Wyoming…yes, again

When we go to Bridger-Teton National Forest in June, we are in the southern area of the park and I’m sure the northern is probably even more beautiful but the only cabins up there are the very rustic ones or that one that is close to the road. Now, as far as the information goes that I read about the one cabin in the northern section, the roadway is not traveled all that much and might not even be cleared yet in June. But I don’t know – I don’t want to insist on LaBarge and then have people disappointed we aren’t closer to the mountains. According to my map, LaBarge is right in the mountain range but without seeing pictures, I can’t tell what our scenery would be like. There are some hiking trails there close by too.

How long would it take to walk 30 miles? Cuz one scenic trail is 3o miles long but they said the end of it is spectacularly beautiful. I think it is too long but I don’t know how far a person could actually walk in a day if they kept up a steady pace. Course, a lot of it would be uphill and then we’d have to camp before walking back to our cabin…and we could be really sore…so that trail is probably out. They have ones that are just a few miles all the way up to the 30 mile one. We could probably do an 11 mile one -22 miles round trip – in a day if we were in good enough shape. I just don’t know what to expect really.

Baxter

This is my last day off. Damn, it went fast.

I took Baxter on a walk down around the bay last night just before sunset. It was a nice walk – the weather was perfect. Baxter kept up better this evening too – usually he has to stop at every lamp post to see if another dog has peed on it or not. But tonight he kept a good clip up and only checked out a few.

Today I took him back to the park – I let him swim in the pond there and he was in heaven. We walked around twice but on the second time he had to rest a few times so we didn’t walk a third although he pretended like he could. I’m getting worried about him again – he has had barely anything to eat yesterday and today. He acts like he has to throw something up but can’t and today at the park he trudge along a few times like he didn’t have energy at all. Maybe I’ve been overworking him on our long walks? He did eat a chicken bone yesterday morning on our first walk before I could get it out of his mouth. I hope that isn’t lodged somewhere causing problems.

Baxter was so cute – there is a life-sized statue of an old man on a bench by the Arts Center and he didn’t like it at all. He kept growling at the statue like he knew something wasn’t right about the man but couldn’t figure it out. I had a good laugh over it. He loves chasing birds and squirrels – always whining when they get out of his reach.

Final Day Off of Vacation

Baxter finally started acting right this evening late. I was really getting worried. He finally ate all his food and part of my supper. Last night I even made him chicken soup and he wouldn’t touch it when usually he gobbles it down.

He is a funny character though. I think he thinks he is a king or something. He won’t eat human food unless he sees me eating it and then I give him my bowl. If I put it in his dish straight from the pan, he won’t touch it. Probably worried the food is poisoned or something. LOL

We went for our walk tonight and ran into a neighbor with her female dog. Baxter doesn’t care much for this dog – she is too demanding and pushy. She jumps all over him while he sits there as motionless as he can get. When they walked away he jumped up ready to walk in the opposite direction of them. If he likes a dog he tries to follow them all the way home.

It sprinkled on us a bit but nothing serious. I thought it would feel chillier outside then it did – guess our warming trend is back.

Have so much to do yet and it is time to go back to work…those days off just flew by. I did have a lot of fun though and am glad work could give them to me at such short notice. My next day off is next Wednesday, then not another day off till the following Monday. It should help me get back into the swing of things.