Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Oh, Crappy Day!

So, my birthday was last week. My last year of being 30-something! I had the day off. Not because I work for an employee lovin’ company, but because the economy sucks and we are on shortened workweeks. I thought we would enjoy a nice hike at one of our favorite places to do stuff like that.

First, it was 77° when I turned off the highway. In the park, it must have been pushing 350°. Seriously.

Even Kate was not that happy. And she’s always happy about some unknown thing.

Why don’t you love me?
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The picture taking sucked because all they did was go from shade spot to shade spot.
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I also realized that I am more of a city girl than I care to admit. I love this park on the weekends when it’s busy. When there are other smatterings of humanity. Weekday = deserted. Deserted = hella creepy. Me + 2 spineless dogs + lots of wild animal warning posters does not equal nice, relaxing hike.

These are not scenic pics
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These are me scanning the heights for Things That Could Kill Us
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Hmm, no Mountain Lion/Coyote/Bobcats….OK, run to next hill…
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And, damnit Kate, stop running ahead and standing next to bushes!
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The little babbling brook does not do much babbling in the summer.

Damn, I could use some water.
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Bella, you’re standing in it.

Holy crap, really? This is it?!
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Yup, that’s water
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This sucks, can we go home now?
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8 comments:

  1. HollyAugust 4, 2009 at 1:07 PM

    *giggle*

    My friend Cyndi, with her whippet Sophia and I with my cattledog Meg went for a walk on sunday to one of the many gamelands that surround our homes. The paths were mowed nicely, but the woods on either side were old woods that had a tall canopy which created dense shade in the woods. It was surreal....like something out of The Hobbit, I kept waiting for Treebeard to Ho-Hum at me!

    Wild animals? Not so much though....being a country girl I was not worried about them much.Especially with two dogs with us!

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  2. chief scribeAugust 4, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    My sister's dog, Chloe, a Siberian husky, just loves to walk in the woods. But I don't indulge her. It's too easy to get hurt or worse, lose a dog. As you can see, I'm not a country girl either.

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  3. An English ShepherdAugust 4, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    We don't have many wild animals over here, unless you count Dare when I nick his lunch ;-)

    Wizz :-)

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  4. DogsDeserveFreedomAugust 5, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    Love the pics.

    DogsDeserveFreedom

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  5. Two French BulldogsAugust 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    Hi New friend
    You have a cool blog. We like your pictures.
    Benny & Lily

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  6. MichelleAugust 5, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    Well, I guess you could look at it this way - things can only go uphill from there, which is better than the other way around I think!

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  7. Diamond GirlAugust 5, 2009 at 11:08 PM

    Completely unrelated to this post...but blogger hates me and wouldn't let me comment on my own blog, so I'm trying this on yours.

    Pia - you are super awesome and very generous!! Your donation pushed us over the top for buying our last clue! THANK YOU so much!!

    Believe me, I also don't like to run for fun...I HATE running. But I do like to beat people and I like to compete, so I put up with the running part and I hope there are a lot of eating challenges to help balance the day!

    You are a super star! When we win, I'll be sure to mention you in our acceptance speech. ;)

    Jill

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  8. lowdogsAugust 9, 2009 at 12:49 PM

    Laughed out loud at this posting! We feel the same way about getting creeped out. Too many scary movies run through the head.

    stay cool,
    xo lowdogs

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