Saturday, September 16, 2006

Getting the Fun over with

I think that Mike and I are getting bored of our usual sports. Whenever we go running, biking, or swimming, we have discussions about distance, time, place, and when. If we put something off until later, it is hard to maintain motivation. Then one of us usually says, "Let's get the fun over with". This may be why we have taken up tennis this summer.

Tonight, we went running at the Rockefeller Preserve which is my favorite place to run, walk, and nordic ski. It is a fantastic park with about 25 miles of preserved carriage roads that meander through farms and meadows, climbs up and down wooded hills, and circles lakes (filled with turtles, muskrats, and ducks). We once saw a coyote there! I do not like running, but I run much longer when I am there. We usually get a little lost since the official trails cross with farm trails, but then we get to see more. There are pigs who are penned on the side of a rocky hill there, and that was suprising to see. I have never seen pigs that were not next to a building before in the middle of a farm. We also run up this hill with rock lined walls, and it looked like Ireland. When we got to the top, we were treated to a view of the Hudson and the Palisades. What a treat. It is really beautiful here in the Hudson Valley.
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkId=60

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