Hanging at Lunzer See

Today my parents wanted to take my nephew for a trip to Lunzer See. That's a mountain lake that's about 1 hour by car from my parents. I knew that dogs were allowed on the lake and so I figured it might be a fun thing to do with Daisy. We left around 10 am and got there at around 11 am. We walked over to the lake and Leonhard wanted to go for a boat ride. Since the boat rental place allowed dogs in their boats I figured I try it and see how Daisy reacts and from there. She saw the boat swaying back and forth...and that stopped her dead in her tracks. So I grabbed her and put her into the boat...and once she was in there she was perfectly fine with it. She looked around and finally found herself a comfy spot. Leonhard was steering the boat while I was taking pictures. It took about 30 min. to complete 1 trip around the entire like. After that Leonhard got bored and we headed back to the dock. After a couple of failed landing attempts we finally were at the dock. Daisy jumped out of the boat, as if she had been doing that all her life long.
Next my parents wanted to walk to a Inn/Restaurant called  Seeblick to have lunch there. That's about 1.5 miles and a very easy walk. Daisy had a blast checking out all the new and differnt scents and smells along the way. Since very few people were on that path I even let Leonhard carry the leash. Under normal circumstances one word from me is enough and Daisy waits for me. That was true for about 90% of that trail. That's when we suddenly encountered that kinda neurotic and way too overexcited Maltese mix. Narrow trail, 2 dogs coming face to face, 1 dog dominant and the other one overexcited and neither dog willing to give an inch...well that's a bad situation. If I have Daisy on the leash I break it up before it even starts. But this time my nephew was having the leash and so the 2 dogs had a minor skirmish. Lasted for about 1 or 2 seconds...than I had broken the entire thing off. Nobody got hurt, nobody was upset...it's just one of those things that happen and we all moved on. We continued with the hike to the Inn/Restaurant and sat down to have lunch. I had my 2nd Wiener Schnitzel in 2 weeks and it was very yummy.
After lunch we hiked back and Daisy learned something new today. At one of the creek crossing she finally figured out that she can drink out of the creek. She also figured out that it is way easier to drink from deeper parts of a creek. I had tried to teach her that years ago with no success. Now she suddenly figures it out all by herself. So far the move to Austria has given Daisy lots of new and interesting experiences.
Once we got back the the starting point of the hike along the lake Leonhard wanted to go for icecream. So we stopped and had some on the terrace of a Cafe, while Daisy was chillin' under the table. On the way back my dad wanted to show Leonhard the Kartause Gaming (a former monastery) to give him more understanding about his cultural heritage. Boy, that turned out to be one big mistake. That kid is argumentative that half of it would be more than plenty. When I was a kid I certainly wasn't that argumentative...at least not at that age. At that age you don't have much of a choice but to listen to what an adult wants to tell you about your cultural heritage. Acting completely offended and upset is certianly not an viable option...at least that's the case when it comes to my dad. Fortunately I will never ever have to deal with that can of worms, since I've come to the realization a long time ago,  that the last thing I need in my life are kids!!
You can check out more pix about this trip on my Facebook Page in the Photo-Album 'Lunzer See 2011'!!