Dog Day Afternoon

Today was an official rest day ride-wise but it was anything but a rest day - in a good way though.  It was super productive and the to-do list kept getting nice big old strikes through it!  I did some work on the Airstream (more to come on that in a later post), took the mutts on a nice long walk,  and even managed to get a quick bouldering session in on the home wall.

Towards the later afternoon, the dogs and I did the full loop up at Maude S Canyon.  It was rainy and overcast all day but then started to clear up and warm up in the afternoon.  It ended up being a blessing because there were only 2 other cars in the parking lot at Maude S.  Our walk took us to the top of the vista where we had some nice views of the Pintlers, Fleecer, and the Highlands.  I snapped a quickie pic of the Highlands from the top of our hike:

Despite the tongues drooping out of the side of their mouths, Moby and Otis seemed to be having a grand time.  Otis with a tired look:

Moby surveying:

a quick water break on the way up:

such a RUFF life:

on the way down....looking at the freeway intersection where I-15 and I-90 meet - with a view of the Pintlers in the background:

a different view that includes the infamous Pit - our house is to the left of the big dead tree in the foreground of the picture...house is in the flat-lands a little further south (left in the pic) of the big set of buildings (middle school) to the left of the tree - yup, that be one big ole mining operation!: 

we made back to the car and then the dogs managed to stay awake for 30 minutes after we got home until they got fed...they are now passed out and probably chasing rabbits or squirrels in their sleep.  While they were chasing critters, I was getting a quickie bouldering sesh in the garage:

ahhhh yes, a dog day afternoon...