Managed to get out at first light. It was above freezing but barely. Didn't go to the canyon. Maybe tomorrow. Instead went to the 10k loop for hill repeats on the climb segment. 10k loop is kind of "foothills" but really it is the west facing slope of the mountain. So the mountain is kind of shaded by itself while the sun comes up everywhere else. In the canyon the sun doesn't penetrate until until it gets kind of high in the sky. So it is way colder in there. It is a different climate. They got an environment word for it that I can't think of just now.

On the loop I seen Trail Runner Girl. She is a dedicated runner. I asked her if two laps around the loop was a half marathon. She say "no it's only 12 miles." Heh! Only 12 miles. I'm going to ask her how many laps she done around that thing in her lifetime. I bet hundreds.

@RangerRickL got me to thinking about Central America. I got a weird memory of being down there one time. Rick talks about the "sounds" of neighborhoods. I was in this neighborhood that was kind of like a gated community. All of the people there had housekeepers. I guess you could say maids. It wasn't like they were all that wealthy. Those people here would be middle class and wouldn't likely have housekeepers except maybe some of them would have regular babysitters.

But the memory I have is of the maids or housekeepers singing. They were all out in their backyards at the same time I think hanging clothes. They were singing. I think they were singing church songs. It sounded like a choir or something but each choir member separated by a backyard fence. It was beautiful.

Then again, maybe it was only a dream.

Maybe I put a picture of foothills...