Sunday night I drove the household crazy with neurotic behavior trying to fix my cameras. I was wrong in my last blog when I said that I’ve killed two cameras on the trail. I forgot about the first camera I killed on the trail. It was during my first long distance trail race, my first Calico Ghost Town race. (Calico Trail Run 2009 – who knows how long MySpace is going to keep my old blogs up : ) I have killed THREE cameras on the trail.
There I sat Sunday night, trying to align the lenses on two of my broken cameras. Beep, beep, beep. Beep, beep, beep. Next thing I knew, I was unscrewing tiny screws and taking the newest of my broken cameras apart, which completely unnerved my husband. “You need to do that at a table . . . you need better light.”
Yikes! I was about to hit the roof. THE CAMERA IS BROKEN. Who cares if I lose a screw or mess up. But I just may luck out and get that lens to snap back into place. Thing was, after dismantling the camera, I couldn’t get the lens to extend. And so, DUH! I put the battery in the camera, and while messing around I gave myself a good shock! Or shall I say, bad shock?
That was that with the camera. I wept over my shock scare and for my silly loss and went to bed.
I woke this morning (Tuesday) and went for a much needed run in Aliso/Wood Canyons. I didn’t dare bring hubby’s professional camera. I’d kill that camera for sure, it’s just so huge. It really didn’t matter that much anyway, it’s not like I haven’t taken thousands of pictures of these trails.
The weather was cold, the park festive with runners, bikers and hikers. I wore my pack, not because I needed it (because there’s a place to refill a handheld at Top of the World). I wore my pack because I prefer to run empty-handed. And though I didn’t have my camera in my vest pockets, I had my phone – my cracked and beat-up phone which has a camera. It even has a video camera. Ha! (Why is my phone cracked and beat-up – ahhhhhh, because I’ve dropped it countless times).
Running Aliso Creek Trail ready to disappear into the fog:
I ran up Meadows this morning, the trail that use to taunt me. And I ran up it with relative ease. It’s a beautiful trail. I’m happy to have conquered it. This morning it was like a spoonful of medicine.
View going up Meadows:
View from top of Meadows:
I ran across Top of the World with joy in my heart. I was making good time. So good, that I thought that I’d extend my loop a little and run West Ridge to Rock It.
Occasionally all the things that I need to do would pop into my mind. But the trails pretty much succeeded in wiping my mind clean. Ah, a blank mind, just simply in the moment. LOVE IT!
Breakfast at Top of the World:
West Ridge view of Modjeska and Santiago Peaks:
For new visitors, this is the most exciting section of Rock It. For returning visitors, here’s YET ANOTHER PICTURE of Rock It Trail:
Finishing off Rock It Trail leading to Coyote Run:
Finishing up Coyote Run:
Another glorious trail run this holiday season. Stay-tuned, as I've joined Jessica Deline’s challenge Streaking in the New Year.
Miles run: 11.18 (approx. 18 km)
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