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I wouldn't mind jogging through the orchards of the Central Valley like Steve does every once in a while... 
Yeah, I'm lucky that I work across the street from a veritable oasis of agricultural fields. It's completely surrounded by miles of suburban city now, but CSU Fresno's campus was a rural area when it was started in the '60s. So I get to jog around pistachios, almonds, alfalfa, corn, wheat and whatever else they are growing at the time. I've seen egrets, herons, Canadian geese, and even a den of foxes... all on the same section.
The fun part is running at high noon when it's a hundred degrees. Some years ago, my daughter was talking on the phone to a classmate who was driving on the avenue along campus, and the friend was saying, "Oh my gosh, there is this crazy guy out running in this heat! ....Oh wait... It's your dad!"
