A Busy Weekend

We had a three day weekend this weekend for President's Day and to top it off we only have one test this week and it isn't until Wednesday.  That meant a weekend free from studying (mostly) and a lot of time to take Levi on a few adventures.

On Saturday it was supposed to rain most of the day but Alicia and I wanted to get the dogs out for a hike so we headed out to the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve near campus.  It was pretty muddy on the actual trails but there were levee roads that ran along it that were nice and dry.  It turned out to be a really nice hike and I can't wait to go back when it is dry out so we can actually walk on the trails bordering the creek.  I think it ended up being about 5 1/2 miles total.

The start of the trail

Ok, let's no-one look at the camera

Just walking through the ghetto

ChaCha's photo-shoot for an adoption photo

Alicia and ChaCha

Frolicking in the grass

A walk wouldn't be complete without a stick of some sort

Our initial plan for the weekend was to go snowshoeing and thankfully the rains stopped and it was sunny today so we were able to take the dogs up to Tahoe for a few hours of snowshoeing.  I knew that this past storm had brought a lot of snow to Tahoe but I didn't realize quite how much until we were driving up the mountain.  Our usual snowshoeing trail was so deep that the dogs (and humans) sunk in it.  Thankfully there was a trail that other people were taking across the road that was much nicer so we went on that instead.

Levi had a blast as usual, but the snow must have been more wet than in previous trips because it stuck to Levi's hair and got in-between his toes.  He didn't seem to mind until he got a big ice ball stuck to the hair on the bottom of one of his paws.  We'll have to get some snow booties before our next trip.

 

 

 

What nice icicles you have in your whiskers

ChaCha seemed a little unsure of the snow at first but by the end she seemed to be enjoying herself.  Alicia brought her a little jacket to keep her warm since she has such a short coat, but she still seemed a little cold when we had to stop to let people pass.