Dog days of winter

peeping smrp

The first official day of Winter. It's going to be hard to leave the snow, where we can snowshoe from the front door and right into the woods.  The dogs seem to love powder days as much as the people standing in the lift line at the mountain an hour before the lift starts.  I honestly don't miss those days of waiting for the lift to open while freezing my balls off.  I'm so glad I found Jesus (the Backcountry...with a capital "B").  This includes our backyard, as the Backcountry is everywhere there aren't lifts and lift-lines.  Just GO...and you shall find it.

Jesse Guppie can barely control her excitement for all the powder!

Crazy-dogging in the belly deep powder.  She ran around up and down dragging me along with her.  We keep her on a long 25ft leash because...well...without it? She'd be gone.  Deer, squirrels, elk, coyotes, foxes, you name it...she'd suddenly chase something and look up and be 10 miles away.  Not worth the risk.

More pouncing.  She's like a half bunny half kangaroo in the snow!

Jesse Guppie at Sunset only somewhat tired from the big hike in the deep snow.