Shoot for the Stars

Soos Creek Park (Gary Grant Park). Kent, WA. 5:45 p.m. I was planning to meet Lisa and Nicole at the park this evening but had the hardest time getting there. First of all, my phone died so I wasn't able to keep in tuch with anyone. Secondly, my GPS couldn't find the address to the park. I then looked up the park on my GPS and found it but there was a North and South end. I didn't think the park was that big. Thirdly, I put the wrong end in my GPS-South and couldn't find the entrance. I ended up pulling into someone's private road that had a steep incline and accidently scraped the bottom of my husband's car. It appears to be fine but it scared me that I wrecked something. Finally, I found the park by putting the North end in my GPS. Forth mistake was, once I had gotten there I went the wrong direction on the trail. I saw Lisa and NIcole's cars there so I knew i could catch up to them; I just hadn't realized that the trail went 2 different directions. I, of course, went the wrong way. grrrr!!! I finally ran into them though. I ran on the paved trail, across a couple of bridges and past the intersection. I turned R at a fork in the road but it ended up being a dead end. It probably went about 1/2 mile. I could see Meeker school and then I turned around took the other way up a steep hill but went into residential so I just headed back to the parking lot; hoping to run into them. I asked a couple about the trial and they told me it goes 4-5 miles the other direction. I saw the girls and Denali heading toward me after they had gone the other stretch of the trail. We ended up just doing my route again which was fine.I had to do a steep hill twice! It was nice to have someone to talk to when I saw the girls. I had my Ipod shuffle while solo though. I explained to them the mess and they were glad I was okay. Bottom line: i got a great work out in! Over 5 miles was more than I had planned but for some reason it didn't seem like that long! No pains. I just felt sluggish due to a piece of pie I had eaten about 30 min before the run. Ha! Good run ladies!