reminds me when in 1979 while working at a resort on the cape so I could spend the summer w my girlfriend, I had an apt. over the office & my parents came to visit. they brought our cat but their motel didn't allow pets so I kept it in my apt. one night for fun I took the cat for long walk down a sandy foot trail to a favorite remote lake. as we walked the cat preferred to be in front. & I was surprised to see the cat occasionally stop & look back up the trail we were walking on. I surmised it was so it would know how to get back. but maybe it was to check for predators. but I don't think so. if I ever got in front of the cat it stopped. it wanted to take the lead. while at the "pond" it played with frogs in the moonlight. it was a good walk