Hiking With Puppies

After a morning of mushing the rig and lunch, we headed out for a hike to a lake...

with a nice beach where the dogs could run off leash...

 and explore to their hearts content.

Trask and Tule had never been in a lake. Trask immediately found an "island" to take refuge from the cold water.

Tule in turn decided the island was a good idea and tried to climb over her brother to escape the waves.

 More exploring with the big girls.

A shared treasure.

 Trask went in again after another stick.

Success. I may have a retrieving Chinook after all - nah.

Tule appears to be flying as she rushes along the shore.

Trask basking in the sunshine.

Back to the cabin for shared treats and...

margaritas on the deck. What a beautiful way to end a magnificent day.