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Sunday, August 26th, 2007

I figured everyone would like an update about our puppy. We have named him Woody (short for Woodrow) and he is 46 lbs at 4 months. He is lots of fun, a little crazy, and too cute. He is the star of the neighborhood, everyone stops to pet him so I think his ego is huge. He and Molly play a lot, but sometimes he’s too rough and she has to put him in line. All in all, I think she’s glad he’s here but is a little jealous of the attention he gets.

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The dogs to their best to look noble.

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Here they are just exhausted.

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See his weird hair-do? It looks like he’s wearing a toupe! His hair is short on his face but he’s got crazy long hair on top!

14er #13

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

We climbed our 13th 14er on Saturday, Mt. Democrat. Actually Dave and the rest of the group did the 3-14er circuit, but I had invited a friend of mine, it was her 1st 14er so we took it easy and just did the one. It was a perfect day in the mountains, even though it’s getting late in the season we had no afternoon weather, it stayed clear and beautiful all day. It was extremely windy, though, the wind was strong enough to make a 200 lb. guy stumble. I would guess that would have to be something like 80 mph but I don’t really know. We started from the Kite Lake trailhead which is a beautiful site, the trailhead is already at 12,000 ft so you are pretty much above tree line but the lake is clear and blue. It was a great day to be in the mountains!

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Dave, JC, and Carin eager to get on the trail.

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Looking towards the summit of Mt. Democrat.

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Dave, me, Carin, and JC on the summit of Mt. Democrat.

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View down into the valley.