BOXER ADVENTURES

 The state park that we were staying in was just south of Letchworth State Park - which holds what's known as the Grand Canyon of NY. It was a perfect day for us to head there bright and early and get in some miles. We had a perfect day hiking the trails.  The place was very busy and the dogs were good with everyone.  We got in a lot of miles - and more stairs - my Garmin indicates we climbed 109 FLIGHTS of stairs!  We made it back to the campsite early afternoon.  At this park, the sites are relatively close to one another and "neighbors" had moved in.  They have 2 dogs.  They are pretty well behaved but a few times they have gotten excited and barked at our boys.  Not only did they not bark back but they have not tried to run over there to see them.  They also have done spectacular with people walking on the road right next to our site.  They have watched everyone go by but have made no attempts to try to go out and greet people - not ...

 We decided to go camping at a place we'd never been to this weekend.  The dogs are smart enough that when they see the suitcases come out, they get excited and nervous.  We packed up a lot of things last night.  Booker jumped in the Passport at least 3-4 times and we had to make him get out.  He reluctantly did, apparently afraid we were planning to leave without him.  This morning I got up at what is the crack of dawn for me.  I took the dogs out and they were excited as this was different routine.  After they did their business they prepared to go back in the house but I had different plans.   We did a quick 3 miles in the col morning air, but it was warming up quickly by the time we finished.  We then packed up the rest of things and headed out.  They were appropriately tired from the run and settled right down despite the change in routine.  It was a long trip, but as always they traveled well.  We got to the cam...