This morning I headed out at 5:40 a.m... before sunrise,
and it was already 81 degrees, headed for 106.
The street lights were still on.
The sun rose at 5:57 and I'd already walked about a mile.
No one else was out
except for a variety of birds and bunnies. The morning dove did
it's best to welcome me from it's "birds eye view" position atop
a light pole. Thank you...
And just down the road, I spotted a couple of quail, who were
working hard to gather up their family, and find cooler ground.
They settled on a green spot, running right past a cottontail
who didn't move a muscle. You know what those bunnies think...
"If I don't move they won"t see me."
No one playing Pickleball either... too early, and going to be too hot.
As the morning sun hit my back I was near the baseball
field and discovered that I had become very tall and slim,
probably due to all this walking in circles I do many days a week.
Even with all this heat, thanks to the Monsoon Season, which
has just ended, the desert had turned a beautiful green
which was enhanced by the early morning light and made
the Palo Verde tree glisten.
"Snowbirds", the human kind that arrive in AZ for the warm winter,
have not arrived yet, but will start doing so in mid-September.
The sun had climbed quickly in the sky and bathed the east facing homes
with lots of early morning warmth,
telling this walker it was time to head for home.
My Runkeeper app keeps track of me when I walk or hike and
shows me where I've been and tells me how long it took.
I traveled 2.76 miles in about 40 minutes which included all the
photo opp stops.
Now, my only question is what do I do with the
rest of the day... it's only 6:20!!!!!
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