Linda Zajac

Today I got an early start. 5 minutes = 2 degrees hotter. When I left the house it was 61 degrees. A little more then an hour later, it was 88. On the trail I saw furloughed and furry-ed friends. I know because my husband is out back on a UTC furlough day. But no one seemed to mind. On the shaded trail, I tried to catch up to a woodchuck, but it scrambled up a steep embankment and stopped, frozen on a ledge. I stopped and we were eye to eye. If only I had a camera I could have captured it's plump tawny body.