Sunday, October 18, 2009

Fullerton Loop

Yesterday we decided to go for an easy hike/puppy walk at Fullerton Loop, just outside Bragg Creek leaving from the Allan Bill Pond parking lot. The loop was about 8 km with only 200 m of elevation gain. The temperature was gorgeous, the trail not too sloppy, and the puppies loved it!
Okay... so note that this was largely a puppy walk - no mountains here, but plenty of puppy pictures. Uma's getting pretty big now (red collar). She's 10 months old and almost the same height as Kali (black collar), but still quite a bit thinner and her head is smaller too. Still abundant energy but Uma's now starting to focus on things for more than a micro-second... even enough to follow the laser pointer in the morning (Kali adores it - obsessed even... Uma followed it for a couple of stomps but then got distracted with a play buddy). We're still working on getting her to focus enough that she stops ramming me in the head with her head, and she's still occasionally chewing inappropriate things if she doesn't get out for her morning walk early enough or meet up with enough play buddies to help wear her out on the walks.
The view from the look-out at the highest point of Fullerton Loop:

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Prairie Mountain

Back on Sept. 23 I was lucky enough to get a day off! My friend Heather and I took Kali & Uma for a little hike up Prairie Mountain... since Tom had already done this hike with me I didn't think he'd mind. I didn't have the GPS so no track or stats, but it took us a few of hours, I think it's about a 300 m elevation gain, but not over much distance. This is the 360 from the top with Moose Mountain on the right just past the cairn.
Kali and Uma had a great time, especially once we got to the top. They're standing next to a fairly sheer drop that they were fascinated by...
... Kali loves staring off over the edge into the mountains (just check out some of the other posts...)
Apparently someone decided that Prairie Mountain reminded them of Nepal and hung some prayer flags out... I made the girls pose with them.
Unfortunately the snow's been flying around here already so the girls will have to wait for next year for more hiking... they're not really cold-weather kind of dogs. Kali always looks like she's on a death march when we take her snow-shoeing... thank goodness for dog parks!