Adventure Pack Bear and Ruffers were eager to get to the shade on our way up Chautauqua Trail today. Once there, the whole pack was thirsty for some water from the CamelBak. Tozai still had the energy to run around Bear once we were up the mountain, and Bear wrestled with him a bit. Nelly sniffed in the grass at the edge of the trail and nibbled at it a bit. Ruffers did a great job keeping up, though she did insist on some backtracking to check out scents we had passed, espec

Adventure Pack Griff, Arlo, Imogene, and Racer were happy to get to the shaded Bluebell-Mesa Trail after making their way up Chautauqua Trail today. Everyone took some water. Arlo was the thirstiest of the bunch, while Griff only barely wet his tongue. Racer and Imogene happily drank when offered but didn't nose at me for more like Arlo kept doing. For the short stretch of Bluebell Road that we covered on our way to Chautauqua Trail, Racer led the sniffing campaign as usual.

Adventure Pack The pack was feeling the sun and heat today. Bear was the most put out by it, and he kept pulling over to shaded spots to lie down on our way up the mountain. Ruffers and Rey kept slow but steady paces and were happy to linger in the shade as well, but they didn't initiate those stops like Bear did. Tozai was the only one who was relatively unaffected by the change in the weather. He kept trying to get Rey to chase and wrestle with him, but she wasn't intereste