Hiking

Today is a federal holiday around here, which means that we both had the day off. The weather was (unseasonably) gorgeous, so we decided to take advantage of it and go hiking.

The original plan was to go to Uwharrie National Forest, which Penny and I had been to before. However, a missed turn meant we ended up closer to Morrow Mountain State Park (mountain is a term used loosely around here. And this comes from a defender of the Appalachians as mountains.) So that is where we went.

The trail we chose was the "Sugarloaf" trail, which my mother informed me after the fact is a famous ski mountain in Vermont. Had I known this, I probably would not have been surprised at what the trail entailed.

It started off fairly normal...

Then it started going downhill.

Literally

Then it started to go uphill.

Very uphill

Yeah, turned out the Sugarloaf trail climbed a flat-topped mountainling.

Plus side, great view.

Penny was very happy the whole walk, jumping over streams and on rocks. She never flagged.

And then when we got to the car...

Flop

She curled up and slept the whole way home.

And proceeded to sleep for the rest of the afternoon. 

A tired dog is a good dog. So the good dog is the one who is asleep?

~AMPH