Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, Hampton, VA

What do you do with your dogs when it's over 90 degrees outside and too hot to take them to a park for a walk? You take them to Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World!

There is lots of space inside to walk around in air conditioned comfort. There is an indoor aquarium with bass and catfish in it.  The sales people are all friendly and want to pet the dogs. Sammy and PG even went up on a few boats to look around!

But when it's time to go--where's PG? I can't find her anywhere!

Wish you were here!
Joyce
Sammy & PG

Lure Coursing at Bennett's Creek Park, Suffolk, VA

This morning we went lure coursing at Bennett's Creek Park in Suffolk, VA. Once a month the SHOT group, Sight Hounds Organization of Tidewater, holds practice runs at this park and they invite anyone who wants to try their dogs at the lure to join them. It costs $2.00 per run. You don't have to be a sight hound--any dog can run. There were boxers, labs, even a Yorkie!

 Here we are getting out of the van. We brought along a lot of water--but it was still hot! The dogs were watching the lure in the distance.

 Sammy lost sight of the lure when the lure took a hard right angle turn. Then he realized that I was far away from him; and he ran so fast back towards me. By then, the lure caught up with him so he was able to chase it again.

PG ran a lot better than Sammy but she didn't take the turns very tight so she didn't run as fast as he did. She was very excited. We will go back again in the fall when it's not so hot. The park also looks like a good place for taking walks. There is a disc golf course that goes in the fields and through the woods--and that looks like a good path to walk on.

Wish you were here!
Joyce
Sammy & PG

Gosnold Hope Park

Gosnold's Hope Park is our go-to place. This park is only a few minutes from our house--so we go there almost every day. There are no trails--but there are paved roads all around the park. If you walk the outermost loop, the route is 7/8 of a mile. Some of it is shady and some is sunny. That is usually a good walk for us! If you walk all the way down the main road, there is a BMX bike park and access to the Little Back River. We usually don't go all the way there--just prefer to stay in the main park itself. There is a little barn with a couple of horses and one donkey right at the entrance to the park. And lots of squirrels!

Lots of people at the park say, "Those sure are beautiful dogs!"

Wish you were here!
Joyce
Sammy & PG