Go, you chicken fat, go away!

My grandson and I had watched all of the Tremors movies.  Burt Gummer is our hero.  I saw that a brand new one was released on Netflix last night.  I said, "Alexa, make an announcement."  "What's the announcement?"  "Atticus, there's a brand new Tremors movie!!"  A couple of minutes later we were watching it.  Burt Gummer didn't make an appearance right away, and I wondered if he would.  Napoleon Dynamite was in it.  Is he taking over?  I thought Jamie Kennedy was.  But then he was called to duty.  No one can fight a graboid like he can.  After a while I had this feeling that he wasn't coming out of this movie alive.  In fact, at one point my grandson said, "Burt Gummer never dies!"  But I couldn't shake the feeling.  Well, spoiler alert, he sacrifices himself in the end.  What a bummer, Gummer.  My grandson and I are grief stricken. 

I went to bed right after that and got up early.  It was nice and dark out.  I literally had the entire route to myself.  As I was coming to the Floodway I saw a lady with a headlamp and three dogs walking out.  She was at the street when I passed her, so she doesn't count.  I ran up to Brown and went to the RWCD road.  The horizon was starting to turn pink.  I ran down to Adobe and it had changed from pink to yellow.  At University it was turning gray, or maybe navy blue.  I wanted to do three loops today so I continued south after University down to Main.  I saw a couple on the other side of the Floodway.  It just light enough to see their shapes.  Could it be the Schumacher's?  What are they doing on this side of University?  Indeed it was, and I could make out Sis. Schumacher's arm waving at me.  They were over a half mile ahead of me.  I probably wouldn't catch them, I thought. 

I got to Main Street and now the horizon was baby blue and the clouds were pink.  It was beautiful, but this would be the last time I would see the sunrise because now I was heading north by northwest. The chase was on.  Not really.  I was running as slow as normal.  Each mile got faster as I went, and I'm sure it's because I could see more and more as I went.  I couldn't see the Schumacher's when I crossed University.  The path winds, and there are trees and bushes.  But after a while I saw them.  Still didn't look like I would catch them.  It might be close, though.  Finally, they got to Adobe before I did, so I was right that I wouldn't catch them.  But I was within shouting distance and told them to have a good morning.  Sis. Schumacher said, "You, too, Burt."