Hiking with my Human

I thought yesterday was fun, but today was exhausting! My human left early in the morning and brought home lots of bags of good smelling things... I tried to help her put stuff away with a sweet potato and she took it away... crud! Then she put my collar on and we went for a ride back to the dog park. YES! ...  No! she brought my backpack and Shasta's harness. Hmmm... a run maybe? It's really hot, so I don't think that's it. Ahhhh... a hike in the woods! Cool!!!

This is going to be FUN!

My human put this thing around my harness. But it didn't work, so I got stuck carrying it... oh well... not a big deal. You see that split in the woods behind me? Yah, we're going THERE!

This is a little more than half way there. WOW was it a steep climb! We didn't go up over the rocks, there is a really steep area just behind me a little. I was strong though and was careful. We took our time because the rocks were really loose and I could have hurt my feet if I stepped on one wrong. I'm glad my human brought lots of water, I drank a lot. I was really really REALLY thirsty when we got to the top part. On the way back I was really scared and my human had to help me down. I was SO scared! Its much steeper coming down than going up! 

This is on the top of those steep rocks. Hay! Isn't that where Deacon lives? He told me he walks with his human to the dog park.... I be he lives down there. Maybe if I bark really loud he can hear me.... no, probably not. That's a far ways away.

Yep... Now that we are pretty much at the top of our climb, I'm sure that's where Deacon lives, and that IS a far ways away!







The climb down went faster than the climb up, but I was really hot and my human helped me a lot. We stopped a few more times to rest and so I could have water. I didn't get overheated because there was shade on the way down. The soft dirt felt SO much better on my feet. Maybe my human will get me boots for my feet next time. But in the meantime, I think I', just going to relax in the coolness of the truck. My human was really good and turned on the breeze really cold. Ahhhhh.....

But what's this? We have to go somewhere ELSE?? Do I have to walk??? My human didn't take any photos of this place, but I know where we were. We were in the store where the dogs get food. I got to ride in the big thing humans push around. Little humans pet me, a big human gave me a treat, and when we were leaving I got a BIG treat from the other human on the other side of the table. It tasted like peanut butter. Yah, I know what that is, I get it all the time at my house.

My human said I was such a trooper today (I thought I was a Champion?) that she had a special treat for me.





Oh yah! Knuckle bone in bed on the deck! LIFE IS GOOD!