Sunday, April 28, 2013

Hike & ECCC Crit

This week/weekend Daisy's dad is in town. Yesterday we went for a hike. The trees are just starting to get their leaf-buds on the ridge, but the bees were going crazy with some flowering bush! Spring is coming little by little.

This spot is a burn zone from a few years back. Clear views, and a favorite trail for mountain bikers. (That will be us in a few months!) Also, in a couple months it will be packed with wild blueberries...

Hamlet loves to roll

Coolin' off after the hike - great spot for a drink
Today we headed a few blocks towards downtown to check out the ECCC Crit! They're hosting the conference championships here at PSU, and it was an exciting set of races.

Hamlet is unphased by cyclists passing at 20+ mph

Kisses! 

Camping with Hamlet

Hamlet now has a couple nights of camping to put on his next puppy report! Earlier in April we went on two separate weekends -- one hike-in, and one drive-in. Unfortunately for us, both times the weather looked like it would be in the high 30/40s from the mid-week forecast, but then was ~10 deg colder than predicted by the time the weekend came! Fortunately for us, we had warm sleeping bags and down comforter(s)!
Car camping - got the stuff to the table, and Hamlet takes a little run around.
As you would expect, Hamlet enjoyed himself because he loves to be outside - like most any dog.


Jason starts the fire

Since it was cold, the campground was almost abandoned
Before we got the tent and all this set up, we went for a hike. A couple nice views, and saw a mtn biking cyclist. Also, I spotted something that I suspected was a porcupine - and was glad to spot it before Hamlet got interested!

Can you see it?

Porcupine!

Taking his turn at the wheel

As a bonus, check out these pics from earlier this winter -- hiking in the snow!



Lovin' the snow