13.5 miles run today. I made my annual trip out to Amish country and it always seems like a good spiritual retreat and also accomplishment. It's the longest run I've had since 2000. Which was a full Marathon.
Here are some pictures from my journey. Instead of doing 12 miles like I had the 2 years prior, there was a county park that had an observation tower that I couldn't resist running a little bit further to. Praise God for shade and that it wasn't as grueling as the 12 miles was 2 weeks ago. Praise God that I am well enough after having that vaccination and going to ER. Praise God that I feel Revelations coming and that I am in a better place to hear more from the Lord and getting back into the word.
Observation deck and Tower that I ran to
A high school track team runs here
Here are some turtles that I caught as I was nearing my finish. I didn't realize I was so close to the finish. I was kind of like a turtle with the pace that I went since I stopped to look at nature. 13.5 mi took me close to 3 hours.
Here is a capture of this being my longest run in 21 years
The canal was all dried up in places. You can see these boats that I have no water. We had a really dry summer last year and even though mosquitoes are bad this year and we had rain it was not enough
On my run I came across this coffee place and decided after to stop by. There was a line out the door because they were only allowing two people at a time. Their coffee is fresh and air roasted. She knows some of the places where the coffee comes from and owners. She seems very involved in the process and will be expanding to a cafe along the trail and a bigger space.
I also visited an American type of cafe and got a wrap and then stopped off at a coffee place that was so interesting. There was some kind of glass thing where they cold brew coffee from special places. This cold brew came from Japan. They're also was these machines for roasting the beans. It seems like a trendy place and the gal that was answering my questions was Mennonite but sounded very preppy pretentious. Something I would never expect from Amish country. These are my treats and rewards and my way of having a small day trip vacation.