White Horse Bluff

White Horse Bluff
Wells Gray Provincial Park
12 k return
4 leisurely hours

wide and sunny trail
crunchy leaves underfoot
lazy grouse
water far below
busy squirrels
talls cliffs to explore
no humans or pups
no leash for me!

2 paws up

Thankful

a lucky dog keeps score
of his goods,
good love
good family
good friends
good home
good food
good fun,
and he is thankful.

Glacier 2

Oct. 3, 2010
Glacier Crest Trail
Glacier National Park
approx 10 k return
about 795 m elevation gained
about 5 hours return

the forest trail is soft and wide
later there are lots of rocks
very few humans
big bear poop
squirrels galore
not much water
lots of rocks to hop on

2 paws up

After looking at all the glaciers, we went down, down, down.

Rocks and glaciers

Hmm...that's not my foot print!

Glacier

Oct. 2. 2010
Hermit Basin and Rogers Glacier
Glacier National Park
approx 6.6 k return
800 m elevation gain
about 6 hours

a steep walk through a great forest
soft trailbed until the basin
rock staircases
moraine walking
rocks to hide in and play on
streams and pools for drinking
dopey grouse
chattering squirrels
very few humans, 1 pooch

3 paws up

The Basin is big.

Chili on the rocks.

The Hermit lives way up on the hill.

me

moraine walk.

a puppy playground