Malamutes on Cougar
Since the dogs never let me sleep in on a nice day, we were up at 6:00 AM. Dogs don't know it's Memorial Day. We can sleep when we're old. Right now - sunshine and daylight are burnin' so let's get going!
The girls and I were out for a hike on Cougar Mountain by 7:00 AM. After much internal debate, I left Finn home. This was "me and girls" time. Finn gets to play on Cougar regularly; for the girls, it's a special outing. It felt as though we had the park to ourselves.
I assured the girls we weren't over the weight limit noted in the trail head sign. No cave-ins caused by us, no indeed! (Cougar Mountain has several old mining pits; some have huge grates covering them for safety, others are fenced off; still others probably lurk just under the surface among the trees, waiting to surprise the unwary human or dog. Or bear.)