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A couple days ago we went on a relatively short hike at Cathedral Hills. Conker didn't want to do a long hike, so we didn't. It took a while though, since he kept refusing to come when I called so I'd walk the other way to get him to follow. We did that many times, as well as examined a lot of stuff on the side of the trail.

Gobble gobble!

We started the hike by lounging in the front yard for 20 minutes, waiting for my little sister to return with my Jeep.  Man, look at that turkey neck. Conker's got a lot of extra skin that frequently bunches up into one or two rolls.

We found a strange bulbous fungus thing to the side of the trail. It was about the size of a baseball. I have no idea what it is.

Finally, nobody else was on Wildrose! We were not cut off by any horses or growly retrievers and hiked in peace for a while. We did run into a horse (whom we have met before) on the way back, but we had sufficient time to step off the trail and wait for the horse to pass.

Conker loves to find and play with turkey feathers, and I often get a small collection of them on this trail. There are a lot of turkeys at Cathedral Hills, but they favor the Wildrose Loop. Hmm, maybe I should train Conker to track turkey...

Instead of an obligatory pick-nick table picture, you get a stump picture. We found a hollowed out stump and Conker sat in it for some pictures. In this one, he heard something in the forest behind me and was looking for it. The sound was generated by a trio of deer that we stumbled upon shortly after, who Conker did not chase when I told him to "Leave It!" He wanted to, but he stayed put.