Good Friday Weekend (Part 3 of 3)

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On our last morning in Washington DC we packed up and checked out early in the morning to prepare for our drive back to New York. On the way we stopped at Great Falls Park in Virginia to go for another hike. We wanted to make sure that Shio and Emi were tired enough to nap the whole way in the car ride back!

True to the name of the park, we saw some beautiful waterfalls. I shivered when peeking over the lookout points -- I'm pretty sure I would've been swept away by the rapid currents if I ever found myself in that water. Good thing Shio and Emi weren't interested in jumping in at all!

Our hike was unfortunately cut very short due to rain. We were only about a quarter of the way in when we felt raindrops and had to abandon the remainder of the hike. Shio and Emi were happy to spend the whole weekend with us and we were equally thrilled to spend time with them!

Photos taken with Fuji X-E1 with XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4.

Good Friday Weekend (Part 2 of 3)

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Our roadtrip to Washington DC was a short one but we made the best of it with our Shibas. We opted out of sigh-seeing at the National Mall and DC museums to spend more time outdoors with our pups. There are was a dog run nearby and we went there often during short walks around the Foggy Bottom neighborhood where we stayed in the River Inn Hotel. It was also on the way to the Georgetown Waterfront Park and shopping district.

Since the visit was so short, we didn't have much time to set up meetings with friends. We only saw J's old college friend and decided to hike together with his girlfriend's Maltese at Theodore Roosevelt Island. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday sandwiched between a chilly Good Friday and rainy Easter Sunday. We were so happy to have the great weather for the hike. It was only 1.5 miles around the island but we made the most of it. There were lots of other leashed dogs around and they were happy to splash around at the shore but Shio and Emi were perfectly content staying away from that doggish nonsense.

In the last photo of Emi, I put her on a tree stump next to a little plush pink poodle that someone found on the trail. She was posing like a little statue and paid no mind to it but we thought it was cute!

Stay tuned for the last part of our DC trip series!

Photos taken with Fuji X-E1 with XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4.

Good Friday Weekend (Part 1 of 3)

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We took the shibas to Washington DC this past weekend to see the cherry blossoms! To start off our trip, we walked the pups to the new Squibb Park Bridge that connects the Brooklyn Bridge Park to the Promenade. It's a long winding bridge that was newly built and we were very excited to explore it. Can you believe the views of lower Manhattan that we can get from Brooklyn?

Next we headed out Friday afternoon for a 5 hour drive to Washington DC. We found a nice hotel that accommodates dogs in the Foggy Bottom area. Naturally being the cat-like creatures that shibas are, Shio hopped onto the window ledge to watch the world below and Emi followed suit.  The area immediate to the hotel was quaint and quiet with little row houses but once you walked to the main area, it was very busy! We met two very nice shibas at the nearby dog run!

We were also very close to the Georgetown waterfront so we walked over there to enjoy the views and the beautiful weather. Both shibas were fawned over by many children and adults. Shio loved all the attention and Emi was a brave little shiba who didn't run away like she used to. We're very proud of the social progress that both of our aloof shibas made while we were in the heavily pedestrian trafficked Georgetown shopping center.

More to come...!

Photos taken with Fuji X-E1 with XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4.