Catching Clear Up

Wooohooo!

WE ARE BACK!

(Gotta admit ... we're just a little peeved with OurMoma

Seems our extended wee absence has resulted in a Fall

into some sort of Forgotten Neglected Dismissed Devalued PoorDogStatus

AND IT'S THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN!)

Anyway

We left off (trying to catch up)

With a Hint of a MinorMishap

Truth be Told

Fergi and Zoë are still BFF

Despite the fact that Fergi's SnaggleTeeth made VeryBrief but VeryImpressiveContact

with Zoë's DelicateSkin

Ripped her right open, she did, my sister, the Fergs

The quiet, shy, sorta submissive one

It seems that Fergi is beginning to feel more a part of ThePack

(Having four of us in one household these past few months)

and

A SixteenLeggedBeforeBreakfastRomp

... around and around and around the dining room table ...

led to a WidelySmilingMouth which "brushed against" a WhiteWhippet'sShoulder

Oops

It happened so fast no one really even knew what happened

but

All is well now

TheIncision is now the TheBattleWound (or BooBoo) 

All stitched and healed up

(Thanks to the DashingDrBatch ... who gave OurMoma a GreatBigHug

as she tearfully explained what happened)

(Oh, the Drama)

Anyhow ... it's History ... and both girls have a Story to tell

Otherwise

We were sorta laidback clear through September in Colorado

All of Us

Enjoying the AmazingAutumn and sharing it with OurFloridaFamily

(It doesn't get much prettier)

Toward the end of the month

We all took a SeveralDayTrip to do nothing but take in the Beauty (and the Beasts)

We found a bit of France in Colorado

(Camp St Malo ... Pope John Paul II stayed here during his 1993 World Youth Day trip to Denver)

Honestly, we were "just" the passengers

but

We happily joined OurPeople on their Trek

Shortly into the Trip

We ambled by OurMoma's MostFavoriteRestaurant

The FawnBrook Inn (in Allenspark, Colorado)

(We're hoping that one day she'll dine there and bring us a few tasty samples

... the sooner, the better)

It was closed the day we were there

but across the road

Was something nearly equally as exciting

A "tap" from the Crystal River which was flowing under our paws

Where ThePeople stopped and filled up all our water jugs

with FreshColdMountainSpringWater

Look See!

OurGirl (who tasted the water later ... she wasn't with us at the time)

Aptly described it as we would if we could talk

"It tastes like melted snow!"

We drove on that same day and pulled up to OurLittleCabin near Estes Park

A VeryDogFriendly little place where I was a LuckyDog to have visited once before

It didn't take long for me to find all the windows

(Gazing out is one of MyMostFavoritePasttimes)

I could sniff that FreshMountainAir

Our cabin had a NorthwoodsTheme

Decorated with lots of LittleBears

Aptly named ... 'cause look who was there to greet us

Yep!

Our very own BlackBearCub!

He was hovering above the (tightly closed) GarbageBin

(Wistfully hoping it might magically open)

Only about 40 feet from OurPorch

(Fergi was actually the first one to notice .... she yipped and barked

While waiting in the car

When OurMoma left us ... still buckled in ... as she and the others unpacked.

Lo and Behold

We all soon understood the Reason for her Anxiety!)

(The Bears ... all of 'em ... the BigMoma and her TwoWayTooOld to StillBeWithMoma Cubs

Came back early one morning.

We heard 'em and saw 'em

Thrashing about in the tree

but

We knew better than to join them

Instead we stayed comfortably resting on the bed

It was Good

Really Good

While there

OurGirl even came from HerCollege to visit

Of course she was happy to see us

but

also

She was thrilled to open a package from Gussie's Moma

Seems they have somethings in common

Muzzer and OurGirl

TeenyFeet and a PassionForShoes

(We could smell ya, Gus and Teka!)

OurGirl smiled a lot and said "Thanks!"

This place where we stayed

Has a nice private Playground for Dogs

and

For the first time for some of us

We got to play offleash

(Told ya it was DogFriendly!)

Bella and HerMoma (our Gramma) played their VeryFirstGame of Frisbee

and

Fergs (SweetGirl) played BabyDuck following HerMoma

(if ya know Fergi ... this is HUGE HUGE progress

and it made OurMoma SoVeryHappy!)

It was a GoodTime

ReallyGood

Only a few short miles away was one of the Reasons for OurTrip

We'll let the Pictures tell the Story

It couldn't have been a MorePerfectFewDays

(OurPeople sure oo'd and aw'd and made lots of stops for UpClose and UninterruptedViewing)

We rode way up into the Heavens

On TrailRidgeRoad

(Eleven miles of which is above TreeLine ... breathtaking in lots of ways)

And

We saw lots of Wildlife

(REAL wildlife ... not the kind that run around dining room tables)

There were gobs of places to stop and gaze

but most often

We stayed in the car

(Pups aren't allowed off of paved surfaces ... but that was okay ... we were Content)

One day we rode through the BigThompsonCanyon

(That's the same road that OurGirl took to get from where she is to where we were)

If you are as old as OurMoma

(That's old)

You might remember a HugeFlood that rushed through this area back in 1976

(Way before us ... obviously ... before OurGirl, too)

It still gives OurMoma goosebumps, to remember

144 people died and the canyon was destroyed

If you are interested, you can learn more here (there are some good links)

You can even listen to a bone chilling video from a first-responder on that site.

Anyhow

Though the cherry orchards that used to lie near the BigThompsonRiver were wiped out by the flood

The Colorado Cherry Company still remains

Of course OurPeople went inside

and

Yep

We noticed (and drew to their attention) the "Free Samples" Sign

GoodDoggies that we were

(Waiting in the car and posing on the picnic table afterwards)

We were not to be disappointed

We pretty much "had it made"

(We've pretty much "got it made")

Life is Good

We were happy

(We ARE Happy)

(That cherry pie was YUMMY!)

Yep

So Now

We're back to it just bein' the Two of Us, with OurMoma, of course

The Family has returned to Florida

OurGirl is happily bein' a CollegeGirl

Things are Quiet

(Well, except for when we're running around the dining room table)

OurMoma is in some sort of state that she calls Transitioning 

We're not quite sure that means

For now we just focus on transitioning from one sunny resting spot to another

Like I said

Life is Good

xx