YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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tgil.....yep I sure do love that picture as well.....
JD.....I agree.....
Alan.....I don't yet know the answer to your question but I do have some ideas.....and yea, "I am not one".....
It's almost hard to believe that we've spent nearly 2 months camped here along the western shores of Lake Mead.....but the downtime has been well worth it since we were able to add Trapper to our team.....
Since Trapper has come aboard, we have attempted to climb a nearby peak 3 times, but she just wasn't able to make the trek all the way to the summit.....that was probably a good thing considering my nagging injury.....but the 4th attempt was golden.....Trapper started the day with some strengthening exercises.....strength is always an asset to the mountaineer.....
.....and then Tanner decided to join in.....
We got a fairly early start that day.....
......while the air was still cool and in the open Jeep the ride to our starting point was downright cold.....
No trails to the summit so we meandered up various washes and criss crossed over multiple hillsides.....
Tanner stumbled across this snake skin lying in the volcanic rock.....it was interesting to see the way he jumped. His reaction startled me and I thought maybe it was our first rattler of the season but thankfully no.....just an old skin.....
It was beautiful up there on the summit of Lava Butte (2,871').....just me and my best friends.....
Certainly not a big peak but a peak none the less. I thought that Trapper.....at five and one half months of age.....performed spectacularly. We covered eight and one half miles combined with 1,800' of elevation gain over some very rugged ground.....
JD.....I agree.....
Alan.....I don't yet know the answer to your question but I do have some ideas.....and yea, "I am not one".....
It's almost hard to believe that we've spent nearly 2 months camped here along the western shores of Lake Mead.....but the downtime has been well worth it since we were able to add Trapper to our team.....
Since Trapper has come aboard, we have attempted to climb a nearby peak 3 times, but she just wasn't able to make the trek all the way to the summit.....that was probably a good thing considering my nagging injury.....but the 4th attempt was golden.....Trapper started the day with some strengthening exercises.....strength is always an asset to the mountaineer.....
.....and then Tanner decided to join in.....
We got a fairly early start that day.....
......while the air was still cool and in the open Jeep the ride to our starting point was downright cold.....
No trails to the summit so we meandered up various washes and criss crossed over multiple hillsides.....
Tanner stumbled across this snake skin lying in the volcanic rock.....it was interesting to see the way he jumped. His reaction startled me and I thought maybe it was our first rattler of the season but thankfully no.....just an old skin.....
It was beautiful up there on the summit of Lava Butte (2,871').....just me and my best friends.....
Certainly not a big peak but a peak none the less. I thought that Trapper.....at five and one half months of age.....performed spectacularly. We covered eight and one half miles combined with 1,800' of elevation gain over some very rugged ground.....
