Training Log Archive: PG

Forgot to add my AOWN moment from yesterday. Coming home mid-afternoon, about a half mile down the street, no other traffic, I sort of notice a squirrel on the grass to the left of the street, and sort of notice a cat, and then the squirrel is doing what squirrels do best, which is to dart out into oncoming traffic, except this squirrel is being chased by the cat. And they are moving very fast, and right into my path. I jam on the brakes -- it is not pleasant to nail a squirrel, despite what you may think of squirrels, and getting a cat is really, really bad -- and all I can think is I'm going to get them both.... :-(

But at the last moment the squireel does an incredibly fast u-turn, and the cat just hangs in there to do the same, though it looked like its claws were just barely getting enough traction on the pavement, and I think I missed them both by about 2 feet.

Were I not an orienteer, and truly At One With Nature, I'm sure I would have nailed them.