Tonight Samantha and I went on a jog along the Witham Hill bike path and through the Crest Drive neighborhood. Fall colors are in full swing in Corvallis at the moment. This time I remembered to take my camera.
Our route took us on a 3.3 mile jog.
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Tags: Exercise, Fall Colors, jogging, Photography, Samantha, Witham Hill
Tonight Samantha and I ran along the Witham Hill bike path. We started out just before sunset and made it back as it was starting to get toward dusk. Both of us were surprised that we didn’t run into the cat that has followed us the last few times we’ve been down there. Samantha wondered if perhaps the cat had been eaten on its wanderings into the spooky scrublands along the path. I figured it was either inside eating or out hunting and had already received enough loving for the day.
Our route was about 2.5 miles long.
Tags: Exercise, Fall Colors, jogging, Samantha, Witham Hill
Tonight we went for a quick jog as time was not on our side. My ASOSU Senate meeting had run long, pushing our exercise well into the night. Running at night has always been very enjoyable to me. I like running in that cool, crisp air. There are hardly any cars on the road, almost no people, and few if any dogs about to give chase.
Passing the plum tree was a melancholy affair. No plums were to be had. Not until next fall will we feast on the forlorn fruit of the upper middle class suburbanites who plant plum trees for ornamentation and not for food.
In total, we jogged 2.7 miles.
Tonight we went jogging with plum smuggling in mind. After a run through the dog park on Witham Hill where we watched several rather comical dogs get tangled up in each others’ leashes, we went to our favorite plum tree. It was already too dark to discern a plum from a leaf but we managed to collect about 30 or 40 plums. Sadly, I think tonight was the last plum smuggling event of the season. Most of the tree was already bare. No doubt, the deer have gotten to it. Samantha also discovered that overripe plums make for a headache when they fall on your head.
At the Co-Op we shopped for some groceries and other miscellaneous foodstuffs including a carrot cake. Samantha convinced me of the economy of buying an entire cake rather than just two slices. Why have two slices when you can have a whole cake at half the per-slice cost?
Our total distance tonight was 3.2 miles
Tags: First Alternative Co-Op, jogging, plums, Samantha
Tonight’s route took us through some neighborhoods I’ve never visited before. A small fluffy white dog escaped its owners, ran up to our ankles and snarled at us. After much yelling by the owner and gentle scolding from us, the fluffy puppy went back to the house from whence it came.
In the flat neighborhoods, Samantha took the lead, taking us on a circuitous route to add extra distance. In total, we jogged 3 miles.
Tags: Dogs, First Alternative Co-Op, jogging, Samantha
Tonight, Samantha didn’t feel like going jogging, still being sore from the last two nights of exercise. She stayed home to watch the first presidential debate. My route took me up and over Witham Hill past the Witham Hill Oaks apartment complex where I lived with Rick F and Sean all those years ago. The place still looks exactly the same.
Down on Walnut, I passed another runner going in the opposite direction. He was doing the long grind up and over toward Harrison Boulevard. Maybe in another few nights, I’ll go out that way again. It’s been at least six months since the last time I had the time and motivation to do that route.
At the Co-Op, I stopped to buy some organic lemon juice to use in a soy sauce and lemon juice chicken dish that Samantha and I are going to cook tonight. I managed to get in and out just before they were getting ready to shut down for the night. Running back up Grant toward my house I reflected on the fact that I didn’t pass one group of drunken college students or even a house party. Where are all of the beginning of the term parties these days, anyway?
In total I ran 4.4 miles.
Tags: Cooking, Exercise, First Alternative Co-Op, jogging, Presidential Election 2008, Rick F, Running, Samantha, Sean, Walnut Boulevard, Witham Hill
Tonight we went jogging as the night fell across Corvallis. The streets were dead due to the OSU vs USC football game at Reser Stadium. On one of the paths near Circle Boulevard, we saw a small rodent very much dead. Its entrails were spewed across the sidewalk a few feet away from the body.
Going through one of the neighborhoods on the top of Witham Hill, not one but two cats followed us in succession. The first cat came up to Samantha and let her look it at its collar. It said “I am not lost.” The second cat just about jumped into her arms demanding love. We left the two kitties behind and ran down the hill to the Co-Op where we purchased supplies for dinner. In total, we went three miles.
Tags: Cats, Exercise, First Alternative Co-Op, jogging, OSU Football, Samantha, Witham Hill
This evening’s run featured the first real rains of the fall. Samantha and I were caught in a small deluge for most of our 2.2 mile run. The rain soaking through my running shirt felt good against my skin.
At first, we took a small detour up to the end of Lincoln Street. I always forget where the cutoff is that ties back into Witham Hill Road. Running up the hill toward our favorite local plum tree, we found a blueberry bush covered in fruit. It was perfectly ripe and quite delicious. At the plum tree, I pulled out a cloth bag that I had brought along for the express purpose of smuggling plums. There are now several dozen plums sitting in my fruit bowl waiting to be eaten.
Tags: blueberries, Exercise, fruit, jogging, plums, Samantha
Samantha and I are trying to make a habit of jogging every evening. Tonight we went up and over one of the ramparts to Witham Hill. On Crest Drive, we found a tree loaded with plums. It’s amazing how much fruit goes to waste in this town. We are thinking of creating a map of all of the fruit trees and other edible plants in Corvallis so that people can find places to get fresh fruit in season.
Just past the plum tree, I mentioned to Samantha how a house had a eerily realistic deer statue in the front yard. Upon closer inspection, we realized with quite a start that it in fact was a very much live four point buck in excellent condition. It watched us for a minute then ambled into the back yard of the house.
In total, our run was 2.8 miles.
Tags: deer, Exercise, fruit, jogging, plums, roses, Samantha
Samantha and I went for a nice little jog this evening. Our route took us on a two mile loop through the neighborhoods below Witham Hill in Corvallis. The weather was fine but a crisp note lingered in the air. Fall starts tomorrow. We passed several fine rose bushes that all had divine smells. It seems to me that late season roses have a more intense smell than early blooms.
Tomorrow we plan to go out jogging again. Perhaps we shall explore the Witham Hill area.
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