Asa got up at 6:15 this morning. He was very excited to be awake and I didn’t have the heart to send him back to his room for half an hour.  I also wasn’t willing to give up my quiet morning time, so “Bob the Builder” is playing and Asa is wrapped up in my fluffy bathrobe on the couch.  I hate to have him spend time in front of the TV when it’s not some sort of emergency, but 6:15!  I don’t punch in until 6:45.  Well, at least naptime will come early.

The run at Government Canyon was great.  Niki Lake, the park’s resource specialist, is a bottomless wealth of knowledge (and one of the coolest people I know) and I had fun wearing my Javelina shirt and dispensing amorphous advice like “Run happy.”   (Well, it’s true.  You should.)  I talked blisters and calories too.  Most importantly I learned about this YouTube video: Vampire Bat on a Treadmill.  Eek.

And just to make your mornings a bit more unsettled, here’s a picture from the snake program we attended at Government Canyon on Saturday.

Coachwhips.  (I made up some great backstories on these herpetologists.)

And here’s Eliot’s reaction.  (That’s not a smile on his face.)