An August hike hiked too soon....

We went hiking with some friends from our building, Gary, Nick, Grant and John.. oh yeah, and 2 pugs and an awesome Calhoun named Louie... We set out to hike to Rachael lake in the Cascade Mountain Range and we were unable to make it to the lake because of the time of year, the size of the rivers we needed to cross and the snow we had to truck through. All in all it was a gorgeous hike, the pugs made it nearly 3 miles before needing to be carried and no one was eaten by a bear. Successful hike if you ask me. Who would even think of bringing pugs on a difficult hike you might ask. Well those people who are smitten with their little boogies. Here are some photos from our trip.This is near the beginning of the hike, do you see that gorgeous waterfall??? I heard it is suppose to be tiny... damn melting snow!

There is the waterfall I was talking about...

Darryl and Nick... The beginning of the end....

So we momentarily went in the wrong direction. Gnocchi decided she was no longer going to walk and was happy sitting on this rather large rock. I don't blame her, there is no snow there.

My feet are so cold.... yet my body is sweating..... Poor Buttas was confused... yet again...

It was like 75 degrees outside and the snow was not going anywhere.
Is that Dr. Evil and Mini Me?!?

Nah! Just kidding, that is Darryl and our friend Gary. How sweet are these guys? They look like twins carrying the lazy pugs. In the pugs defense they hiked quite a bit for city dogs.

And for those of you who are wondering and i know you are wondering... Gary is single.... Just an FYI.

This is Louis McDougalfie, Gary's Dog and the pugs boy friend. This is the most well behaved dog I think we have ever met. Oh! And he deals with the pugs too!

US.

It was a two day hike. Needless to say the pugs were not so keen on hiking out. This is me and Gnocchi in the "front pug loader". Oh to be a mother :)