Grey Wolf Creek Trail in Buckhorn Wilderness Area - Hike with Annie, Jim and Nala - August 23, 2021
Jim drove up in his Subaru and we all loaded in on our way to the Grey Wolf Creek Trail for a hike along Grey Wolf Creek. Coco is getting fairly adaptable to these various changes in circumstances and snuggled in between Paul and me as we drove to the trailhead. We took an amazingly beautiful hike through the wilderness area bordered by Grey Wolf Creek … and were also aware of the incredible drought that has impacted this area. What would have been more of a river flowing bank to bank, was a small river, at times a creek, with all of the feeder streams dry. Ferns were curled and browned; ground cover dried; and the maples leaves turning early from drying. This is a rain forest, and clearly some rain has fallen, but it is dry in ways that both Jim and Annie said were unprecedented. It did give us a sunny, warm day for a hike, and a lovely trail …
Coco has to learn “loose leash walking” … she was a clear danger to both of us as we tried to keep her on a leash walking calmly on the trail. She pulls to be close to both of us, to be in the front … full sled-dog pulls when she wants to catch up … this will be an important skill to work on when we return home. The hike was exhausting for her and for us trying to manage her. Nala was able to hike off leash, but we don’t trust Coco to return if she is off leash. So, that is an additional, critical skill that we’ll need to address when we return home. This has been as much a learning trip for her as it has been for us. She does so much, so well … travels in the car well, lives with us in the trailer well … but Recall and Loose Leash Walking are two critical skills for her to learn as we learn to live together.
And, she stinks like a dog … time for a shower …
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Aww, look at her face! Glad you have found some green, even in its' own drought.
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