lazy Saturdays....

We're finally able to have a lazy Saturday at campchaos. Even the pups knew and let us sleep in before we all had quality couch time. We did muster up some motivation and channeled our inner Fred as we make donuts that reminded us of dunkin donut munchkins... you can see that post here.

Hoppy Easter Ski Day

This weekend we made the trek to Summit County and had a few ski days on Copper Mountain's final weekend of the season. It also happened to be Easter weekend and we managed to keep the dogs away from the candy and Easter Bunny long enough to let the kids catch a sugar high.

Camping at the Grand Canyon

It's been a long winter without as much snow as we'd like to see so by the time the last chair fell silent we were ready to get out of town. Dave took a week and hit the east coast to spend some time with his dad while I stayed home to work and pack for the next adventure. I happen to be a very OCD packer and made a very comprehensive list to ensure our comfort for our adventure. We also packed a ton of food as my research didn't yield much for gluten free friendly dining at the park.

We loaded the 4Runner full of dogs, gear, flip flops and food and headed southwest towards Grand Canyon National Park. We had four nights booked at Mather Campground at site #308 in the Pine Loop. I'd been keeping an eye on the weather and the forecast said we were headed into warm weather.... but the first few nights were below 30. This would have been fine but our sleeping pads deflated and offered no cushion and more importantly insulation from the cool ground. We had three sleeping bags for the humans so we bundled up and dealt while the dogs had a shared bed and a few blankets. They have doggie softshells and wore those each night as the sun and temperatures dipped. Mayhem did crawl into a sleeping bag with me one night while Chaos's thicker coat served him well.

Grand Canyon is one of the more dog friendly of the National Parks and the dogs were allowed on the paved Rim trail for some great walks each day. They joined us for a sunset at Mather Point and enjoyed attention tourists across the world. Mayhem had played rough and cut a paw so he wore his Ruffwear shoes to prevent further injury to his pads. He had a lot of folks laughing at him but overall enjoyed the attention. After sunset the parking lot cleared out and we took the opportunity to play ball with the pups. We found a new light up ball which rocked Mayhem's world and allowed him to get some serious energy out at night. It made some great photos in the dark parking lot with the dog's glowing collars and the disco light ball.

We had a ton of photos from the little s6000 and from the D100 and each worked our skills a bit. We narrowed it down to the highlights from sunrise to sunset and a bit of Chaos and Mayhem.

Turtle takes a walk

How about now...any guesses on where the turtle is now?

Where is turtle going?

Go turtle!

The turtle says goodbye to the Wilson Range and Telluride for a few days as he meanders towards the big ditch...

Snug as a bug

These two are recovering from bath time on a chilly spring night... at least they smell beautiful.

HEY HOT DOG!

It's the final weekend of lift serviced skiing here in Telluride for the season and we took advantage of the good weather to get out on the mountain today. Dave pulled out his prized hot dog for the occasion. 

He posed for photos with both big and small children.... the little ones like to beat him up. He enjoyed the attention of the day in true Hot Dog style. 

 These two Daves and Emory are definitely "Winning" today...

 Posers or future expert yoga instructors?

Hot Doggin' in the Misty Park, he's out there grooming it tonight.