Still in Beulah

I am really ready to get going.  For one thing, I'm doing work early in the morning and will start doing after dark some .   It's just way too hot in the daytime.

At this point, I just want to get enough done to finish on the road.  Fix my bed setup, finish with the electric rewire, make room to sleep and cook, and store the tools and what wood and insulation I can.
Clean out Weldon's 5th wheel, straighten out the garage, police the area for junk and trash.

Say au revoir and head to Guanella Pass.

One of my favorite pictures of Taz.

He's the one on the right.  I know, it's hard to tell. You know what they say about people picking dogs that look like them.

This was about 8 years ago, we were hiking just West of Mt Evans, starting at Guanella Pass.  We ended up summiting Mt Spaulding, instead of Mt Evans.  Hahaha.

This was taken on the way down the mountain.    It was before I adopted Lacy.

Taz update

Last week, I took Taz in to have him euthanized.  He had had a tumor removed from his back right leg.  The vet told me that a biopsy showed he had not been able to get it all.  That surgery cost me $700 , which I borrowed.  His future was chemo, radiation or amputation.  Also, he had suspected liver issues.  He had started to lose his appetite, which is never a good sign.

I had him a great 9 years.   I miss him quite a bit.  I still have a great dog named Lacy, an Australian Cattle Dog that I've had for 7 years.  Taz was special, however.  He had an abundance of personality and we were really close.

I will be spreading his ashes at Guanella Pass in Colorado.  At the base of Mount Bierstadt.  This is about 20 miles south of the town of Georgetown on I70.   You can see Breckenridge and Keystone from the summit of Bierstadt.    We spent many hours hiking the trails around there, and doing a lot of path-finding.  He was really good at finding trails that we had hiked on before; this was REAL helpful when we would be returning to the trailhead.   I would have missed a few turns and wasted energy if it weren't for him.

That's Taz with Mt Bierstadt behind him.  Around 2011. 

This is Lacy, she is now my only dog.  I will be taking her hiking with just the 2 of us now.  For quite a while, it was all 3 of us.  We were the WP pack.  :)