take my dogs hiking or walking

So we are trying to get in trips to the dog beach (a ten minute drive) and trips to the dog park (a 15 minute, slow waddle from here) as often as possible. If nothing else, a waddle around the block seems to make him happy, too!

I know of 3 dog beaches not too far from where we’ll probably rent a house. We’ve been to one and it was a blast. We just need to teach Baloo to NOT drink the salt water. It made him sick, sick, sick.

There is a cool dog park within walking distance to our house, too.

Two dogs at once is too much for me, however (on leashes, I mean). I actually got a painful ropeburn around my wrist AND fell over a small rose-bush, cutting my leg on thorns and smashing the side of my face into the ground which cause my whole head and neck to go CRUNCH in a painful sereies of pops and crackles. I swear, I’m the only person I know who seems to need a helmet to walk dogs. At least I didn’t break my nose THIS time.

The exercise was good, however. My food diary says I burned 269 calories in 40 minutes.

A bit leery about going by myself, but there are usually other hikers and joggers out there.