Clear and Cold

It was a clear and cold day on Sunday which made for great skijoring. Archangel Road in Hatcher Pass is the perfect place to be on such a day. (As Always click on the picture to enlarge).

Pigs Can't Fly

But malamutes can!



A sunny day, with the fog rolling in and out, made for a great day to be on the snow.

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Mother Nature gave Old Man Winter the cold shoulder and in turn he gave us six inches of snow. Mighty generous of him to help the funhog and a fundog out. Tonight was our season opener for the skijoring season.

here's Valley out on the trail taking a break:



My mom was right, Think positive thoughts and positive things happen to you. That big smile on my face must have done the trick, on our way back to the trailhead it started snowing heavily:



Like a famous leader once said, "Bring it on!" LOL

Laying In Waiting

Bad news, the first bull in the picture from my previous blog entry "More Bullcrap". First he's running by me charging another bull, then leading the charge towards me and he's the one peering from behind the tree. I read in the paper today where a bull had been gored in the gut then put down. I am sure its that bull, I haven't seen him since then. And judging by his behavior, charging a bigger bull, I bet that was him that was put down. There aren't that many bulls out there now, and he's missing. Survival of the fittest, call of the wild....


First moose of the day today,



Bull laying in waiting, I wonder if he'll get lucky?



A little bull looking for some action, but just hoping at this point.



Size nine bear.


this guy was laying smack dab in the middle of the trail, and got up when we went out of our way.



I love this time of year...Valley looks like she's enjoyed the day too!
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Another Day, Another Dollar

A couple of photos on my way home from work
(click on the 2nd photo for a better view)

More Bullcrap

This is the time of Moose Rut. A time when we can see lots of moose concentrated into a small area. Great wildlife viewing. It should be in the swing of thing with lots of bulls and cows, but for some odd reason, its starting late and not many are around. So I had to hunt them up.

I stopped and sat down to take a break, when I spotted this bull in the bushes. Lucky me, I would have hated to walk by and surprised him.


This bull charged by surprising us and stopping our hearts for a second or two.



Big Bull, in the willow, chasing little bull off. Right before little bull charged us. We had to skidaddle pronto.


We ran behind a tree for "protection" LOL.


And the Big Bull still going after the little bull.

Berry Nice

We headed up to Manitoba Mountain for some hiking and berry picking. Valley sure appreciated running off leash.




Before long it started snowing.



And Snowing...


the blueberry picking was great once we dropped down out of elevation. 1 quart in about 15 or 20 minutes :)

Its Enough to Make You See Red

This weekend, our first weekend of fall, we headed out for hike and collection of blueberries. Despite the wind, off and on again rain, and a bit of sunshine, we collected a bucket's worth and climbed up to Ptarmigan Pass to warm up and gain a view.

close out deals

What a great deal of fun we had closing out summer with a 3 day weekend.

Saber was happy to go:


We chose a great place to camp:


with good views out the dining room:


including views above,


Valleys below,


and grand views all around.


Everybody seemed to be having fun:



even wearing their summer coats


all fun must end sooner or later:


Boy Oh boy, what a way to end the summer.

Gilpatrick

We hiked out Gilpatricks via the mine road this weekend. Intended to climb up to the ridge and take the ridge on up but missed it in the mist. As the day evolved, it turned into a pretty nice day.

this is Valley's, Marmot?!?! did I hear a marmot? pose


Flower Girl.


Hey Mom, look at me!


Summit Pose.

Afternoon Thundershowers

An afternoon thundershower swept through with heavy rain, some lightening strikes which left some smoke in the woods and this :)

A fine weekend indeed

After a few weeks of rain, the forecast looked like fun. So we headed out of town for some car camping. Valley even got to run off leash, something always fun to be part of, she always gets so excited and knows exactly what is happening when we let her off. Like a Rocket, she takes off to enjoy the good life it brings.



Jago almost always goes off leash.


Here's Saber our foster dog, He always has a great time, rain or shine.