Thursday June 2, 2016-We hope it doesn't rain today our plans are to go to Starved Rock State Park for a picnic lunch & a little walking around, Otis.....Are you up to some walking????
He may NOT look like he's ready to go, but all we have to do is pick up his leash & he's ready to roll!
We pack our picnic lunch & head off to Ottawa. Starved Rock is a real nice park, right on the Illinois River.
It seems we just finished having oatmeal but.....Lennie is always ready for a meal!?!
I hope we're not pushing Otis, he's still favoring his leg. If it's a short walk, he'll walk all paws down, he's discovered he can run faster on his 3 legs than 3 good legs & one gimpy leg.
After our lunch, Lennie went to the Lodge to get a map of the trails. Because of Otis' condition, we drive to the trail head.
We chose to walk to the LaSalle Canyon Waterfalls.
There goes "Andy & Opie"!!!!
It's really pretty here. We've had soooooo much rain that it's pretty wet plus the fact there's so much foliage the paths probably never really dry out.....
Oh noooooo, I thought this was going to be an easy walk to some waterfalls.....
They're always waiting on me!
Giving Otis a break, or waiting for me to catch up!
Look.....HUMP DAY!!!
Only 1/3 mile to go! Hey, if Otis can do it....I can do it!
At this point I can finally hear the sound of the waterfalls
Lot of KIDS were down there playing!!!
Because there's been so much rain, the falls were abundant, without a lot a rain, they usually dry up by June. I guess we timed it right, & here I had been complaining about all the rain!!!
It wasn't just kids having fun!
Taking a break before we head back to the trail head parking lot.
"I feel sooooo safe here with dad...."
Okay......here we go!!!!
After this day there's only one thing left to do.....head back to the Campgrounds to relax!
