Today I did a re-visit of a place that I have hiked before. Bake Oven Knob on the Appalachian Trail. BOK is a gorgeous overlook within .4 miles of a parking area, so I knew there would be plenty of people on a gorgeous November day. I left Molly at home for that reason, I didn't need her enthusiastic lurching over the boulders while we were connected with a leash.
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Some rocks to hike over. |
As I anticipated, there were loads of people. I enjoyed a lot of flattery and praise for my dogs. I chatted with a Standard Poodle devotee who had even adopted a corgi through rescue. The corgi relentlessly herded her child and poodles, so she returned the corgi to the rescue as a poor match. YES, corgis are bossy :)
Lots of amazement that Ein can rock hop. Ein is so cute. Perri is a parti poodle! Perri is "cut nice". (this pleased me, I enjoy grooming Perri and want to improve my skills in that department.)
"Look, a wolf!", some little kid shrieked at Ein.
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Li'l Wolf. |
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Poodle Shadow. |
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Waiting while I searched for the Bake Oven Knob geocache, "Bok Joy". (I never did find it.) |
Everybody that we met was nice, but I am very much a person who enjoys my solitude in nature. It is a big reason that I thrive as a solo hiker. I decided to hike out the 1.4 miles south from the trailhead to "Bear Rocks". The trail was not so populated, although we did pass a few people. Bear Rocks was just as crowded, but I did tether the dogs and crawl to the top in search of another geocache. Which I did not find.
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Goodbye, Trail. |
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We did revisit the BOK overlook. I squeezed in a spot through all the people on the rocks and sat on top of the world with the dogs and enjoyed the wind and the joy of being outdoors. |
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Perri is exhausted. Dawson is exhausted just thinking about it. |
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And then I ate my dinner. And the dogs begged for it. |
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