My alarm clock screeches as the clock turns to 6:30am. I stumble to the computer and look outside to a fresh 4" of snow on the ground and more falling hard. A quick gmail check assures that I will indeed be making the 6ft traverse back into the bed to finish what I had started just 6 hours previous; sleep! School is canceled until 10 which means no work and upon further investigation I see two even more exciting emails sealing the deal with my other two 11 & 12:30 classes canceled too! Peyahw sleepytime USA!!!
The snow stuck around all weekend even collecting a nice layer of ice and fresh snow from a glancing storm the following Saturday. Such snow days of no work or school can mean several things to many people; but to me only two things; Melanie's for brunch and a snowy hike for desert! Bon and Bruskies have come to visit and we all load up with a few broskies for a nice 5 miler. Up to Price Park it is, everyone is excited but no one can match the enthusiasm of Bruin!! Prancing about the trail Bruskies quickly covers twice the ground we do running up the trail only to double back close enough to us to ensure our pursuit.
We get to a tricky log ladder but this proves no problem for the Bruskies as he clambers up the slippery snow/ ice covered 8 rung ascent. As I get to the top Bonnie says; "is that blood!?" sick what? Oh... on the ground in front of us a few quarter size blood spots as Bruin trots off... Oh no Bruins pads have been shredded by the ice capped snow that covers the trail and surrounding woods. Yikes, now what? We are a little over 1.5 miles in and the trail is 5 total... only one choice head back and carry the poor guy- easier said than done.. Although at first the barely 45lb dog seemed to be a breeze to carry over my shoulders like a wounded lamb, but after the first 1/2 mile I realize this will be a no small feat as my back and biceps begin to wail. Although by the end my right bicep had been through several stages of full on cramps and we had stopped to reposition several times we finally made it back to the car where we made the poor guy a nice comfy bed in the back. Phew! that was work, luckily Melanie had supplied me with ample calories and caffeine for the epic day.
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Looks like Bon is being pursued by a wolf...but it's a Bruskie! Yea!
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