Hiking during the day with Pepper out at Catoctin Mountain Park (http://www.nps.gov/cato/)in Thurmont, MD. Not too many people on the trails, which was very nice, although we did find a few. Hiked out to several vistas, overlooking several valley's on different sides of the mountain, all of which were very nice. As we were hiking out we passed a group of people who asked me about the availability of water on the mountain. Of course, they had dogs and didn't have any water with them, so I gave some of mine to their dogs (Not to the people!). For the record, Corgies should probably not be hiking on a mountain, especially when their irresponsible owners don't have any water on an 85 degree day. Needless to say, Pepper and I had a fantastic time and he was thoroughly exhausted when we got back to the car. The hike was for 6 miles and then later in the day, we went for a nice 2.5 mile trot. Nice and easy 8.5 miles for the entire day.
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