I added Badger to the list on Sunday after seeing one waddle across the road by my hills training spot. Needless to say, I altered my running plan a bit, wanting to say away from him. So here's a list of the game I've seen since living in the region:
1. Bear
2. Mountain lion
3. Bobcat
4. Ringtailed cat
5. Big Horn sheep/aoudad
6. Rattlesnake
7. Tarantula
8. Javelina
9. Pronghorn antelope
10. Mule deer
11. Jackrabbit
12. Roadrunner
13. Horned toad
14. Prairie dog
15. Lizards
16. Coyote
17. Raptors of all sorts (eagles, falcons, hawks, vultures)
18. Wild mules
19. Feral hogs
20. Badger
Monday, August 25, 2008
Send me 0277
I had a full-0ut tantrum on Friday. I'd waited until I was in the private space of my own car, so as not to take it out on anyone else. But it was a grand beating on the steering wheel and screaming expletives kind of tantrum. Finally, months of frustration came to a head in glorious form.
My Amazon order of my own copy of Caroline Knapp's The Merry Recluse--ironically the book that makes me feel better about living by myself out in the middle of nowhere --had been turned back by the post office with "incorrect address." Never mind that the RIGHT address HAD been used. Never mind that that address had been used successfully countless times before. It just made me feel lost and unreachable, untouchable by the rest of the world. I'd just not added my P.O. Box number to the zipcode, as apparently the USPS now requires.
What it boils down to is this--if you send me anything other a standard first-class letter--be SURE you use the zip code 79855-0277. Or else I won't get it. Grrrrrrr.
My Amazon order of my own copy of Caroline Knapp's The Merry Recluse--ironically the book that makes me feel better about living by myself out in the middle of nowhere --had been turned back by the post office with "incorrect address." Never mind that the RIGHT address HAD been used. Never mind that that address had been used successfully countless times before. It just made me feel lost and unreachable, untouchable by the rest of the world. I'd just not added my P.O. Box number to the zipcode, as apparently the USPS now requires.
What it boils down to is this--if you send me anything other a standard first-class letter--be SURE you use the zip code 79855-0277. Or else I won't get it. Grrrrrrr.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The end result of not having a plan
So Sunday I asked him, "What would you like to do today?"
"Hike the Lost Mine Trail," was the answer.
Forget the fact that it was already 10 am and Big Bend was at least three hours away. But we packed up the car anyway, and headed south to test out my new camera.
This morning I asked him, "What would you like to do today?" And this was the result, our first attempt at pulling together a movie.
Let me know how it plays on your computer? Thanks.
Our running route
When Monte is in town, as he is this week, we run north of town on Hwy 54 towards Frankie's ranch and the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
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