Mom and I visited Ritter Farm Park this week for National Walk Your Dog Week! At our house we walk several times a day every day, but it is always fun to check out a new spot! My sisters and I have been tracking here, but have never come for a walk. We are thankful for all the beautiful places our mom takes us for walks and hikes.
The park is built on the old Ritter Farm, there is even an old silo in the parking lot. There are lots of dirt and grass trails through the woods and fields with plenty of trail maps along the way. In the winter, the trails are groomed for cross country skiing. We didn’t see any snow but the signs were up! I also had to leave my horse behind, such a bummer!
Since my mom has no sense of direction and can get lost walking around the block, we stopped and took a good look at the trail map to hopefully avoid getting lost. In the past when we have visited a new place, an hour walk has turned into two plus hours because Mom was lost!
We found this little bridge over the swamp that leads to a small lake. It is a real pretty area! For our little adventure walk, we had ideal fall weather, cool and sunny! I was almost too warm in my furs!
There was a big picnic area up on a hill with a view out over the water. Being a weekday, we had the entire place to ourselves which was nice. Mom walks and runs with us two to three hours every day but going somewhere new is much more fun than the usual routes. A couple years ago, I posted my six reasons to walk your dog which has some good points!
Evidently, there was a section of apple trees here when this was a real farm. The apple orchard is behind me to the left, but most of those trees are gone and others have grown in.
It’s always fun to find some old logs to play on. Sitting or balancing on logs is good for a dog’s core muscles, and makes for cute photos too!
Lately we have had a lot of rain, but we are lucky the trails were not muddy. We did run into some puddles, but the trails themselves were in good shape.
One last log before we hit the road and head back home! Hope you enjoyed a peek at Ritter Farm Park. I know we will come back here for walks in the future! Have you done anything for National Walk Your Dog Week yet?
Don’t forget to enter to win our Molly Mutt crib-e dog duvet. You need a comfy place to stretch out and relax after a good walk!
You all are so lucky to have such a wonderful mom who takes you are great adventures.
She loves taking us places and exploring. Can’t imagine life without all the stuff we get to do.
What a great place for a walk. Looks peaceful, and uncrowded.
Weekends are busy, but during the week when kids are in school is always good for going places.
Oh my love, we are one! How do we keep writing the same blog topics? We are such an awesome couple and should go on a long walk together.
Maybe one day we can go on a long walk together. Probably have to bring the parents because I have to be on leash, or you could hold my leash for me.
Sort of, but hoping to get a good walk in tonight…where does the time go?!?
Time goes way too fast according to my mom. This work thing really cuts into the fun too!
Walkies are the best! Daddy is on walking duty in the evenings and Mama gets us out in the morning! MissRosy gets to go for walkies around the backyard until she is a bit bigger(and gets her last round of puppy shots)!
xoxo,
Jakey, Arty & Rosy
True, the little ones need to limit activity so they don’t damage their joints for later. She will be big enough before you know it.
That looks like a fun woodsy wonderland!
It is real nice out there.
You have such beautiful places to walk there!
We do have tons of parks around here.
Looks like a fun place to walk!
It’s great, especially since there weren’t a lot of people around.
It has rained here most of the day, and I do not even want to go out in the yard (but I do because I am a very good girl!) My mom has not been feeling very well for the past month so she does not let me go to her computer. Bummer. I love and miss you! XOXO, Sparkle
We miss you too! I hope she feels better soon. The world kind of stops when the mom is not well. I know first paw from the broken ankle last winter.
Oh, we forgot Walk Your Dog week! Luckily we’ve still been out for some walks anyway, and we’ve been blazing some new trails on our property.
That looks like a beautiful place to walk, and I always find it interesting to be on properties with a history that you can see along the way.
We always walk, but we like to make sure and try a new spot during this week. Enjoy investigating your own land!
What a great place to take a walk! I’m like your mom with getting lost so I always take a photo of the trail map. Otherwise, we might be out there for hours! What wonderful photos you took. I love how green it still is there!
Not only does Mom get lost, but she can’t read a map either. Thank dog for nav in the car! One time walking with a friend we got so lost, our friend had to have a neighbor pick up her kids from school because we couldn’t find our way back in time!
That looks like a great place for an adventure! Barley and I went to our arboretum today for a special walk, but most of our walks have been in our neighborhood–since we get to walk by Lake Erie every single day, we don’t go out to other places as often anymore.
Mom likes variety. We walk around home mainly but have many different paths we take and we try to go somewhere else to walk once a week or so.
A beautiful place for a fall walk.
There are so many trails, we still have a lot of area to cover.
I am very jealous of all the beautiful and dog friendly parks you have out your way.
And Mom says MN isn’t that dog friendly. She got spoiled in Germany I think.