Spring hike, lots of pictures!

Today was a very rare perfect spring day; about 68 degrees under a blue sky laced with puffy clouds. A perfect day for a hike with the Corgis! And a chance to try out my new camera.

There are lots of pictures but I shrunk them down so hopefully the page won't take too long to load.

The dogs were happy to get out off-leash.

They checked out the scenery.

They are both great on hikes. Maddie turns out to be a natural trail-finder; when we weren't sure where the trail had wandered to, she always found it. Neither of them wander too far.

They both found some delightful poop to roll in. Fox? Coyote? Not sure which, but they stank to the high heavens on the way home. They thought it was divine, of course. I caught Maddie in mid-roll, but there was not much point in trying to stop her.

This was the same hike we went on last fall, when I posted some pictures, but this time we found the correct trail. Some really cool standing stones:

None of the scenery could match the sight of Corgi backsides trotting up the trail.

The "al servo" focus allows even an idiot like me to get some nice action shots.

We found a pool, but it didn't wash off all the fox scat. Maddie looked like a hippo, standing in the water and grazing.

Nice view, with added Corgi:

After a three-mile hike, mostly in the sun, we were fortunate to have a spring-fed stream to cool the dogs off in.

And time to go home!

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Comment by Bev Levy on May 16, 2010 at 8:21am: Looks like it was lots of fun! Great photos too!

Comment by Tauna and Kota on May 16, 2010 at 7:36am: That's awesome. Makes me want to get out and do some camping/hiking. Beautiful pics. Love the action-running one.

Comment by Gromit, Sparkle, and Doug on May 16, 2010 at 2:36am: Wonderful, fun photos!

Comment by Geri & Sidney on May 16, 2010 at 2:22am: those are rally great photos, and it looks like such a fun hike :)

Comment by shelley power on May 16, 2010 at 12:23am: oh how cool!! Where are you?

Comment by Beth on May 16, 2010 at 12:04am: We are fortunate to have some nice hiking trails nearby that allow off-leash dogs, mostly because they are hunting areas. The only thing in season now, though, is turkeys, and the chances of someone being out looking for turkeys in mid-afternoon on a ridge-top heath barren, and mistaking a Corgi for a bearded tom, are quite slim!

This particular place is a Nature Conservancy preserve. The terrain is a bit difficult as it's mostly rock. The Corgis were great; it must have reminded them a bit of "home" (Wales). My knees are not happy tonight, though! There are some stunted trees and lots of dead ones (the saplings start growing, then reach a size that the land can't support and just wither). There's loads of wild blueberries, wintergreen, and sheep laurel, with a small scattering of rhododendron (R. Maximum) and the native mountain laurel. Apparently there are some rare birds and butterflies there, but I can only spot birds when they are eating at my feeder...

Comment by Keri&Merlin(Judy&Alan's Pups) on May 15, 2010 at 11:56pm: great pics,Beth.tomorrow We head out on a 4 day camping trip with Our 2 pems.Our Tri Merlin is Our water baby.We tease that the black on His coat is Lab!!Check out our corgi pics.good job with Your new camera!!

Comment by Sky and Lyla on May 15, 2010 at 10:55pm: Thanks Beth, looking at those pictures made my evening! They both look like they are having the time of their lives! I keep trying to find some dog friendly trails around my area but no luck yet.

Comment by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on May 15, 2010 at 10:24pm: o wow, looks like u and your fur kids had a wonderful time:) beautiful view along with corgi butts lol love the photos!

Comment by Jane Christensen on May 15, 2010 at 10:02pm: Thanks for sharing ...looked like great fun and beautiful scenery! Since I spent the day in the dirt...it was fun to see this!