What an unforgettable run I had this morning! It turned much colder overnight and must have been in the upper thirties up in Highlands, and there was a light splatter on my windshield. But when I started out, the sun was shining brightly through rapidly-moving clouds, so I left my hat in the car and started around the usual loop. In less than a mile, it had begun to snow. When I turned a corner, the sun was shining again; another corner, and it was snowing, actually a mixture of sleet and snow which I felt on my hatless head. Coincidentally I had just been telling someone in the Post Office that I remembered a snow on May 5 in Highlands many years ago; folks were taking photos of each other at the time, holding daily calendars in front of them out in the snow.
I returned for my hat and continued on another two-mile loop. Others were out walking and also marveling at this phenomenon of a May snow. A child near the Peggy Crosby center was running with his Dad to their car and crying out with delight, "It's snowing!" As I ran by Harris Lake, a half-dozen geese exploded off the water, honking and flapping big wings. I watched as two of them landed on the water and paddled toward shore, where four or five young goslings were making their way out tentatively into the lake. The parents approached and nudged them gently.
You don't get this kind of drama on city streets! So thankful to be back running in Highlands. Where sometimes it snows in May while the sun is shining.
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