Please tell me trail runners are just people using the trails as their jogging site of choice, and not some kind of spooky, three-foot monster spider or something like that.
Nope, trail runners are human -- crazed masochists, but human. I suspect they wouldn't approve of your terming their activity "jogging," though ... these are people who do 50-mile runs in the high-mountain wilderness, and somehow call it "fun." :)
don't get me wrong. These are people who run 50 miles, and call it "going short". The only thing better than running all day, is running all day and all night.
At a high-end electronics shop today, I overheard an earnest young salesman explaining all about computers to a new customer: "You can use three different operating systems on a computer -- Apple, HP, and Google."
Installed the Lion upgrade on my iMac this morning, though not without difficulty ... the download crashed the App Store application! My initial thoughts are mixed. Safari seems much improved, and the left/right swipe action there is brilliant. I'm already used to the "reversed" scrolling, but I re-enabled the always-visible scroll bar ... it makes no sense at all to have that disappear on a desktop device. Launchpad is useless for anyone with more than a handful of apps, and since I don't use Spaces I don't really like the new look of Mission Control. Mail seems more solid, though I went back to the classic UI there. There's a lot of serious ugliness in the UI, especially for a design-conscious company like Apple. The Finder and Mail went way too far towards the monochrome look ... the font choices, spacing, and graphic layout all suck. On the other hand, Apple went too far in the other direction in the Address Book and iCal, sacrificing usability and
So for those of you who haven't heard, the engine on my poor old Toyota finally gave up the ghost last week. This is the car I got to replace it -- a new Subaru XV Crosstrek. And of course I had to get it in orange. :)
Eagle Guard is a wonderful spot. I've got it booked for a weekend in August. Did you make it to the falls?
ReplyDeleteNope, no trip to the falls this time ... unlike you, crappy weather slows me down even more, so the dog and I just tromped around nearer the cabin.
ReplyDeleteAnd yep, Eagle is definitely high on my list of favorite cabins ... this was my second stay there, and I could definitely go back again someday.
Aug 24-26. Consider yourself invited. Probably crawling with trail runner types, but they're harmless.
ReplyDeleteTrail runners!! I should have known. :)
ReplyDeletePlease tell me trail runners are just people using the trails as their jogging site of choice, and not some kind of spooky, three-foot monster spider or something like that.
ReplyDeleteNope, trail runners are human -- crazed masochists, but human. I suspect they wouldn't approve of your terming their activity "jogging," though ... these are people who do 50-mile runs in the high-mountain wilderness, and somehow call it "fun." :)
ReplyDeleteMasochists... Running for no good reason, calling it 'fun'...
ReplyDeleteSounds like joggers to me!
Oh, don't get me wrong ... joggers are definitely masochists, too.
ReplyDeletedon't get me wrong. These are people who run 50 miles, and call it "going short". The only thing better than running all day, is running all day and all night.
ReplyDeleteMy point proven. :)
ReplyDeleteAha—psychotic, suicidal joggers, then!
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