Owl Light
Where Inspiration & Inquiry Converge
  • Home
  • Literary Journal
  • Owl Light Sponsorship
  • Digital Owl
  • Contact Us
  • Login
  • Home
  • Literary Journal
  • Owl Light Sponsorship
  • Digital Owl
  • Contact Us
  • Login
  • Home
  • /
  • Animals

Small Town Hound: Destination Points North

Indian Lake

Sometimes it’s nice to just get away—at least that is what my humans said as they loaded us all into the back seat and headed north. Although we often all travel together, this trip Mars—grey around the muzzle and slowing down—stayed with his younger human (who now has his own place) and Winnie and I had the back seat to ourselves. It still was not quite enough space for me and I was, admittedly, a little grouchy on the way there. 

There, as it turned out, was one of the greatest adventures to date, as there was room to roam. I spent time with Winnie sniffing around in our cabin (*The Apple) while our humans unloaded what seemed like a house full of stuff—humans sure don’t travel light. Then we all took a walk down to the lake. This lake—like the lake I recently walked on near our house—was solid; you could walk right out on it. There were these things I have never seen before that would cross the lake sometimes, making humming sounds (my humans called them snowmobiles). Things looked and felt pretty similar to where we live, and I quickly settled in.

The next day was when the fun began. We went first to some trails near Rock Lake and walked for a long time through the snow and woods. My humans used big flat shoes. I love the snow and bound around through it with relative ease. I was always in the lead. At one point we crossed a big trail and my human stopped me. I had to sit and wait while one of the snowmobiles went by. I also spent some time finding my one human who is always getting lost. He had gotten off the trail and was in behind a big rock. I went back and got the other human like I’ve been taught and showed her where he was. I am not much of an animal chasing dog, but on every trail, there were many animal tracks and scents, and Winnie was especially excited about this. 

We did not encounter many people on the trails when walking (unlike at home when we often see people on our walks), but we met two people on our last night there, while out on the lake walking. They had the big flat shoes on too and were very friendly. I ran up and said hello, and they were super cool with that. They said they had traveled from a place called the Catskills (sounds a bit ominous) and we all visited a bit. I stopped back by their place the next morning hoping to run into them again. 

There were not many places open at all, so when not out on trails or out on Indian Lake walking, we were in our cabin just relaxing by the fire. It was fun being there although I was missing Mars some. I would have liked to see more people and go into a few more places like I do in my adventures at home, but it was nice being out there where I could explore the wilds a bit. Still, I got to see some cool things: there was a thing that my humans said looked like a dinosaur along one trail, that was smiling like she was super happy; and while we were in the car I saw a large person out the window, bigger than any humans I know. 

We stopped at another place on the way back to get out of the truck a bit. It was a place named Inlet and the trail there was fun. This gave us all one more chance to stretch out and walk a bit. Our final stop was to pick up Mars. He looked like he had enjoyed his time. He does pretty long walks at home, but he would have had a tough time with the deeper snow and longer walks we took. Overall it was a grand adventure and I hope we go there again when it is a bit warmer. 

*Camp Driftwood at Indian Lake–www.goodcabins.com/

Posted on April 22, 2021 by owllightnews.com. This entry was posted in Animals and tagged #Adirondacks, #ADK, #smalltownhound. Bookmark the permalink.
Town Of Torrey Planning Board Votes To Approve Greenidge’s Buildout Of Bitcoin On Seneca Lake
Many Voices–One Journey May 7-29

    Recent Posts

    • Visual Studies Workshop Announces Project Space Residency Open Application Period
    • West End Gallery showcasing Brian S. Keeler, Treacy Ziegler
    • Hard
    • Eye-Magine – Future Youth Art Exhibit
    • “These Wilds” Announcement

    Recent Comments

    • Darlene on Let’s Talk About Beep!
    • Darlene Bentley on Hello! from a new Guest Editor, and Finding Joy in Hardship.
    • owllightnews.com on The Farm
    • Douglas Morgan on The Farm
    • owllightnews.com on Energizing and Engaging Fun at GEVA

    Archives

    • May 2025
    • April 2025
    • March 2025
    • February 2025
    • January 2025
    • December 2024
    • November 2024
    • October 2024
    • September 2024
    • June 2024
    • May 2024
    • April 2024
    • March 2024
    • February 2024
    • January 2024
    • December 2023
    • November 2023
    • October 2023
    • September 2023
    • August 2023
    • July 2023
    • June 2023
    • May 2023
    • April 2023
    • March 2023
    • February 2023
    • January 2023
    • December 2022
    • November 2022
    • October 2022
    • September 2022
    • August 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • April 2021
    • March 2021
    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • January 2020
    • December 2019
    • November 2019
    • October 2019
    • September 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • June 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • August 2018
    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • March 2018
    • February 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • August 2017
    • July 2017
    • June 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017

    Categories

    • #2021
    • Agriculture
    • Animals
    • Antiques
    • Art
    • Astronomy
    • automobiles
    • Beekeeping
    • Birthday
    • Boating
    • books
    • Botany
    • Broome County
    • Buffalo
    • Canadice
    • Canandaigua
    • Cartoon
    • Children
    • Civics
    • Collecting
    • Comic Strip
    • Community Information
    • concert
    • Covid-19
    • Creative non-fiction
    • Dansville
    • Death
    • Democracy
    • Dogs
    • Editorial
    • Education
    • Environmental
    • Essay
    • Family Fun
    • Fantasy
    • Fiction
    • film
    • Finger Lakes
    • Food and Beverage
    • gallery
    • Gardening
    • Gender Rights
    • Great Lakes
    • Health
    • History
    • Holiday
    • Honeoye
    • Human Interest
    • Human Rights
    • In Memoriam
    • Innovation
    • Interview
    • Leisurely Pursuits
    • Literary Arts
    • Little Lakes
    • Live Theatre
    • Livingston County
    • media
    • Monroe County
    • Movies
    • Museums
    • Music
    • Naples, NY
    • Nature
    • Night Sky
    • No. 1
    • NYS
    • Obituary
    • online
    • Ontario County
    • Opinion
    • Outdoor Sports
    • OWL Light
    • Owl Light News
    • Owl Light Newsstand locations
    • Owl Light Sponsor
    • Owl Sponsor
    • OwlLight Blogpost
    • OwlLightNewsArchive
    • Performing Arts
    • Photography
    • Poetry
    • Politics
    • Press Release
    • Recipe
    • Reviews
    • Richmond, NY
    • Rochester
    • Satire
    • Science
    • Scifi
    • Seniors
    • Shop Local
    • Social Justice
    • sports
    • STEM
    • Steuben County
    • Sustainability
    • Theatre
    • Tioga County
    • Tompkins County
    • Travel
    • Uncategorized
    • Veterans
    • Weather
    • Women's Rights
    • Wood working
    • writing
    • Wyoming County
    • Yates County
    • Young Adult
    • youth
    • Zoom

    Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
Powered by