Our trail.

Cliff gave me a great double jogging stroller for my birthday, and we have put it to good use, particularly at an awesome trail that is near our house. Considering how much I love to run, it's a little surprising that I haven't had a double jogging stroller before. I just have always exercised at the gyms I teach at, or run solo before or after Cliff is at work. But with the beauty that surrounds us, it was time to get one! 

Emerson, Knox, and I go when Stone is at school. When Stone is home with us, he usually takes his scooter along. When Cliff is with us, we even take Apache.

One day while Stone was at school, I took the two littles for a run on the trail.

And that day, we came across this:

That's a snake in case you can't tell. I literally SCREAMED. I was running at a good pace, and came upon a runner that was stopped. That runner had passed me a while back, and I felt good that I had caught up with my two kids in the stroller (you could tell she was a RUNNER). Then she yelled at me to stop, and right there, before I ran over it, I saw the snake. Then I realized why I had caught up to her. It was SO BIG. Two men walking in the other direction said it was a grass snake. Someone thought it was a Copperhead. I said, "Ummm, a snake is a snake, and I'll keep my distance either way."

I now have a minor fear of the trail thanks to snakes, but we'll make our way back real soon.