May 24, 2002  Final Flo-Jo training run
- Aliso Woods to Top of the World

As soon as we got to the top gramps spotted 200 goats at the Top of the World!

Sierra was entranced, but couldn't pet them because they are contained by a high voltage electric fence.
The city of Laguna Beach has been using goats ever since the disastrous October 1993 fires to clear the top part of the hills of all vegetation that could become combustible in the dry season.  The house I owned on Skyline Drive when Michelle was born was one of the homes that was totally destroyed in that fire.  We sold it in 1976.
Lots of goats!
One pair of goats was butting their heads together for some 10 minutes of combat.  The other goats around them, like this friendly pair, weren't even paying attention.
Bye, bye goats.  Next we went to the park.  The plan was that I wanted to get some extra training distance in and would head off immediately to the far Cholla trail while Michelle stayed with Sierra at the park for 20 minutes or so.  First time we used two way radios to stay in contact. Great fun.  I figured I got in about 14 miles total.  Apparently, Sierra came running to get me and never played in the park.  So Michelle and her walked and ran to the Mathis trail earlier than planned.
After the run and breakfast at the original Pancake House we drove to El Toro to pick up our Flo-Jo race registration materials.  We quickly found our friend and volunteer Vicki Davis who with her husband put on the Winter Trail Running Series in the Ortega Mountains that Michelle and I so love.

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