Today was as active as yesterday was quiet .. We met up with friends Peter and Dana   and all of our dogs and took a hike up the Nebraska notch trail on the flank of Mt. Mansfield. It was an overcast and cool day.. promising rain and it delivered.. We did about a half of the hike in a steady rain.. we were wet through.. cold and soggy.. but not so soggy that we didn’t enjoy our friends and the beautiful scenery. We took a small side loop called the Clara Bow trail. it went through a steep valley full of ferns.. It looked so primordial that it woulld not have been surprising to see a pterodactyl swooping down on us.

One of the coolest feature of the trail  was a small cave  that you had to walk thought. The trick was the 8 foot ladder at the end to get to the exit.. That involved carrying the three dogs up the ladder.. None of them were excited about that.. hauling three pretty big dogs (chai is about 65 pounds)  op a steep ladder in a narrow chink between rocks was an adventure for us all

 

We all made it…. The conversation was great despite the rain.. maybe even made better by the rain..

We even ran into more friends.. and more dog =s on the trail.. Here are mary and merrill and their dogs.. and Kristie (whom we just met) and her dogs..

By the time I got back to the car, my eye was bugging me.. looks like I either got a bug byte.. or soemthing else.. kinda gross.. but kinda cool too !

 

OK.. that was the day… we’re now having an icecream party with all the ice cream that hannah and Ian bring back from work.. I think we’re going to have an ice cream sundae/sunday every week to get rid of it..  let us know if you want some..

 

OK. that’s it.. I nede to go check out this eye..

 

more tomorrow.

nite all, nite sam

-me

ps. Last night gabe and Ian went meat frenzy.. .. not something that happens often in this household.. It was fun and mildly repulsive watching them get in touch with their inner carnivore