The funnest part of my day was going with Josse to put up the 5K,10K, and 1/2 marathon turn around signs at 9 o'clock at night. I don't know why I thought the evening time would be best (well, I wanted to make sure the signs would not be vandalized by the longboarders in the early evning on the trail). We could not remember where to enter onto the trail and where the 10K marker was (was it east or west of Glenn Park?) We walked like 3 miles, in the dark, carrying a sign, and rubber sledge mallot (hammer) and a can of spray paint as our only protection. We braved the wreckless late evening longboarders, a quasi homless guy with a 7 foot walking stick and pitch black tunnels of trees. It was exciting. The 1/2 marathon turn around sign was pretty uneventful. Josse knew just where to park near the dam. But by the time we were heading to the 5K turn around point (at the huge electrical plant at the mouth of the canyon) there was a lot of lightening. My better sence told me it was a bad idea to go near there, but we were already neck deep. So we waded down the embankment, walked 300 feet surrounded by 20 foot tall electrical generators in a lightnight storm to place that sign. When we walked back to the car, there was a big, fat 4 1/2 foot snake in the middle of the trail. We must have scared it out of the bushes on our way down. Josse tried to scare it away by stomping--I had to be ready to jump between her and the snack so it would bite me instead of her (she's pregnant you know). It was a very exciting night and we didn't get home until well after 11. THAT was an adventure! | 