But first, the poodle hanging out staring at Jason while he's on the computer.
Here's Genubi's scar from his surgery to remove the baseball-sized cancerous lump. Incision is maybe 4-5 inches long, closed with staples. Those plastic things are drains, designed to not let the skin heal in those locations so that gross stuff could continue to ooze out and not build up inside.
Noob's in surprisingly good condition, and after the drugs wore off the day of the surgery it seems that he really hasn't noticed it at all.
Gwen at about 14 weeks.
Even in the usually low-budget National Forest, this trail next to the river (Potlatch River, I think) was paved.
Gwen on the trail.
Gwen next to the river.
We keep telling Taun We that dogs don't eat grass, only cows do, but she won't listen.
The dogs were fascinated by the river. REmember, they're from Arizona and have never seen flowing water like this before.
Wow -- it's like a giant stream of fresh, drinkable toilet water! Amazing!
There was a small thunderstorm in the area, but here's some of the blue sky behind us.
A straight stretch of the river. With dogs on trail at left.
Molly went out exploring the river by walking along this grassy, shallow area.
She got to this little grass island.
Where it was safe.
But then took a short cut back to the shore through about 10-inch deep water.