Back before Boss Lady and I got sick, she finally managed to make contact with an important person regarding the trails at Shrewsbury. This important person finally put in her hands a nifty little map of the trails, allowing us to, at long last, hike a loop instead of just hiking out and back. These are some very nice trails, and allow for various lengths of hikes. With both of us finally feeling better, we made our first Shrewsbury loop attempt. It just happened to be only 2 days after a massive storm. At our house, we got about 8" of snow. Up in Shrewsbury, they got anywhere from 1-3 feet of snow.
In case you're curious, this is what the upper end of 1-3 feet of snow looks like. No, I am not laying down.
Erm. I think I'm stuck.
Ooomph. This doesn't seem to be working very well.
According to Boss Lady, First Tracks are much sought after and very awesome to win. Lucky us, First Tracks in 2 feet of snow.
Truth be told, though, I'm the one who got first tracks. Boss Lady spent most of the hike following along in my trail.
Tromping through 2-3 feet of snow is exhausting work. Considering how excited she was about the First Tracks, I finally thought it might be a good idea to let her actually have First Tracks. Which means that, for probably the First Time Ever, I walked behind Boss Lady while we were hiking. Not too far behind, mind you. I kept close enough to tromp on her snowshoe every 3rd step. I was surprised at how much easier it is to walk in someone else's trail. No wonder Boss Lady had been hanging back for so long.
Even with following behind Boss Lady, hiking through all that snow was hard work. Another First: I actually plopped down in the snow to take a break. Boss Lady can't remember that happening ever before. I don't think she's one to comment, though, because she flopped down in the snow before I did. She claims it was an accident, but I don't believe her. She certainly took her sweet time getting up, and then she couldn't do it without holding on to me for help.
Anyway, despite the hard slogging through 2 feet of snow, and all the plopping down and whatnot, we did manage to successfully complete the loop. Boss Lady was very proud of us for pushing through and not giving up. It took us 2 hours to cover 2 miles; somewhat slower than our summer hiking time.
When we finally got back to the car, Boss Lady discovered I was carrying a couple extra pounds in snow. My whiskers were all icicled.
And my chest and tummy were covered with snowballs. My feet were even worse.
Yes, I was a poopered puppy.
1 comment:
you are brave to make snow tracks- i saw snow for the first time in january in CO- i was not impressed- my mama thought it was funny i did not poop fro two days- hah- if she had to go in the snow- bet she would have held it.
i did however find a fun game-she would make me go into the snow- it was about 2 foot- and when she turned her back i would run and jump on her and push her down then run to the end of the leash and laugh- she thought it was a mistake at first until i continued to do it- strangely we went in soon after.
take care dude
destry in TX
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