Another Granite Summit
November 2nd; quite a contrast from when Finn and I summited Granite on October 18th!
This time, friends Jim and Jane and their dog Pixie joined me and Finn. Had I known we were going to hike up into sideways snow (the wind was blowing pretty hard), with some accumulation at the top, I would have brought the girls.
Even after we reached the top - after Finn and Pixie had already chased each other all over, probably twice the four miles we humans had covered - they couldn't stop playing! That's the forest service lookout in the background.
Jane agreed with me that Pixie would be mistaken for a wolf during hunting season (Pixie is whippet/husky mix), so she made her a bright orange collar. Pretty effective.
After carrying my camera all the way up, and despite the fog and wind and snow pelting us, I had to have a portrait of Jim, Jane & Pixie. They'll send it on to their families back East, who already consider them nuts. This will confirm it.
This time, friends Jim and Jane and their dog Pixie joined me and Finn. Had I known we were going to hike up into sideways snow (the wind was blowing pretty hard), with some accumulation at the top, I would have brought the girls.
Even after we reached the top - after Finn and Pixie had already chased each other all over, probably twice the four miles we humans had covered - they couldn't stop playing! That's the forest service lookout in the background.Jane agreed with me that Pixie would be mistaken for a wolf during hunting season (Pixie is whippet/husky mix), so she made her a bright orange collar. Pretty effective.
After carrying my camera all the way up, and despite the fog and wind and snow pelting us, I had to have a portrait of Jim, Jane & Pixie. They'll send it on to their families back East, who already consider them nuts. This will confirm it.