Sometimes we walk along the marina or out around Rotary or Coal Dock Park. Other times we trek to the library or post office. Sometimes we walk up the hill to the park on the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan. It depends on our mood, the weather and any errands we might need to do along the way.
Mostly we walk up the bike path. It's a nice paved path with plenty of good bushes and trees and grasses full of interesting-to-a-dog smells. Other people and pets to pass along the way. And if it's windy the trees offer some protection even though the leaves are down now. Some times we walk the mile up to the community gardens and come back home by reversing direction.
Sometimes we travel about 1/3 of the way to the gardens and cross over the stream on the new bridge the city installed recently. That way we can come home through some woods and then an open field with new things to smell and new bushes to "claim" with that last drop of Fenway pee.
Aside from other dogs Fenway eagerly looks for squirrels, or a rabbit that races ahead and disappears in the underbrush. Earlier in the year we would see chipmunks.
Now we spot something much bigger….almost every day. This new possible "friend" makes Fenway stop in his tracks and strain against the leash. You can almost hear him saying "Oh please just let me go! I know I can catch this one!"
It seems we have a mini-herd of deer just outside our door. We find them along the path, and in Veteran's Park and crossing the road. Fun to watch - and this fall we've spotted two bucks.
So Fenway thinks he's ready to make some new friends - we think not.
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