{"id":895,"date":"2004-09-19T01:55:46","date_gmt":"2004-09-19T06:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/?p=895"},"modified":"2004-09-19T01:55:46","modified_gmt":"2004-09-19T06:55:46","slug":"critters-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/index.php\/2004\/09\/19\/critters-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Critters ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another quickie hiking report. Last month I joined a group called Walk South
\nBay for a sweltering, challenging hike in Rancho San Antonio Park near Mountain
\nView. Sweated a lot, drank lots of water, got sore feet. Thought: Next time
\nthere’s an easy hike with cool weather, I’m there. <\/p>\n

A member of the club named Debbie had a nice little five-miler planned for
\nthis weekend. The forecast said high of 72 — 25 degrees cooler than the last
\nRancho hike — so I hopped in the car and sped over there Saturday morning.
\nTurned out Debbie and I were the only ones who showed up; I’m sure she’ll show
\nup in future hike reports .. .this time I was skittish about taking pictures
\nof one person and saying "this is half my hiking group." <\/p>\n

Spotting this deer made Debbie’s day. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

This guy was doing the little freeze that all the "prey" species
\ndo just before they flee. The old "Maybe if I stand real still, the mountain
\nlion won’t notice me." It never works. Good thing they can run so fast.\n<\/p>\n

We also passed through a section of the park called Deer Hollow Farm, which
\ngives city kids a chance to gape at farm animals and squeal loudly when amusing\/amazing
\nthings happen. I need no provocation to take pictures of livestock. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Goats are about the most relaxed farm animals you’ll ever see. Maybe it’s because
\nwe don’t eat goats.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Chickens are, understandably, a bit more tense. This rooster was making all
\nkinds of crowing sounds, though the hens were no doubt thinking to themselves,
\n"for God’s sake, buddy, it’s past lunchtime. Give it a rest." <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Pull open the door and it says…<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I like cows because they seem so resigned to their fate as meat-, milk- and
\nleather-bearing servants of human appetites.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Really needs some people in there with a sign saying "Earthlings, in their
\n19th Century Habitat." (A great Twilight Zone episode has an ending like
\nthis.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another quickie hiking report. Last month I joined a group called Walk South Bay for a sweltering, challenging hike in Rancho San Antonio Park near Mountain View. Sweated a lot, drank lots of water, got sore feet. Thought: Next time…<\/p>\n

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