For his birthday, we are going to take the hu-dad on some long walks. How nice of us.
Happy Birthday to the hu-dad. How old is he? Well, let’s just say he is older than all of us combined. Including the Annex. Just saying.
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Sigh.
Hey, hu-dad, I have an idea. Let’s load up the RV and take off for a long weekend!
Then we get the official Cheesewhiz RV Face!
Kiska has a terrific idea for the weekend, so we are loading up the RV and taking off to Big Ridge State Park near Knoxville, Tennessee. Besides, someone has a birthday tomorrow and we will be celebrating that. We promise pictures from our adventures!
No, I do not know the answer to where are you supposed to sleep. Why do you ask?
I am scared to go out in the really tall weeds.
Seriously, hu-dad, this grass is getting ridiculously tall.
Do you really not want to be able to see what I am up to?
With all of the bad weather the last couple of weeks, grass mowing Sibe Quentin has been subject to a rain delay. Sunday was finally the perfect, sunny day, so we insisted that he harvest – er, mow.
Look, everyone, we can actually walk without being tickled.
I am so glad the hu-dad did not carry out his threat to tie an orange flag to my tail so he could monitor me.
Can you see who has the best Observation Post over at The Herd Annex (the hu-grandmom’s house)?
Let’s zoom in with the camera and see who is hanging out below.
Shhhhh, hu-dad, you will give away my spot.
Come with us as we hike with some new friends!
Combining hiking with meeting new canine friends makes for a perfect Saturday morning! Our veterinarians office, Animal Hospital of Waynesville, sponsored a Saturday morning hike for clients at Graveyard Fields.
Graveyard Fields is a valley with the stream Yellowstone Prong flowing through its center, creating water falls both at the upper end of the valley and the lower end (named, creatively enough, Upper Falls and Lower Falls. With the valley floor still above a 5,000 foot elevation, the air is usually cool and perfect for hiking. This is an excellent area for early and late season hikes, though we avoid it during the summer tourism season because of the crowds.
Come meet some of our new friends:
The official smallest hiker (and, yes, those are Frankie ears in the foreground).
And our biggest hiker!
An official sentry to keep us safe.
And what is he watching so intently?
The younger and bouncier version of himself, of course. (Appropriately named River, by the way).
Yes, we all had fun playing in the water.
We even had somepup who looked a lot like us (complete with the mud on the nose).
But, he did win cute photo of the day!
P.S. – Plans are being drafted for another hike, so we look forward to seeing these friends again – and meeting some new ones on the next hike.
Yesterday, was the first weekend day in a couple of weeks that was dry enough to go hiking, so we hit the trails. Do you think Cheoah was happy with that? Don’t forget that Cheoah is the Cherokee word for Otter. That might explain a few things.
Good thing it isn’t raining, or I might get wet.
Because rain water is totally different than river water.
Besides, you humans were the ones who named me “Otter.”
Dog Logic. Keep up.
Oh, my, we appear to have had a major fur explosion.
The fur carnage is everywhere
Don’t worry, no puppies were hurt in the making of this blog post.
Though somepup did a lot of wailing and crying during the plucking.
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Frankie is laying quietly in the den floor.
On the couch, a certain young troublemaker is waking up
Typhoon appears to be plotting his next move
Ah-ha! I know what I will do!
Why, there is my big brother being all peaceful and good.
Puppy pounce in 3 – 2 – 1 . . .
Cheoah can’t bear to watch.
Hey, hu-dad, I have a new edict to issue
Just wanted you to know that I am as tired of all of this rain as the youngsters.
So there is only one thing I can do about it.
Wake me when the sun comes out.