Forging a Friendship: The Adventures of Violet and Rowan

After a rain-filled week, my friend Diane and I decided it was time to plan another play date for Violet and Rowan.  The two had forged such a wonderful friendship on their first encounter last week that we wanted to keep that going.

We planned to rendezvous at Diane’s house about 1:00 on Friday afternoon.  Although the day started out rainy – yet again, by noon the sun was working hard at breaking through the heavy layer of clouds…  the rain had stopped and it was warm.  We moved ahead with our plan.  We drove Violet and Rowan together in the backseat of Diane’s car to New Boston Road in Shutesbury.  New Boston Road is an old discontinued gravel road that goes on and on for miles.  It’s surrounded by woods with a stream meandering along.  And, it’s fairly wide and flat…  nothing taxing for canines or humans.

In just one week’s time, little Rowan – now 9-weeks-old, had built up his endurance and we were able to walk for a much longer time.  Violet lead the way.  The two occasionally stopped to check stuff out or headed into the woods – just a bit – to investigate – but always turned back every few minutes to check in with their humans bringing up the rear.  We were tempted to keep on going…  the surroundings were so peaceful and the dogs were having such a grand time together – but we made the decision to turn around…  the sky started looking a bit darker.  No sense pushing it.  The pups had had a great adventure together and were both pretty exhausted by the time they reached the car for the ride back home.

We made plans to meet up next week and explore another area here in the woodlands of Western Massachusetts.  Check-in again for the next Adventure with Violet and Rowan.