Hey yawl, a few years back we had a special series of hikin' fun from Shawnee the Shepherd and her Mum. Well this year Shawnee turned 16 and is still out hittin' the trails, we're so doggone proud of her.

Tell your folks that we dawgs love to hike at Virginia State Barks, we really love it.

Shawnee the Shepherd loves to hike Virginia State Barks

Shawnee invites you to tag along with her on a road trip to Furginia, where she spends a couple nights in a cabin at Bear Creek Lake State Bark and has some adventures on the trails. So join Shawnee and me as we both say:

GET YOUR TAILS ON THE TRAILS!

Shawnee shares: So do you all think this 16-year-old old geezer be up fur a hiking road trip? Heck yeah! I just got back from hiking in my fave place, FURGINIA! I cannot hike the mountains in Furginia any more but there be easier places where I can still hike and I shows them to you.

Here we is and check it out - I has a handicapped ramp to my cabin.  So pawsome.

We ♥ Virginia State Park cabins!

This room be fur if you has young pups but we do not has any.

Movin' in our stuffs ...my ancient paws don’t do so well on hardwood floors so mom brought extra rugs

Mom did bring me an Aerobed fur my comforts - you know, the old bones and joints and stuff.

Hikin' trails ... right outside my cabin door.

This be our trail...

Lots a stuff to see, but gots to stay on the trail

I seened LOTS of my turtle furrends but they was too far away fur me to smooch.

A real purdy lake

On a hiking trail! So furry, furry pawsome!

Hey dawgs, Shawnee invites you to see more from this road trip and others here on her blog.

Aren't you glad we can stay in Virginia State Bark cabins with our family? Yawl can learn more about the cabins at Bear Creek Lake State Bark here. There's also a page devoted to accessibility in our barks here.

Remember, paws were meant to get muddy,

And if they aren't then yawl aren't tryin' hard 'nuff!

Editor's Note: If you missed some of their earlier adventures in Virginia State Parks, Shawnee Shep and her mom have been a great hiking team and live in New Jersey. This is a recent update from a visit to our Virginia State Parks, beginning back in 2011. Shawnee and her mom hiked most weekends and usually did long hikes, often 20 miles on a weekend. Nancy Heltman invited them to visit Virginia, or as Shawnee calls it Furginia, and write about their hikes.