Munchkin and I had a great morning at Thornton Hill Hounds. It was gorgeous out but it was very dry and breezy. Not the best scent conditions.
We were about 30 minutes into the hunt when the hounds hit. We had to follow along on the road and then they headed up Schoolhouse Mountain. The hounds were sounding great! Pretty amazing given how dry the conditions are.
We followed. We followed very fast! Twice Munchkin hit 21 MPH going up the mountain. Not only was it up the mountain but with a lot of twists and turns and terrain changes. We crested up near the top and then the hounds swung around and were headed back down. It looked like they were heading back to the start but instead crossed the road. It got quiet for a little while but then the hounds picked up again and started back up the mountain. The fox was lost about halfway up.
At one point we were galloping the road when Munchkin hit 23.5 MPH. He just amazes me. At 19 years old and 16 hunt seasons he can still run with the best of them. He has been over 20MPH on every hunt out this season. His flying changes are also amazingly smooth. You don't realize he has changed unless you look down to see what lead he is on.
We covered 6.5 miles today.
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