Our Latest

We climbed Rattlesnake Mountain again this year, but without Ann. Now that school's started she has to work weekdays. But the weather feels nothing like school starting. It's at least 80 degrees and was at least that on the mountain. I am sitting down in this photo because I am afraid of heights. Monty is not, so he feels much more comfortable looking over ledges.

The hike isn't too hard. It's about 2 miles one way and 4 miles roundtrip. Of course, that's 2 miles up and 2 miles down. We took an hour to go up and about 40 minutes to go down only because we had to stop and visit other dogs and people. The up was hard because it was so warm, but the down promised Rattlesnake Lake and frankly, that's my favorite part!

Monty likes it, too.

When we got home, Gretchen made an iMovie of our day using silly music -- "Summertime" sung by African singer Angelique Kidjo, "Stairway To Heaven" performed by guitarist Rodrigo y Gabriella and finally, "Heavenly Day" by Patti Griffin (who wrote the song on the last day of her beloved dog's life). It's way too big to put on my blog and it was her first real attempt at iMovie on her new computer, but it turned out kind of fun.

The day was heavenly during this summertime September as we climbed the stairway to heaven. Here's how happy I was about it, so happy my face wouldn't stay in the frame.

Monty was happy enough for a full-frontal smile!