This week’s 52 Snapshots of Life theme is nature. This theme is extremely appropriate for Sadie and I right now because we just got back today from a week in the Berkshires, the mountainous region of western Massachusetts. We explored nature this past week through a variety of forests, state parks, rivers, lakes, ponds and mountains. Sadie and I had lots of fun and took frequent advantage of the beauty of nature with lots of photos. Unfortunately nature did not include WiFi or good cell service, hence my lack of blog posts this week. Check back on the blog next week for more photos and stories about our trip to the Berkshires!

This post is part of The Lazy Pit Bull‘s #52Snapshots of Life Challenge.

Sadie and I were inspired by #DogWalkingWeek to go out and explore somewhere new during one of our walks this week. Since we had to run an errand a few towns over from where we live, I decided to pick one of the parks in that town to explore. Sadie and I ended up at this really long, skinny park that was sandwiched between a very busy, four lane road and a river. It’s a fairly new park, so everything looked pristine. There was shiny new playground equipment, nice new benches, and walking/jogging paths that criss-crossed the well manicured lawn. But the park was entirely empty. Sadie and I couldn’t believe no one was utilizing such a beautiful park on such a beautiful day.

As we walked a little farther down the main path through the park, I noticed a partially open gate with a path beyond it that sloped downhill and out of sight. We could hear a loud noise coming from the bottom of the hill. Naturally I wanted to investigate, so I led Sadie through the gate. Not only did we find all the people absent from the rest of the park, but we also found a waterfall! There were people on benches enjoying the view of the waterfall halfway down the hill, and people fishing from the river down at the bottom. It was a perfect place to relax for a while in the middle of our walk.

After this walk I’m even more excited about changing up our walking routines and finding new, exciting places for Sadie and I to explore!

This post is part of the #DogWalkingWeek blog hop hosted by My GBGV Life and Cascadian Nomads.

This post is also part of the Adventure Dog blog hop hosted by DOGthusiast and Tiffany’s Diamond Dogs.