Another Hike?!!!

Here I am before our big hike today. I was game. I go hiking just about everyday with my dads. I like it. Today we were going to the Sun Mountain Trail.

It was some trail. We walked an hour up and up and up. Till we were way up on the mountain.

Here I am with Daddy Leon. Daddies didn't bring me no water, just one bottle for them. I ate snow. I guess that's OK, cuz I like snow.

And of course I got me a stick.

Wow! Look at that view, Katija. Wish you were here!

When we got back to the hotel, it was nap time. Dinner's, not far behind.

Back To Snow Again!

Thought I Saw My Girlfriend but I Went For A Hike

We were in the car in a parking lot near another trail and my heart got all aflutter when I saw Katija.

 

I couldn't wait to get out and say hello, because it has been so long since I saw her. At least four weeks which is seven months in dog years. I went over as fast as I could to get a sniff.

Darn, I wasn't Katija - it was a boy dog who looks a lot like my girlfriend Katija. He was nice, but we just didn't click.

I just said, "Take care bud, nice meeting ya." Then he went off his own way.

Well, everyone knows my philosophy is FUN and more FUN. 

Here we were in the high dessert hiking and what did I find - a Swimming Pool!

I had a nice drink, then I couldn't resist going in for a dip. Daddy Frank said it was not allowed. But he is just a spoil sport and doesn't know about FUN!

Then we went for a nice long hike on the yesterday and went way up high so we could see far.

I was checking out these bowls in the rock, looking for water. You may think I'm crazy, but I know where to find water. Back home, there would be water sometimes in between trees where the two trunks meet together or in these rock water bowls, but here it doesn't rain much and all the snow went away already, so they were dry as a bone. 

Or dry as a rock in the dessert.

Saw a couple of other doggies on the hike too.

Best of all, there were sticks to carry.

Hi ho Silver! Away!

My Education

I am getting around and learning lots of things. This is a place where people lived along time ago. I get to see interesting places. It's cool. The people who lived here made big holes in the ground. I would go down there but I can't quite get the hang of how to go down a ladder.

Then I was learning about art. Here is one of my relatives (could be me) moralized in sculpture.

There is snow again. We got to hike the trail along the railroad. This is a neat bridge. I am alone with my daddies, but alone with no other doggies. I miss my best friend forever, Katija, she would love to be here, I bet.

I am learning geography. It is different here. And biology - the plants are real different here too.

This nasty bush with sharp thorns got stuck on my stick.

Here I am in a giant culvert. I LOVE CULVERTS! I can find even the most hidden and smallest culverts when we go walking. I love to stick my nose in, then even go through them if they are not too small.

Daddies think I was a civil engineer in a past life. I don't have a clue what they're talking about, but I just love culverts.

This one I went through and so did my dads. It connects up to the long trail on the other end.

And sticks. I can't imagine life without sticks.

Boy I Traveled a Long Way to the Dog Park

Well it's New Year Day and I finally got to go to this dog park I heard so much about.

It was great. Lots of new smells to sniff. And lots of doggies to sniff. I had a good walk. Maybe two miles. Here is pictures and me in them.

(P.S. Daddy says I got this blog because he thought I would be philosophical - whatever that is - and have words of wisdom. He says I am not philosophical and that all I do is have fun. If that ain't wisdom, I don't know what is.)

We also went up to the mountain yesterday and saw more SNOW, just like HOME! I had fun. That's what I do.