Category Archives: Scootering

We always get a lot of friendly interest when we’re out scootering. Today a nice young man asked me if what we do is unique, and as I always do I relish the chance to explain that this is a … Continue reading →

As of today, the woodland dirt trails are almost iced out. Enough to scooter on, which meant we could go farther without being too hard on those feet. These trails are pretty soft, so it’s a good workout for them. … Continue reading →

My dogs are blessed with tough feet; still, I don’t normally like to start them out on pavement first thing in the spring. But the dirt trails are stubbornly refusing to ice out and today I just couldn’t stand it … Continue reading →

So much for creative titles. We had a sloppy start today (getting the blooper reel ready) and a couple of GEE MEANS HAW?! moments but overall the MPs did great today. Had a really nice ON BY a turkey followed … Continue reading →

Usually I end up at the park ON a holiday and it is crazy busy, so I decided to skip running the dogs yesterday and go today instead because in theory everywhere ELSE should be crazy busy. There were still … Continue reading →

That we went scootering today. We didn’t see any turkeys or deer, but a couple of squirrels and some delicious smells were our ON BY downfall. Monday, November 25th: 3.25 miles, cool conditions.

I have a sort of “home base” at the state park where I almost always park the car and start my runs. It’s a small, centrally located and relatively unused row of parking spots set back far enough off the … Continue reading →

It was windy and chilly today, but we had a nice long run. As I’ve been adding distance, it’s cool to see the dogs “settle in” on some of the longer runs to a nice, steady trot with a bit … Continue reading →

I gave the dogs the week off, since they worked so hard last week I figured they needed a vacation from our vacation and they definitely spent some time resting up. But by this morning they were back to their … Continue reading →