This is the time of year where there are lots of desert quail and little rabbits running around in the early morning hours. I esp. like the rabbits because they have little white butts and one of those cottonball tails. But I also enjoy seeing the quail families out and about.
Well this morning I saw a quail family with "newborns". These guys were tiny- like maybe 2-3 inches!! The family was trying to get across the road and the little guys were having a hard time keeping up. It was so freaking cute that I stopped to watch them. Well when I stopped the little guys got scared so they "made like a rock" and froze in the middle of the street. They really did look like little rocks. I didn't want them to get run over, so I blocked the lane (it's a closed road anyway) until dad came along to shoo them along. Well on my second pass a few minutes later I noticed that they were struggling to get over the curb. The poor little guys were jumping with all their might and just couldn't make it. Mom and dad were on top of the curb pacing. So I stopped and placed a large rock near the curb so that they could get over it. I was afraid that I was going to scare them away, so I tried to do it as carefully and slowly as possible. I didn't want mom and dad to abandon the kids. But it must have worked because the next pass I made they were gone.
Man were they cute!! Now THAT is the kind of desert wildlife I enjoy! Not the venomous kind..
Other than that my ride was just a 3 hour stroll in the sun. My legs seemed dead today so I didn't push them. Avg 15.8 mph for somewhere around 47-48 miles.
It is really warming up here. I think it was at least 90 when I finished at 10:30. My noggin was hot!
I came in the house and put on the running shoes, but I opted for the treadmill. I think I got enough vitamin D for one day!
I just did two miles, but it was two miles more than I wanted to run in the sun.
Hope you all had a great day in the saddle as well!
Ciao!
Denise