We started out walking on the Ice Age Trail which follows the last glacier in Wisconsin.
Keeley loves walking on trails because he's very confident about leading us on the path.
After a while though, I decided that this trail was too hard for us. Keeley was doing his 3 leg hop favoring his bad leg and the very uneven walking surface, littered with rocks and tree roots was hard on Keeley's grandma because she suffered a very badly broken ankle a few years ago.
So we switched to the Kame Terrace Trail when we came to a fork in the road.
This trail was much easier on all of our paws.
It took us right through the Butterfly Garden.
We didn't see any butterflies but Keeley found some grasshoppers.
Can you see the grasshopper in the bottom left corner of this picture? I think Keeley really wants a pet of his own. He loved playing with this grasshopper and he was so gentle with it. Everytime we'd tell Keeley that it was time to go, he'd pick up the grasshopper in his mouth and bring it with him. He'd do it so gently that he didn't even break off any of the grasshopper's legs.
After the Butterfly Garden we ended up on this paved path that was just called the Accessible Trail. Now this was really easy walking!
I took this picture from the top of the Observation Tower. Keeley went up the first flight of stairs but then was too scared to go up any farther.We all had a great time and Keeley got to meet a few dogs there too. We were so tired when we got home that we all took a nice long nap.
10 comments:
That sure does look like a wonderful hike!!! I love going for hikes/runs/walks with my mom!
I've never seen a grasshopper before-did it jump on your nose?
Velcro
Hi Keeley!
I've missed visiting your blog...=) Mom has been away, so I blame her for me not keeping up with my friends. heh! The hike looks SUPER awesome! Love the photos of you walking amongst the trees...=) And although I can't really see the grasshopper clearly, it seems like you had a great time playing with it...did you get to keep it as a pet? *grins*
Scottie
Keeley,
LOVE your dogs for Obama button. At my local pet store they have the neatest I Love Obama collars & leashes.
What a great walk you guys had. Any of those trails would be great, but I'm glad you found one that you could use all four paws on.
Your pal,
Kirby
Keeley
What a gweat walk
You desewve to have apet of youw own , you awe such a sweet gentle doggie, and soooo bootiful.
I'm glad you took such a nice walk, and that you found one that was a little easiew on youw paws
smoochie kisses
ASTA
Both those trails look great. Sorry to hear you've still got leg problems Keeley.
The view from the lookout is wonderful.
tailwags
Noah
You're hike reminded us of our Sleeping Giant hikes, Keeley! We love to hike and sniff everything and meet a few dogs if we're lucky!
Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch
That looks like a great place for a hike, Keeley! You are much nicer to the grasshopper than we would probably by! We would probably start by ripping his legs off!
Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches
It is a very beautiful place for a walkie ! Did you find some dino's bones ?...
Kisses, Faya
We would have voted for the easier path too.
We went to a butterfly garden here and it was packed with butterflies, sorry you didn't see any.
Murph
What an awesome hike, it must have been so much fun!!!!
WOW, a grasshopper, I've never seen one before. YOu are so lucky.
Frenchie SNorts
Balboa
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