Spring comes every year

No matter how long it may take, or the specific day differs each year when Spring actually arrives, its great to watch for the signs of spring, because you know its coming.  One morning you wake up and the bulbs are out, the wisteria REALLY is beautiful and when you run the mission - the snakes are out!
Yesterday I finally put the treadmill away for good, left my inside run routine  and went outside into the bright sunshine and hit the mission loop run.  It was beautiful.  The cactus have flowers, the recent rain had left the sand soft, the trails haven't been used all that much lately and its always nice to be the first footsteps along a path, it makes you feel like you are the first one at something.
As I ran along, I realized yet again that Lompoc may not have shopping, or lots to do - but it is pretty here.  And along with what we don't have also comes, we don't have traffic, crowds etc. so its nice to look around and be able to see forever because it is so clear, watch the skydivers float down from the sky, spend a beautiful day outdoors actually right outside your backdoor, and see wildlife.
Something in the path made me stop short just a few minutes in - a carcuss of something, clean to the bone lay there for all to see.  My initial thoughts, well, its been there awhile - then of course my mind wondered and I thought - I hope whatever ate that is running ahead of my and not behind.  Then of course I heard the farmers voice in my head, always telling me I shouldn't run alone, carry a gun (a yea, fat chance) run with a stick, yada yada yada.....  Well, I always just hope I can out run whatever chases me, which does not apply to the yucky SNAKES.