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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Grand Old Grand View Trail

Early morning moon
Willow got an early morning surprise today; when we came back down the drive after her constitutional we stopped at the pumphouse and I did a little whistling to see if I could attract neighboring dogs.  Bonanza!  Cowboy, Coop and Blackie (my name for him) all came over to interact with our little heeler.

All three males were interested in checking out her privates, and she did an amazing job of fending them off.  There were no barks or snarls, and they all got along well.  I felt good about the interaction.

Shortly afterward Dr. K, Willow and I left for a hike on the Grand View Trail.  That went really well, too, because we did the whole thing (including the "new" loop) without running into anybody.  The one downside, of course, was hiking the Grand View without Frio who loved that particular trek.  To be honest he loved all hikes.  He was the kind of dog who loved to do anything and everything.

Looking north on our drive

In the forest behind the cabin

Looking south on our drive

This & next:  first vista from the Grand View Trail


New sign on the Grand View

Lots of elk prints on the trail

Grand View Trail

Grand View

The trail again

Another Grand View vista

White Sands National Park from the Grand View Trail

White Sands National Park from about 7,000 feet

Ramada on the Grand View Trail

White Sands National Park

Forest view

Place where we stood (right) to avoid stampeding horses

Willow

Critters who live in this area

View from the loop

The new Grand View loop is narrow and rugged

Wils on the Grand View loop

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Nice images of White Sands from the trail. It was a lovely hike except that we missed Frio so much. He would have loved it.

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