NCT excursion adventure!

Oh Ya, my friend Jeff was in town for some trail work fun so we all went for an adventure hike on our segment of the NCT Sunday.

We started at our favorite camp, the Gardner Road parking lot.

We set out on our 6.8 mile hike.

We admired Tank Creek.

Westward we go.

I spied a corner.

The water was high in all the creeks.

I lept Darling Creek in a single bound...
.....several times since it was so fun.

Finally, we made it to The  Middle Branch of the Ontonagan.

The bridge was kinda scary - so high up and wobbly!

Someone crossed here before us.

We had our lunch here.

Back east we head.

She doesn't leap quite as good as me.

The December sun was shining, but low in the sky.

After that hike, we headed to the best eatery in Rousseau.

Of course that's the Rousseau Bar!
This place is trail mutt(s) approved!
Him and the staff was friendly.

Back in da U.P., eh?

On the way home, we stopped to see the O-Kun-de-Kun falls.   With all the recent precip, we expected them to be flowing well.

I needed to run!  After being in the car for so long.

There was a friendly family here from Kalamazoo MI.
You know I love little girls!

Hey, you know it's scary on this high bridge with that rushing
 torrent below!

We had to wear our colors.
I didn't see any hunters out though.

This was a neat spot we'd not been to before to look at the falls.

The Baltimore River was up.

It's sooooo pretty here.

OK, lets go home.

Adventures on the ranch!

I love to go to the Aronson's ranch. There's always adventure to be found.  I'm a farm dog at heart.

Arly coaxed me along to work on my jumping skills.

I had a good view from the top.
That's Katie at the bottom

I balanced along the top. Scary!

I got to romp with Katie and Jake.

Boing!!  This is real ranch dog stuff here.

OK, Arly, I'll go over there next.

And up again!

Oh, I got in close proximity to some beasts.

 

Careful Sandy! They could eat you in one big bite.
They could not coax me to get very close!

Feeding time.

Jake says, "I never get any good ear scratching!"

The calves are just littler beasts...

I was tired after being a farm dog all day..

On Thanksgiving, I got to see everybody.
Here's Marla's family, minus Evan.

Ty stopped in too!

Lynn brought some goofy games for fun. Buck even joined in.

Oh yeah, Van, you could give me some
of that candy too.

Marla's gang

We bade good-bye to Arly's folks. See you next year!

Thanksgiving holiday trip!

Even though Arly says we still gotta get the ski trails ready for snow, the pack decided to take a week off to travel to South Dakota to spend the holiday with the Aronson's.

We stopped in Duluth to hike the Superior Hiking Trail.

I love Keane Creek!  I got a drink.

The mud was frozen so our feet stayed dry.

Approaching Highland Rd.

We admired the old rail road bridge.

Ore cars pass over this bridge.
Taconite pellets - huuumm,  smells like the Iron Range!

Frozen falls over the rocks near Skyline Parkway

Impressive new Highland Rd. bridge over Keane Creek

Arly's slow, but I like to let him lead some times.

I hope we can see more of the Superior Hiking Trail soon!