Turkey Running

Today I went I was pretty excited. The weather was nice and my knee wasn't hurting. I couldn't wait to get up and go running at the Park. After I got everything together, I was on my way.

About half-way there the woman DJ on the radio said something like, "Good luck to all the turkey hunters out there." I thought, "Shit, I'm not ready to get shot." I had left my blaze orange vest at home. I took it out of my bag because deer season was over and I didn't think I needed it any longer. Well it was too late to turn back.

I was hoping maybe no one would be out there hunting. I knew I was sadly mistaken when I started seeing cars parked on the side of the road. I pulled into the parking lot at the trail head of Heritage trail. There was already two cars parked there. Luckly one of them had a fisherman in it. I can deal with fishermen.

I got out and begain running, well actually walking because there is a serious hill at the start of this trail. At the top of it I begain running. I had on black shorts and a black long sleeve shirt. I starting thinking that maybe one of the turky hunters out in the woods may think that I am a black bear and take a shot at me. I quickly took it off. I finished the rest of the run with a grey tank top.

I ran up the Heritage trail and right after I passed the cutoff to Camp trail I ran into my first turkey hunter. This guy was a real pro. He had two decoys out and was sitting in a blind. I pulled up but he motioned me on. He was right off the trail so I stopped to talk to him. I told him I hoped that I didn't scare anything away. He said "No, I've been trying to call one down from the ridge all morning but hid won't come down. " I wished him luck and continued on.

I ran up to Buckskin Trail and followed it to Niclous road where I caught the Forrest trail. I would end up following the Forrest trail to the end. I felt really good and had no problems with my knee. It's a strange thing but whenever I run on trials I have no problems with my knee. If I run on the road more then 12 miles, then my knee hurts. That's one reason I like trails so much.

Well I came out of the woods with no problem. I was a little wet because it rain a little at the end.

When I got home, I was looking forward to my son's in house soccer game. It was scheduled for 1130. It started raining and thundering a little. We thought that they would cancel it but they did not. It stopped raining and the sun came out. My son did not want to go. I got a little ill with him and gave him the line about commentment and the importance of helping with the team.

Afterwards, my wife spoke to me and reminded me that he plays soccer all the time and goes to every game. He deserves a break every now and then, besides it was just an in house game. She was right of course and I felt bad about it. I apologized to him and hope he wouldn't hold it against me. I'm sure he won't.