Day 2 ....

... easy hike with friends and dogs including a little core by the addition of the vest... Or ...



Didn't turn out exactly as planned today either; I'm glad I have a very flexible training program :) you just can't have a bad day that way...

Our 10 am departure was more like 1130, and the group and dogs was shrunk to Katy and Toby ( Toby being the dog, Katy just act dog...). And this weekends theme seem to be "daylight?"

Since it was just the three of is we decided to try out Barrier, Stoney to Jewels, and Prairie View. I kept the vest in the plan and to start it felt like a great idea; in the end I was wishing I could leave it on the trail or swap it with a crazy carpet! 

We "lucked" out and the snow was pretty much un-touched, and for the first hike of the year, snowshoes might have been useful. But I couldn't complain with a 33 inseam, watching Toby and Katy stump through the deep snow like there was no tomorrow (neither with close to a 33). 

The snow just added to the experience; one of my favorite trails both summer and winter. Besides the rescue helicopter checking in on Katy every hr, it is quiet and beautiful. The untouched snow made the hike up jewels breathtaking in more than one way......

 

Toby finding a spot with some "hard snow" for a break... it was a big "swim".......

Knee deep for me....

Little deeper for the little people and little dogs....

Styling it over the bridge...

Didn't matter how deep and tired he was... the Rabbits hunt was on....

Made it across.... alive... ok, it wasn't that high....

Mister styling....



Yeah... it was hard work....

Real hard work.... nap time and snack.... about half way up...

Toby finally arrives too.... no Rabbits caught yet....



So close to the summit...

Still some daylight.....

oh ya... that was great!! Both dog and person smiling... in their
styling green jackets...

Probably about now I could take or leave the vest.... and poles..
and take a ride on a crazy carpet down...



Toby and Katy just didn't get enough... so played the
 stick game all the way down





And done.... with a little bit of daylight left :)





 

Another day of greatness, feel very fortunate to live so close to all this; originally I thought I'd get out of town and go ride somewhere warm, but coming home after a good outing like this seems so much better than hotel and travel right now..... another day tomorrow...

Happy snow-hiking!!