A Nice Day After All
The day got off to an unpromising start for a picnic or a hike, with cool temperatures and some rain. We ate our picnic lunch indoors at the dining room table. In the afternoon, the sun came out, the rain stopped and it became warm outdoors. We decided to go look for a geocache, the one at the park that we'd tried to find earlier this year but ran out of time and had to give it up till later. Today was later.
We decided to take all four of our dogs with us. The problem we could see happening would be if my dogs got too excited about seeing other dogs out for walks in the park. But, I had the head harness for Rusty, so he would be well under control, and if I was handling Desy, I could keep her under control. As it turned out, Lyn walked Rusty for me and we had no problems from the dog. They all enjoyed the hike immensely.
We thought we knew what path to follow up the hill but we still had to diddle around a bit to get it right. The path was a very muddy and very steep horse path. Everyone else took the hill at a good steady clip, but I began to flag. I pressed on but it was a stiff aerobic exercise for me and just before the top of the hill, I had to stop and rest for a couple of minutes. When I got to the top, I knew that I couldn't go back down that steep, uneven path.
While the others found the cache, I skirted the edge of the golf course and headed back down the hill with Desy. When we got to the edge of the road, the woods was too thick for us to get through. We had to walk a little ways through the golf course and then we could walk down the paved road to the park and join the others. The road took us a good piece out of our way, but it was easier for me than sliding down that muddy, steep path would have been.
I didn't get to see the cache, but I had a good time any how. We all had a good time and the dogs had an especially nice time hiking in the woods with us. None of them minded that steep, upward trail.
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