We have been enjoying the beautiful spring like weather and are taking advantage of it. We have been walking Luca a lot on the bike trail and enjoying the green grass and wild flowers. This past Saturday while walking Luca on the trail we let him sniff around an open field. He loves to smell and follow scent trails, so we let him take the lead and followed him around the short grass. Luca pulled hard on the leash and followed a scent toward some tall grass. Rich and I joke about Luca finding a pheasant and 5 minutes later Luca had scared a pheasant out of the tall grass. It was pretty neat to see and if we were hunters Luca would probably make a good hunting dog. It is so much fun to watch Luca follow scents. He really gets into it and sometimes snorts as he goes along.
Yesterday I took Luca for a walk by myself in the afternoon and it was so quiet and serene. We had the whole path to ourselves and I enjoyed the quiet. On our walk we came across 5 deer and 4 turkey. Even though we often see deer on the trail I still get excited every time we see them. We haven't seen turkey in a while so it was nice to see them coming back around this time of year. The only disappointment was I did not see the woodpeckers. There is an old tree along the path that woodpeckers live in, but the last few walks I haven't seen them. I hope they have not moved on because I always look forward to walking by that tree and looking up to see 2-3 woodpeckers hanging out.
I think we our so fortunate to have the bike trail so nearby. It is a beautiful place to walk and it is nice to have so much nature in the middle of the city. Now that the time has changed and it is lighter later, Rich and I plan to spend more time on the trail together.
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