Happy Boofus Day originated with Scrappy- I believe in 2014, but have had no luck finding the original... but I can attest that Scrappy has had them on March 2, 2015; March 8, 2016; May 7, 2017; and May 19, 2018. We had no doggie to celebrate most of 2019, but Misty has had them on September 22, 2020; September 16, 2021; and last year on May 14th. So how does Misty celebrate this year?
Why, she gets a trip to Bluecast Nature Preserve! A mere 14 mi from here to there, we arrived just shy of 7 AM...
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Not far from the lovely wind farms on the Indiana-Ohio border...
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So we had a choice of trails, and the first one...
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...had raspberries about to flower...
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...but other than that, it was a big, claustrophobic circle to nowhere. Did we come all this way...
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...for closed trails...
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...excuses for trails...
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...odd things popping up in my face...
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...and blocked trails?
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So we tried the other
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Just missed the bunny running across here- the fun was about to start!
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That little black spot? Misty sees Mrs Raccoon!
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I was in awe of the beautiful scenery...
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...Misty was after the coon!
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"Hey, Misty, you here that noise?"
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"Sure did! Look!"
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Somewhere up that tree, Mrs Raccoon was climbing
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The high bluffs were slowly falling towards Bull Rapids Creek
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Dry stream bed to cross
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Thar she blows!
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At this point, we should have backtracked to an earlier branch...
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After crossing a trail with nettles on either side, we came to a blind overlooking a harvested field.
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Right about the time we got back on track, Misty froze. Took me a sec, but...
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3 little bitty coons going up the tree!
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Oops, make that 4...
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"Get DOWN here!"
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Finally, back to the return trail
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Which, unlike everywhere else, was clearly marked by circles...
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And in case you don't read circle...
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Finally, out of the woods
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And at last, to faithful steed...
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Speaking of said steed, we went to compare the ungodly seemingly too-high estimate on her brake job at another place, and were quoted close to $400 cheaper. Locals, go to Eds Car Care Center on North Clinton...
After a good deal of napping, it was time for round two...
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Burgers and ice cream at Culvers!
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So now, it is time for me to join Misty in her food coma, so y'all have a Happy Boofus Day!
thecontemplativecat here. Scrappy led you on some great adventures! Happy Boofus Day to you and all around. "A buffoonish insufferable bore. An ignorant arrogant self-centered clown, unresponsive to deserved criticism. Someone acting independently and in highly exaggerated opposition to normally accepted values and mores, so extreme and silly that it borders on sarcastic humor, but unrecognized as such. Someone who fails to apply common sense when formulating or applying a course of action." You fit it too a tee.
ReplyDeletethecontemplativecat here. I looked up boofus and it is not complementary at all.
ReplyDeleteHere, It means "Baby dOOFUS"!
DeleteSo many bloody nice photos that I liked, I guess even a boofus needs their day
ReplyDeleteShe gets another one next month on her actual birthday, too!
DeleteI enjoyed the walk. That bunny needed chasing in the very worst way!
ReplyDeleteNice lunch afterward.