Observations from the country

I've been training off and on in rural-esque Maryland farm country lately, and here are some observations:

1. Running through spider webs is worse than walking through them - especially when breathing heavily - in - and the web crosses your mouth.....
   
2. Chesapeake Bay and its offshoots really are murky water indeed.... 
   
3. No matter how heavily I'm breathing, I'm always able to close my nose and breathe strictly through my mouth well ahead of coming upon roadkill......
   
4. Rabbits aren't as daring as squirrels - as soon as you come upon them, they turn tail and run, rather than cross your path to the other side of the street.....
   
5. Worms drying on the road in the rising heat look like cherry stems....
   
6. Foxes are furtive......
   
7. Turtles really do run - though not at a hare's pace.....
   
8. Crows look for potential victims - while I was hitting the wall on a training run, one hopped from tree to tree ahead of me, waiting for my final gasp of breath.....
   
9. ....then another one joined in....... not good for morale.....
   
10. No matter how tired you are, when you come upon a piece of shredded tire in the road that turns out to be a snake poised in your direction, you - and your bike - jump a few inches off the ground......