We've been hiking the dogs every weekend
since early December. In the beginning we kept the hikes short
and close to home as Gretchen was still very young. As
she's grown, so have the hikes from one
hike a weekend to two hikes a weekend. From two short
hikes, we've worked our way up to two longer
hikes.
With all these hikes,
we've been to quite a few places - Springton Manor, Marsh Creek, Hibernia and now French Creek. Unfortunately I
haven't made a great effort to document the hikes too well.
Takes yesterdays hike. We did a longer loop at Marsh
Creek then we'd done before and discovered some really cool
farm ruins. The hike was perfect for pictures, but I
wasn't thinking.
Today I was smart, or at least
smarter. We headed off to Miller's Point at French Creek (different link then
before and cooler) and took the camera. One of the focal points of this
trail is Millers Point, a wooded
rock outcropping with semi clear views to the north. I wanted
to see how Gretchen would do in the
rocks.
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She did
fine of course. CJ knows rocks and started up
them first. As soon as she realized where he was
going, she took off in front
of him. She was up and over like a
goat.
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Jen doesn't like climbing
rocks as much, so she took her time.
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 The dogs on the other hand were all over them.
Granted they aren't the biggest and there's some paths in
between, but that didn't keep from climbing up and exploring all the
possibilities.
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And I mean all the possibilities.
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The only distraction from running all over the
rocks were some orange peels Gretchen thought might be tasty. They
weren't.
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Down off the rocks and back down the
trail. From this point, the trail
drops significantly into a valley (similar to the
one viewed). Gretchen loves to
run down hill and we love watching her. It's
hard to explain, but she definitely has a particular style
for descending.
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At the bottom and through the
creek. Creeks mostly freak her out, but this one went well.
her.
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A tired dog is a good dog.
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