Walk

Today was the perfect day to go walking, sunshiny, cool but not cold, little breezy. We went to the game lands we haven't been to yet, parked first on the stream side. Because it's been raining so much where you can step over the stream was too wide for me. David jumped over but I saw all that slippy mud and was nope, not today. I am a klutz on the best of days, this was not a good activity for me. So, we headed to the other side of the game lands that has no stream. Nope on this one too - acres of dried cornstalks which doe NOT make a relaxing anything with Reuben. Reuben runs around like he's on a game show and David hollers at him like he is not. 

Back in the van and down the road. There's a little park I pass all the time with a hiking trail so out we got - score! Beautiful little pond and wide grassy path. It went much farther than I thought it would, uphill we went. Reuben still ran like a crazy thing but we could see him (most of the time)  and they were just having the best time. The trail continued uphill, we havent' been walking in a very long time so I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow, but it was such a lovely day.

And then Molly found a poo. And not just a run of the mill rabbit or deer - David said it was most likely a bear poo. It was huge and nasty - Molly manged to cover her entire back, all her collars, down her sides. At that point there was nothing we could do so we made it to the top with Crazy Reuben and Stink-O-La, what a view! You could see for miles, more than worth the walk. The ride home was interesting to say the least. Molly refused to stay in the back of the van so we rode home with the windows rolled down. The smell! was a combination of low tide, a poorly run pig farm with light notes of month old road kill wafting gently, I was surprised there was not a little black cloud hovering over her

Fortunately she's washable this was not the first time she's done this and it most likely is not the last. I guess you just have to take the good with the bad!