A walk in the park

The mom thinks I have been a bit 'down' since coming back from the mountains. I really did like being able run free up there and now my little yard does seem a bit small. I decided to use the the sad eyes (which of course I know how to use perfectly to my advantage) on the mom this morning and before you knew it, off we went to the park by the river. Mom likes going to this park as there are nice wide flat paths for her to walk on, and lots of grass for me. And there are big trees that have the fattest biggest chestnut colored squirrels in them. The mom loves squirrels and wishes we had some around our house. I do too, they would be so much fun to chase and bark at and maybe even nip their tails a little. Anyway, back to our walk. It was perfect weather for a long walk, nice and cool with a cool breeze blowing. I was little confused about the noisy things that were zooming up the river. Mom said they were boats and that people were going fishing. Mmmmm fish smell very good when they are dead. I was hoping the mom would take me back to the lake to see the dead fish again, but she drove in the other direction! As you can see in this photo, at one point I got a little 'stumped' about which direction to go.....eventually I decided 'that-a-way' was good. This park along the river goes for miles and miles and the best thing is there are no houses close by, so you get to enjoy the scenery. Not that I do a lot of looking, I am much more interested in all the wonderful smells. The river - which is the Missouri was flowing exceedingly fast and the mom wondered how safe it was for those little boats to be out on it. We watched one small boat that was about 8 foot long and they were really struggling against the flow. Mom thought they were really stupid to be out there. Three nice ladies who were jogging then stopped and said what a beautiful dog I was, and asked if they could pat me. I didn't mind at all....loving from any source is good lovin'. The only thing I was NOT to happy about was them saying "SHE " is such a good dog.........grrrrr couldn't they tell I am a he not a she!!!! On the way back the mom took me over to see where the little humans play. This was lots of fun although that sand stuff felt a bit funny under my paws and the mom grumbled because it got in her shoes. I quite liked this spinning thing, providing it was going slow. The mom also liked it a lot and she said it was favorite thing when she was a little human. The slide thing, that was odd !!! It was rather scary looking to begin with and I had to inch my over to it and give it a good sniffing before I trusted it. I figured eventually that I would give it a try......the only problem was mom told me I was supposed to come down nose first not butt first!!!!! And that has been my morning.......I am off to see what else my 'sad eyes' look can get me. Woofitty Woof