Rain, March Madness, Thunder

Alpha is insane. He's lost it. He took me to Monte Sano State Park Friday to camp. Fun, right? What he failed to mention was that the forecast was for THUNDERSTORMS. He said he wanted to test his rain fly for the hammock he sleeps in, I think he wants certifiable. Because there was no one else there (most hoomans DON'T camp in storms) I did get a lot of off-leash time. I spooked a pair of owls so Alpha could take their picture. They make funny noises.
Back to the storm. Alpha parked me under his hammock and rain fly. I love getting wet, but that thunder stuff? I'll pass. We stayed dry, but I finally convinced Alpha it was time to leave when the thunder got extreme around 7 am. He's starting to understand my whimpers.
In March Madness news, I've correctly picked 2 of the Final Four teams (Butler Bulldogs and UConn Huskies). My bracket is currently beating Alpha and 2.5 million other hoomans according to ESPN's Tournament Challenge. It's all about the dogs. We rule. If there were any Australian Shepherds in the tourney, they would win easily.
Oh dear, Alpha is getting out the Screaming Banshee of Death, time for me to go hide!

Monte Sano Hiking

You hoomans better get outside, this weather is AMAZING!! Alpha took me up to Monte Sano State Park to enjoy it! Monte Sano is Spanish for 'Mountain of Health'. Yea, that's right, I know Spanish. I sniffed 167 trees. It was invigorating. I wanted to splash in a creek, but Alpha would only let me play at the edge. We got to see lots of great views. Alpha kept trying to get me to go close to the edge, but I wasn't having any of that! I don't even like walking on bridges over small creeks, he practically has to drag me across those.
Oh I gotta go! We're going to play outside!! Here's some pics from today.