{11march2011: Wenatchee}

A couple weekends ago we headed out to try snowshoeing to meet my yearly goal of at least one hike a month.  After driving for a couple hours, going past the snowy summit of Snoqualmie, we ended up at Wenatchee Park which wasn't as snowy as we hoped for.  We ended up doing a flat hike by the river on hard packed icy ground.... not quite what we were looking for.

After walking for a bit we decided to put on Darwin's boots because we were worried about the hard icy snow on her paws.... boots + ice = very little traction.

As we walked along Darwin found a bag of something (fertilizer? bird seed?) hanging from a tree branch.  The bag was punctured and there was stuff on the ground and Darwin was so tempted to roll in it.  Of course her attempts to roll in stinky stuff happen in such slow motion we are always able to call her off before she gets down and dirty.  (Darwin will sniff at something for a long time, then ever so slowly lower her head as if she's listening to it, and slowly will lower herself down.)

{alllmmmoosssttttt theeerrrreeeeee}

As soon as we tell her no, she's back up and stinky roll free!

{wait for me dad!!!}

Showing off her Sirius Republic collar (it's still holding up well, and I love the 2" width on her).

We walked down to the waters edge and tough girl Darwin got spooked by a rock barely covered by the water.

She spent a while checking it out and circling it, inspecting if from different angles until she finally worked up the courage to get up close and sniff it.

Once she realized we were safe and the rock wasn't going to attack her, she did a "Darwin" and peed in the water.  (I don't know why, but if there's water (a stream, river, lake, puddle) she needs to pee in it.)

We kept walking and made our way to the beach area.

We hung out on the beach for a bit before heading back. 

Though it wasn't snowshoeing, and not a very difficult hike, it was a beautiful day!

***We're still taking guesses for our Fun with Friday contest.  Robin should be getting her results soon so make sure you get your guess in!