Pretty benign trip compared to many that are posted here, but we do really enjoy walking across the wide open plains:
Interesting beginning, but the road turned out to be no big deal. Not even worth a picture, although it would have been tricky in a 40 foot Winnebago.
View from Mills canyon. We didn't spend the night because of the goatheads, which the dogs hated.
Went back up top and headed across the grasslands. Helper spring install next week will fix the saggy rear.
Got camp set up a bit late in the day because of the dog fence which reaches from the van, around the Arb awning, around the uncovered metal framework, and then back to the van. It was the first time for this particular set up. This shot was the next AM. Not another soul for miles and miles!
Let's see. Vegetarian soup or red meat. Damned if the dogs didn't eat better than we!
Our site was right by the rim of Mills canyon. This is a view down along the Canadian river, looking generally towards the location of the second picture above.
One of our five, yes five, Borzoi hunting for fast prey (jackrabbit), and one of the reasons we do what we do.
And a shot across the grasslands looking at the back side of our home mountains.
Tired dogs after a day in the grasslands - and a couple of blazing fast chases. The red awning on the back of the van covers a pull-out platform which makes the van's interior grow to 4' by 10 1/2' so all the dogs can sleep inside if they want. Since it was in the 20's at night, they all wanted.
After two days of hiking across the Kiowa, we headed home just in time to beat the storm that dumped 18" of snow in our yard. This should have been the opening shot, which I failed to take when we arrived in the Kiowa, so I took it as we left.
Interesting beginning, but the road turned out to be no big deal. Not even worth a picture, although it would have been tricky in a 40 foot Winnebago.
View from Mills canyon. We didn't spend the night because of the goatheads, which the dogs hated.
Went back up top and headed across the grasslands. Helper spring install next week will fix the saggy rear.
Got camp set up a bit late in the day because of the dog fence which reaches from the van, around the Arb awning, around the uncovered metal framework, and then back to the van. It was the first time for this particular set up. This shot was the next AM. Not another soul for miles and miles!
Let's see. Vegetarian soup or red meat. Damned if the dogs didn't eat better than we!
Our site was right by the rim of Mills canyon. This is a view down along the Canadian river, looking generally towards the location of the second picture above.
One of our five, yes five, Borzoi hunting for fast prey (jackrabbit), and one of the reasons we do what we do.
And a shot across the grasslands looking at the back side of our home mountains.
Tired dogs after a day in the grasslands - and a couple of blazing fast chases. The red awning on the back of the van covers a pull-out platform which makes the van's interior grow to 4' by 10 1/2' so all the dogs can sleep inside if they want. Since it was in the 20's at night, they all wanted.
After two days of hiking across the Kiowa, we headed home just in time to beat the storm that dumped 18" of snow in our yard. This should have been the opening shot, which I failed to take when we arrived in the Kiowa, so I took it as we left.