Evening on the Trail

I ran six miles yesterday morning but decided after dinner that I wanted to go to the Mahomet trail and run some more. Good decision. I saw no one else on the trail after 7 p.m. except two beautiful deer, looking very much like the one in the above photo, in the open fields on either side of me, neither more than 30 feet away. I stopped on the trail and looked at the does and said hi, and they just stood there and stared right back at me. This standoff went on for at least 30 seconds, and I thought they would dart off at any time. They made absolutely no move. I finally started running again and looked back; both of them were at their same spots, still staring at me. It was worth the drive out there just for this experience.