Do not ever walk the blue loop at Mc Allister park....in July....at noon. I felt all adventurous this morning and wanted to go for a walk. I have been thinking about walking at McAllister Park but could not find any trail info on the internet. So I just took off.
I started down the blue trail with Doodle, our dachshund, who loves walking. It was 11am. This trail is big but I was not sure how long it was. After walking for 30 minutes, I begin to hear cars and think I must be looping around back to Jones Maltsberger. As I get closer to the road, I am stunned to see it is Starcrest. I am still going east and further way from Jones Maltsberger with each step. Poor Doodles tongue is dragging the ground by now. And she keeps stepping on my feet. She never does this. Finally I see a sign that says I have walked 2 miles. I think Doodle saw it too because she sat down ON MY FEET. No more walking for her. So now I am carrying a hot, 11 pound dog. I passed the next sign and it says 2 5/8 mile. I am still going east and I have not seen a human in a while. I finally saw the road that goes through the park and I bailed off the trail. I felt like it would get me out faster than continuing on the path.
But then I got turned around and nothing looked familiar. I got confused and felt a little panicky. Finally I saw a man cruising the park in his truck. I don't care in he was a gay man looking for a hookup, I was sure glad to see another human. I have now been walking an hour. I am still carrying the dog. My self sufficient side said keep going and you will eventually get there. However, I was worried about the dog. I didn't know if she could do it. So I called my knight in shining armor and he came and rescued us. And he didn't even laugh at my stupidity!
Doodle crashed when we got home and didn't move for 3 hours. Poor dog. She may never go with me again. I finally looked around more on the internet and read somewhere that the blue trail is over 6 miles. I was only half way! Next time I'm going without her and before 11 am!
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