She is making her first turn (above). There had been heavy dew this morning, and at least it was still a little damp in this portion to start off with.
Very short leg to the second turn, and up she goes between parking lot and fence.
Another turn takes Trust out across the parking lot, working very nicely. However, I was worried the pavement would be baking.
She went across the pavement parallel (to the right) of the track, and once up on the sidewalk, worked her way back to where the actual track was (yellow). The red line behind is where she will follow after making a right turn on the track.
This is exactly where I walked up onto the sidewalk and then turned right. She actually moved out onto the driveway and followed along the curb a bit, before coming back up on the sidewalk.
She tracked really nicely along the sidewalk - red "X" ahead marks first article, a small plastic lid. When we began the track, a schoolbus pulled up in front of the van ahead. Don't know if there were people getting on or off, but then it was gone when we got here. The entrance doors are up where it stopped.
And there's the article!
This is an interesting spot. We tracked here once before, coming from another direction and this shady area pulled her over to the building then also. However, today, 3 fellows had been in and out across here - from a parked truck, over to an open door just around the corner to the right - blue arrow. She did come back fairly quickly and took the next leg to the left.
And here's "one of those things" that happen during aging, but you often don't know....the plow is down near the end of this gravel road, don't know how many times it went over the track I laid. It was a short area, on the road, about 1 1/2' away from the grass on the right side. When I laid it, I thought "this is great, you can see my footsteps in the sandy gravel"...ha.ha.ha.
So, with much interest, I'm now watching Trust move out over the driveway and head to the newly graded gravel area.
Now, you must remember, I am still amazed at how well she is working on all these hard surfaces in the blazing hot sun! And doesn't she just "look" like she is scenting that track under the "new" surface....?!!
So, how can she do it? I really am blown away at this.
She turned off and onto the grass and is still working really well.
She is crossing the running track, something has "pulled" her over to the right a bit, but she turned back on the track quickly. I have two blue arrows here, first one pointing to garbage which I expected she would "just check out" but didn't. The next is an old soccer ball left on the grassy area. I didn't expect her to show any interest in that (Tank or Blast might have!) and she did not.
She has just indicated her cloth article here; further up is a wood article (red "X") before we cross the track again. I watered her at this cloth article, which did not make her happy...she's not keen on taking water, and sometimes I think it may just cause her more of a problem...
She is sitting at her wood article. I'm positive I put it closer to the running track. She is intently staring at a dog that someone is walking past.
This view is looking back at where we've come from. In the upper left corner is the school. Trust has turned and will now be heading between a 'community' building and the ice rink boards. She doesn't seem to be "feeling" the heat/humidity at all which really surprises me.
She will move out onto a gravel parking area and her last article is metal, just where the grass begins on the other side.
This presented no problem for her still.
And there it is. She was just beginning to sit, and lifted her head and saw the dog she was watching earlier. The lady had sat in some shade off to the side to cool the dog and herself down before continuing on their walk. We had quite a long walk back to the start and the van, and took a detour into the school to say hello to the custodian and the other fellows working there. Trust loves to "visit".I felt that Trust did a great track after two hours aging in these conditions, and she was well rewarded back at the van again.
