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Beach of the Month
Grayton Beach
When Colonel Charles T. Gray built a small home here in 1885,
the windswept dunes were a lonely place. There were no roads
or bridges to get there and if you did come to settle you couldn't
grow anything in the sandy soil. There wasn't another settlement
around for another five miles until 1890 when more military men
arrived and named one of Walton county's beach communities after
Gray.When US 98 was built in the 1930s Grayton Beach became less
remote but...
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On The Trail At...
Dog Mountain, Vermont
America is littered with hills and peaks named "Dog Mountain."
But the name seldom has anything to do with our pets (Washington's
Dog Mountain was named for starving area pioneers who had to
eat their dogs to survive - ugh). The exception is Stephen Huneck's
Dog Mountain at his farm in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. This is not
just a named peak but a mountain for dogs....
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Quick Tip
Should You Worry If Your dog Eats
Grass During A Hike?
On one of our regular hikes there is a large boulder beside the
trail with grass and other plants growing on its top. Whenever
the dogs reach this boulder they scamper up the backside of the
rock and begin to chow down.So, why do dogs eat grass and is
it bad for them? Like so many other
things in dogdom...
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