We didn't hike today so no hiking stories. I got a pretty good dog story though.
As I was walking Clyde tonight it occurred to me that he has a favorite pooping place. He likes to poop on the side of the lawn of one of our neighbors. I love that this is his favorite spot because the neighbor is an unfriendly sort that has been a snob for as long as we've lived here. Over the summer Lisa and I were out on the back porch and we overheard her say to our other neighbor "I don't like that dog". Clyde had gotten loose and was running around in her back yard. Apparently Clyde also heard her, hence his favorite pooping spot!

Animals aren't as dumb as they seem sometimes!

I have not forsaken my blog. I am here and will continue on for all those who will read.
The hiking has continued and neer a day has gone by without our presence on the trail.

Today, before the hike, the dogs ran off and got into something out back, in the yard. We call it shit neck. Dogs have this love of rubbing any foul smelling organic object on their necks, you may have seen this before? It looks like the dog is scratching his or her neck on the ground. In reality the dog is rubbing his or her neck on a dead animal or some old feces to get the odor onto his or her coat. I'm not sure what the object of this ritual is, although I have my opinions. I think it reminds them that they are animals and that they are not responsible for doing stupid things like rubbing shit on themselves.

Anyway, we have this nice little creek at the end of the hike with fresh running water, deep enough for the dogs to totally emerse. We throw stick after stick and rock after rock and they jump in and fetch till they are clean. It's easier than bathing them at home and it allows them to rub shit on their necks all they want as long as we're going on a hike. Hell if that's what they like to do who am I to get mad about it?

See ya next time!

Hello fellow Bloggers,

Today was the first snow, about an inch or two. The dogs had fun on the hike. Ya know, I had something interesting to talk about today and I can't for the life of me remember what it was? At this point it's just consistency I guess. I'll continue to write and maybe someday I'll get in touch with myself and all of this will make sense. Or it could be that it's just typing practrice?

Some pics from yesterdays hike.

just a quick blah blah blah.... Just got home from yet another hike. Yes it is in fact an ongoing process and so it is so far a success. That's it! blah blah blah