Fall is here

Yesterday after church we took Ainsley & Fletch to the Provincial Park for a nice walk. It was perfect weather and a nice day to see the myriad of pretty fall colors.
But, of course, a walk wasn't adventurous enough - so Fletch decided to make it interesting for us. Upon first arriving at the park, one must first walk past the beach area and up a very steep hill to the nice walking trails ... so we did that ... and when I say steep hill, I mean so steep that you almost feel like you might fall backwards! I had Ainsley in the baby carrier on my chest, and Fletch was off leash chasing his ball. After a few minutes of walking Fletch disappeared into the woods .. we thought to retrieve his ball. Well, he got his ball and then decided to navigate through thick woods and steep terrain all in order to get down into the water! He made it down there and was swimming before we even got close enough to the edge to see him! Peter then had to navigate his way down to get him out of the lake. Ainsley & I waited patiently at the top, watching ... and accidentally scaring some ladies when we surprised them by emerging from the forest and back onto the path - oops, at least we don't look too threatening.


Eventually Peter and Fletch made it back up to us .. the amazing thing, I found out once they were back, was that Fletch somehow also managed to get down a 6-8 foot drop to the lake, after scaling the steep hill! What a crazy dog. He was not injured at all, but very wet. And, as punishment he had to stay on his leash for the rest of the walk! All drama aside, it was a very pretty walk complete with leaves and pine cones crunching under our feet - I love fall : )





Ainsley managed to stay awake for most of the walk, and was lulled to sleep sometime towards the end.



Team PM & Ainsley