I was walking with my dog Asia recently and thought back to when we (myself, Asia, and Piper) had our longest walk ever. That wasn’t the original plan. The original plan was to meet a woman for a date of light hiking, fall madly in love, get married so Piper can bring the rings to us during the ceremony, have lots of kids, have a house with a wraparound porch and drink lemonade on warm Saturday mornings. But all of that got derailed. Scroll down for the rest of the story…
How many first dates are two people meeting up for a “hike”? Probably quite a few and this was one of those first dates. We met at Percy Warner Park in Nashville and walked with our dogs, getting to know each other and going through the normal first date type questions. Where do you work, how long have you lived here, do you have siblings, blah blah blah. About halfway through we stopped for a water break then continued up and down the hills of the park. The date went fine and at the end we said our goodbyes. She drove away never to be seen again. 🥴 Something else I never saw again… my car keys! After she left I walked to my car and poof, the keys were gone.
Our walk was a 5 mile loop. Well, that turned into 10 miles because I took the dogs around again, but this time I wasn’t looking for love, I was looking for keys. Remember when I said we stopped for a water break? I must’ve dropped them there but when I got back to that spot, nothing. Long story short, I never found the keys and my roommate at the time had to come pick up the dogs and me. How embarrassing.
But Piper and Asia were troopers that day. A 10-mile hike and they conquered it without hesitation.
Taking my dogs for walks wasn’t always easy, I won’t sugar coat it. But most of the time we had a ball exploring nearby parks and greenways, and I’m going to miss Piper’s endless curiosity about the world around her. Of course, it would’ve helped if she could track down keys as good as she could scare up a rabbit. 🐇
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That is a crazy story! I can’t imagine what a drag that had to have been walking through the woods again looking for keys!!! (Maybe you forgot you gave them to her to hold for you??!!) Glad your dogs were up for the adventure though!
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The entire experience started out fine, and went downhill by the hour haha. I also forgot to say that my phone was in my car, so to get in touch with my roommate I had to go to a random house, ask if I could use their computer, and email him, hoping he’d get it and come rescue us.
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