My Dad told me there was going to be a lunar eclipse this morning so I thought it would be really fun to go for an early run and watch it. Unfortunately, I couldn't see it, perhaps because I got up too late or maybe it was just behind a cloud. It ended up being great because it motivated me to get up early and have a great run.
I decided to check out the Parrish Creek Trail in Centerville, UT. You can check out this and other trails in the area at the Davis County website. This is a nice area of trails because there's about a dozen trails that are all connected by the Bonneville Shorline Trail. So you can head up there, connect into the trail system and explore all you want.
I was well up the mountain as the sun crested the ridge which created some pretty colors. It also permitted me a good deal of much appreciated shade.
My intent was to run about 10 miles this morning and boy was it a tough 10 miles. This was my first time running these trails and the Parrish Creek Trail was a LOT more steep than I expected. It was more of a hike than a run. But it was beautiful and I'm not racing so that's just fine.
At about 2 miles up it has some intermittent flats and downhills so you can cruise a bit which feels good. I ended up running into the largest colony of caterpillars I've ever seen. I think they were caterpillars. They looked kind of strange and they were hanging from trees. Up in the trees you could see these huge web looking things. I'm guessing this is where they were coming from. There were so many of them suspended from these, hanging in the middle of the trail that eventually I just couldn't stand running through them anymore and I turned around.
On my way down I stopped at a lookout point over the creek. The trail is maybe a couple hundred feet above the creek, looking down from above so you get a pretty good view. I was in the shade, but the sun was shining below, making it easy to see hundreds of dragonflies swarming all around. Maybe I just don't get out much, but I've never seen more than a few of these at once. It was very pretty and it did my heart good to know that they were probably devouring mosquitoes!
Once I got to the bottom I ran along the shorline trail for a bit to pick up some more miles. This trail has some rolling hills, but is fairly mild. It was a perfect way to end the run. I'm looking forward to exploring some more trails in that area.
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