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Mt. Madonna Revisited

Posted by ToshiMoshi Mar 25, 2008

Wednesday 3/19/08 8:30am
I took a day off work and visited Mt. Madonna County Park in Gilroy with Judy. This was my third visit to Mt. Madonna this year. It’s like I can’t get enough of it. The trail reveals something different every time I visit there. We ran into lizards crossing our path, a couple of banana slugs, and a dead rat. Judy jumped more than a foot in the air at the sight of the rat. I was really stoked to be out in the woods with my favorite partner and running in my favorite trail in the middle of the week.

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Running in the woods with my new backpack from REI.

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Lizards going to Mt. Madonna school of lizardry

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Judy is pumped!

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An elf sighting on the tree stump

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But he was gone in a second

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Judy tackles the downhill

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Me and the banana slug

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Banana slug up close

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Help! I'm suffering from hypoxia.

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View from the top

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Another elf sighting

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Judy loves downhill

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The sweet end

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Mar 27, 2008 3:11 PM Reply Click to view misswendy!'s profile misswendy!

toshi, judy is so cute. nice to have a friend to run the mt. with, whether or not she likes rats.

Mar 28, 2008 6:52 AM Reply Click to view Steve Carton's profile Steve Carton

You always have great pictures in your blogs. What do you carry for a camera?

Mar 31, 2008 10:15 PM Reply Click to view ToshiMoshi's profile ToshiMoshi in response to: Steve Carton

For my camera, I use Nikon coolpix 5200 my parents got me for my birthday in 2005. I used to wrap it in a towel and put it in a plastic bag to make it waterproof. I thought it was an ingenious idea, but my girlfriend felt sorry (for the camera) and got me a new camera case. I shrink my pictures 25% of its original size when I post them up on my blog so the page loads faster and because I think people will freak out if they see me any larger.

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