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Waggin' Trails - Priorities

By Junie BPosted August 18, 2018

 

Posted August 28, 2015 | Updated August 18, 2018

Hey yawl Junie B here and I am a-lookin' forward to fall It's been a hot summer...so hot that birds are using oven mitts when picking up worms from the ground.

Can a girl get some love around here? Are you going to eat all that bacon by yourself? Junie B at Cabin 3 Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia

Can a girl get some love around here?

Are you going to eat all that bacon by yourself?

PRIORITIES

I decided that I need to prioritize my time this fall, so here is my list that always includes visiting my favorite Virginia State Barks:

1. Hike the trails at Virginia State Barks

2. B is for bacon...eat more bacon

3. Chase more squirrels

4. Encourage my family

5. Pull faces at our mean cat

6. Go for a car ride (preferably to a Virginia State Bark to play)

7. Remind Mum to buy more bacon

FORBIDDEN FRUIT

I have a confession yawl, I love bacon more than I love going outside. Mum says I have an addiction to it, she says that if I am not careful that is all I will be thinking about soon and let life pass me by. Please don't tell her, but it has already happened. I don't know why I love bacon more than steak, but I do.

Dawgs, I am not saying you should go to a Virginia State Bark cabin or campground just because there is bacon there, but there is a high likelihood if you do go to a Virginia State Bark cabin or campground there will be. I don't know why bacon and the great outdoors go so well together, they just do. 

GET YOUR TAILS ON THE TRAILS!

We cross mountain streams like this one at Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia

On our hikes together

We cross mountain streams like this one

We saw plenty of wildlife hiking the trails...here is a Doe and fawn at Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia

We see plenty of wildlife

When we go outside at Virginia State Barks

REWARDS

If you go for a hike at a Virginia State Bark you will see lots of squirrels, deer and birds. You may also see rabbits, chipmunks and other rodents that catch your nose and attention. Mum said the most important thing for me is to stay on the trail, and to keep her secured to my leash. If I don't do this, she is liable to chase after a butterfly or see a rainbow or puffy cloud that draws her away from the main path.

When we go back to the campground I always reward her with something she and my sisters love, s'mores. I have never had one, I did tell them if they put bacon on them they would be way better, everything is better with some bacon on it.

Tent camping at Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia

This was not our tent, but I spied the owners

They were a mother-daughter team, really how cool is that?

PLAY

The Family that plays together stays together. That is my motto. 

Before we go to a Virginia State Bark Mum and Dad are busy working, and my sisters are busy with their friends and ipads, they don't seem to notice me as often as they should. I try to get their attention, sometimes I even lie near the door and look up at it when they walk past. I try to keep myself entertained with bugs I find outside and the local wildlife, but it just isn't the same things in my yard versus the great outdoors at a Virginia State Bark with wide open spaces, hiking trails, waterways and lakes. Overall, unless we go to a Virginia State Bark, we all seem to do our own thing.

So my #1 priority is to always take my family outside to a Virginia State Bark. If there happens to be a little bacon thrown in for incentive, to sweeten the deal, then that is even better. Here is a link to learn more about my favorite Virginia State Barks, remember that all good roads lead to Virginia State Barks, so I hope to see you at the bark dawgs.

Yes I am still waiting for that bacon Dad! At Cabin 3 Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia

Yes I am still waiting for that bacon Dad

I hope you like my blog series "Waggin' Trails," share a photo of you at a park on our Facebook page on August 26, 2018 and you may even win a prize...more about that later. 

Remember, paws were meant to get muddy!

 

Posted August 28, 2015 | Updated August 18, 2018

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