Rick C
July 12th, 2006, 12:04 PM
Some more pics from around here in the last week . . . . .
Keeper in her favourite spot towards sunset, a Canola field yellowing in the background, barking at any villians she thinks might be out there sneaking up on her . . . . . a nightly ritual. I guess you can see why her family in town gave her up!!! In the country, we don't mind so much.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400047-edit1.jpg
Keeper and Abby found Elbow Lake, with Elbow Pass heading out beyond the lake in the background, to be a cool respite on this hot day in K-Country. We walked down the pass for a few miles . . . . it leads through the mountains and out to the prairie beyond . . . in fact, our home would be pretty much straight east and we've walked the connector of this trail many times from the other side. This lake is warm enough to swim in. A walk-in, back-country campsite is at this spot as well.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400065-edit1.jpg
On another day - another hot one too - we were in the Whaleback area of southwestern Alberta, in K-Country, hiking up this unnamed trail to do some more ridge-walking . . . . . but the stream I was using to keep Keeper cool ran out. Bottled water isn't enough for Keeper. We'll have to come back in the fall when its cooler. Abby lounges on a slope on the way up.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400012-edit1.jpg
Keeper sags into a stream as described above . . . . her hips bother her a bit on hot days. Abby has a lot of endurance regardless of circumstances but Keeper needs a good soaking to keep going. Keeper walked 17 km (10 miles) around Upper Kananaskis Lake the previous weekend.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400014-edit1.jpg
I'll throw this in because it was peculiar . . . . . a dragonfly in the early morning. I came back an hour later and he was gone.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400033-edit1.jpg
These and other pictures at Abby & Keeper's blog at www.goldentales.ca/new.htm
Rick C
www.goldentales.ca
Keeper in her favourite spot towards sunset, a Canola field yellowing in the background, barking at any villians she thinks might be out there sneaking up on her . . . . . a nightly ritual. I guess you can see why her family in town gave her up!!! In the country, we don't mind so much.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400047-edit1.jpg
Keeper and Abby found Elbow Lake, with Elbow Pass heading out beyond the lake in the background, to be a cool respite on this hot day in K-Country. We walked down the pass for a few miles . . . . it leads through the mountains and out to the prairie beyond . . . in fact, our home would be pretty much straight east and we've walked the connector of this trail many times from the other side. This lake is warm enough to swim in. A walk-in, back-country campsite is at this spot as well.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400065-edit1.jpg
On another day - another hot one too - we were in the Whaleback area of southwestern Alberta, in K-Country, hiking up this unnamed trail to do some more ridge-walking . . . . . but the stream I was using to keep Keeper cool ran out. Bottled water isn't enough for Keeper. We'll have to come back in the fall when its cooler. Abby lounges on a slope on the way up.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400012-edit1.jpg
Keeper sags into a stream as described above . . . . her hips bother her a bit on hot days. Abby has a lot of endurance regardless of circumstances but Keeper needs a good soaking to keep going. Keeper walked 17 km (10 miles) around Upper Kananaskis Lake the previous weekend.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400014-edit1.jpg
I'll throw this in because it was peculiar . . . . . a dragonfly in the early morning. I came back an hour later and he was gone.
http://www.goldentales.ca/17400033-edit1.jpg
These and other pictures at Abby & Keeper's blog at www.goldentales.ca/new.htm
Rick C
www.goldentales.ca