Dog Day

I was really restless this past Friday and couldn't concentrate on school. I decided to take the dogs out to Oatka Park to hike since it's bow season and I couldn't go out behind the house. It was a beautiful day, sunny but windy. Most of the leaves had fallen but there were still some brilliant red, yellow, and orange leaves hanging on. Previously when I'd gone to Oatka I'd always gotten lost. I think I've finally figured it out though. Within 5 minutes I'd already lost Abbie. I had her on the extendable leash and while trying to untangle her and Max I dropped it and she stood there for a second before realizing she's free when I lunged after her. I pursued her for a few seconds before realizing that me chasing her led to her running faster and Max dragging me along thinking it was a game. I finally stopped and got both of them somewhat calmed and continued on. I made it back in sight of the parking area but then decided I wanted to go find the bridge that I'd remembered from back in the day. Max was pretty tired though by that point so I decided to cut down a steep hill that led to the creek. I let Max off his leash because he bolts towards any body of water he sees. However, Abbie now decided that she wanted to be a water dog too and dragged me on down the hill so I finally let her go because I didn't want to follow her into the creek. I continued sliding though because the hillside was covered in leaves and underneath was pure mud because of the recent rain. Luckily a tree stopped my descent. Abbie plowed into the water with the leash and I had to pluck it out. Max then decided to get a log and bring it over and drop it on my flannel and sunglasses that I had set down. All in all a typical hike with the dogs ;)