil, thank you Neil for bringing daughter, Aviva (love that name!), son, Jules, and 5 other nieces, nephews and in-laws, Pat, Geri, Cheryl, Laura, Shari, Peter, Nancy T., Roger, Donna, and thanks for bringing friend, Nancy, John, Charlene, Ron, Katie, Tabi, Linnaea, Zavier, Gay, Mark,  Nancy and Tom (29).  No, not a record but a very nice turnout.

J. Loomis photo, vulture
I post these "future"venues if you wish to mark your calendars and to help the guest bloggers in case I don't show up.  DO NOT LOOK AT THEM AND ASSUME THAT THEY ARE FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.  Also, there is no one location that is best for all of us.  I keep using the same old places.  If anyone has a new route that would accommodate a dozen cars and walkers and runners of all abilities, I would welcome it.  If you really love one of our current venues, I'd like to hear that too.

Sun. Aug. 2, Big River
Sun. Aug. 9, Van Damme
Sun. Aug. 16th, Caspar Logging Roads
Sun. Aug. 23rd, Pudding Creek Trestle
Sun. Aug. 30, Russian Gulch
Sun. Sept. 6, Big River 
J. Loomis photo
NEXT SUNDAY, JULY 26 @ 8:00 A.M.: PUDDING CREEK TRESTLE, see "Our Routes" above.  Starting here, you can go north on the Haul Road or South on the new Coastal Trail.  Both directions very pretty.

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 11:58 AM

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