Wanderlust and Weather

A few days into the New Year, Egan and I found ourselves in a mostly empty bar on a Saturday night. With not much going on we wound up talking.  We'd both been feeling restless. We had some adventures together over the summer but it had been months since we'd done anything out of the ordinary. Things were looking bleak from our cubicles and we were getting frustrated. As we began to talk about places we would like to go and the adventures we longed to have, we both began to light up. Then and there we renewed our commitment to satisfying our wanderlust. We vowed to not let more than two weeks go by without doing something, no matter how small. As I've told Egan many times since then, we need to take baby steps to work up to the bigger adventures we have planned.

One of these big adventures is something I've wanted to do since I was a teenager, thru hike the entire Appalachian trail. Egan was immediately on board. Of course we want to take both pups. We're in the planning stages now.  At this point the goal is to get in shape with daily walks and weekend hiking adventures. Since it's January that limits us a bit.  It also doesn't help that as of right now Sundays are our only chance to adventure as a team.

We lucked out last Sunday even if we had to change plans.  We had wanted to get an early start and be at Mounds State Park in Anderson, IN when the park opened at 7 AM. This turned out to be for the best as the temperature was around 24 degrees. Neither dog was geared up for those temps and everyone would have been miserable if not unsafe. By the time we got to Holiday Park in the afternoon the temps were in the low 40's and we had a great time! 

However, temperatures dropped again and it's been below freezing all week. Athena and I haven't even walked the past week. Heck, it's been a struggle to get the stubborn little wiener just to go potty outside. We were hoping for another local adventure this Sunday and luckily for us Indianapolis has lots to offer herself as well as being a short drive to lots of other fun places to explore. Unfortunately looking at tomorrow's weather forecast isn't leaving me hopeful.  It's supposed to be dangerously icy. I suppose we could find some indoor adventure but would probably have to leave the pups at home.

Egan texted me this picture the other day. So far she's only successful at eating on the treadmill.

Speaking of indoors, Egan has been trying to talk Maru into getting a little indoor exercise on the treadmill.  I'll leave you with this picture of Maru wearing her backpack on the treadmill.  Note: she is not a fan of neither treadmill nor backpack.

- Kathy

P.S. Why's it always gotta be nice when I'm stuck at work on Saturday. When I went out at lunch it seems like it might be almost warm enough to do something.