Adventure Time!

Its that time of year again! Its time to get dirty exploring places in nature that I ought to leave alone! The weather is improving, the Geese are coming home, and birds are chirping they signal to get back out and learn something new!

Earlier this week I had taken Maggie (Since I no longer have Jack to keep my company) for a walk. This walk turned into a muddy hike! We went to the Greece Canal County Park while the sun was shinning. There are several paths to walk and I absentmindedly picked one for us to try. It never occurred to me just how wet everything would be with the recent snow melt and rain we'd gotten. The truth be told it didn't really matter. If I had thought about it, we'd have never gone and had such a wonderful time.

After Several futile attempts to keep Maggie out of the mud I simply gave up. She wasn't going to avoid it and she was having far too much fun splashing in every water hole she could get her paws in. She ran in circles with her excitement, how could i keep trying to punish her for being a dog? If she wasn't circling me she was running through the trees ahead of me. She'd stop, look at me and run back to me as if too say,"You're too slow! Let's move faster!C'mon run with me!"

When we reached the end of the trail we met other walkers on the safe concrete roads. Everyone thought she was adorable Mud and all! One said, "You're sheep dog looks like a mud dog!" and another gentleman on a bicycle said,"Awww! Not in MY car!"

The car! I hadn't thought of that either! I had no towels and no way to clean her off. So I tried to get her to the water pump to clean her off a bit, but the manual pumping made it impossible and the noise scared her. All I could do was sigh, snap a few pictures and cover the car seat with the blanket I kept on my backseat.

When I got her home I tried to wash her off a little with the hose, but that didn't work out so well either. The water was cold and she struggled with me a bit. My Step-Mom opened the kitchen window and laughed,"What did you do with my dog!?" So I told her. She thought it was funny and was glad we had so much fun. I took her to show my father and he exclaimed the same thing, but was a little more irritant. However, after I explained the whole thing he was more amused than angry. I mean, after all, I'm the one who had to bath her. Twice.