Margaret and I decided to take CJ for a hike this weekend, to explore a trail near our house. It’s the Seneca Creek Greenway Trail and it is about a mile or so south of our house. It was a pretty nice day, so we packed the dog into the car and off we went.

The full trail is 7.8 miles one-way, so there is no way were going to be able to do that without working up to it. But we did end up going 5 miles round trip. It’s a nice hike, mainly because it is wooded and close by. The trail follows Seneca Creek as it cuts through a valley in this area. As you walk along, you get to see the backs of many of the houses in the area that back up onto this valley. So while you’re really not near anything, every once in a while you are reminded that you aren’t really that far out from civilization.

I think our trips to Tennessee and the lake have really turned CJ into a water dog. At one point, I brought her down to the waters edge so she could get a drink. And what did she do? Jumped right in without hesitation.

I was concerned that she wouldn’t be able to navigate some of the areas we had to go through. There were some steep hills to climb and some logs to navigate. But she had no problems, running up the hills and leaping over the logs. She loved it. At one point we had to cross a little branch of the stream on a rock “bridge”. Really it was just a series of rocks that you could step on to get across the stream. CJ took it more easily then either Margaret or I did, hopping from rock to rock across. On the way back she was a little more tired and just jumped into the stream to cross it…

All in all, it was a wonderful way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

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