Another 20 minutes, another new animal
Today was another itty bitty 20 minute run. I managed to get ready fairly quickly this time, so I didn’t spend longer getting ready than running. My neighborhood is starting to bore me, but I can’t justify driving somewhere to run for 20 minutes. So I did the same general route, varying it up a bit by going toward the park. I wonder why I never actually see any kids playing at any of the parks?
After my run, I had to go across the street to the post office. Sitting next to the drainage ditch in the median of the road was a little wet furry thing. At first I thought it was a squirrel, but as I got closer and it looked at me, I realized it was something different entirely. I have never been good at identify water mammals. It was small, like the size of a kitten, with a cute face and a short tail. It was brown. When it saw me, it ran into the water. When I came back that way 15 minutes later, we repeated the same routine. He was cute. Below is a picture of a muskrat. He looked a bit like that, only not as plump and with a shorter tail.
