A hiking and walking weekend!

Hiking! Part one of our weekend.

On Saturday Erland and I decided to go Devils Lake with Sprocket to meet up with some friends and their two dogs.  We headed out to the lake after I got off work. Sprocket did well on the drive over, but when we stopped to wait in line for the ferry, a guy on a motorcycle in front of us made him get barky!

We finally made it to Devils Lake & met up with everyone else, human and dog, strapped on our hiking boots, put on sunblock, got Sprockets water bowl all set, and headed out. I honestly can't remember the name of the trail we hiked om,  but it was on the South Shore side. It was also very rocky and those rocks were slippery at times. Sprocket had no problem going up at all, what with his long legs, but going down was another issue. I decided to just carry him down since the trail was a little tough to walk on & he was slipping more than I liked.

Every dog pictured here is a rescue!

It was a really nice day and the view at the top was awesome. There where quite a lot of people there and lots were out hiking with their dogs as well. When we made it back down to the bottom I wanted to check out the dog beach. We headed towards our friends car which was near the dog beach and after seeing them off, we walked on it a bit. I took Sprocket up to the water, enough that he could walk in the shallow part. He wasn't too interested in going swimming and  I didn't really want him going swimming since the water was kind of funky looking, but I had brought a towel with us in case he did get wet.

He was really tuckered out and passed out on the ride home. It was his first hike and I think he did well and had fun!

Pooped out!

Walking! part 2 of our weekend.

Today was the Ride the Drive event. I love riding my bike and have always wanted to do this here in Madison, since I did something similar back home in Los Angeles. (documented on a previous blog post under cycling) Erland had an accident earlier this year where he fell off his bike and busted his knee, so rather than try and ride our bikes we decided to walk the 5 mile route with Sprocket.

There were a lot more bikes than what shows in this picture!

This event was a lot of fun and I got to see a part of the city I haven't seen since moving out here. Along the route was the Warner Dog Park. We checked it out and since I didn't have Sprockets dog park licence yet, I kept him on the leash as we walked in the park. As we walked around the dog park, a gentleman walking with his dog called Sprocket a "scruffy chap."

Taking a break.

We ended our day out with lunch for us at Culvers and some water for Sprocket. We both ended up taking a nap when we got home!