End of Vacation :(

Levi and I had a great time at home with my family for the last three weeks but today it was time for me to pack up and head back up to Davis.  Levi is staying behind at my parent's house for an extra week because I'm going to be visiting a vet clinic and can't take him with me :( .  I know he will have tons of fun and be well taken care of while I'm gone.  He probably won't even miss me.

I think he did notice that I was packing today though because he decided to hang out under the bed while I packed.

Post-Finals Trip to Tahoe

Right after finals were over Levi and I decided to make a day trip up to Tahoe to go snowshoeing.  I had planned to go to a new location but we got a later start than planned so we went to Echo Lake where we've snowshoed several times before.  Unfortunately there wasn't much snow there yet.  We were able to snowshoe for an hour or so and then I took the snowshoes off and we hiked another trail that didn't have much snow.  There was still enough snow to make Levi happy though which is the main reason I go anyways.

This trip I decided to bring his favorite ball to play fetch with in the snow.  He had so much fun with it!

Christmas-time

Levi loves Christmas, so shortly after Thanksgiving (or possibly before Thanksgiving) he started wearing his new Christmas collar to get in the holiday mood.

He tried to fit into his gorgeous (and matching colored) Christmas sweater from last year but it was a bit snug.  Maybe it's time to start looking for a new sweater.

As December rolled around he helped set up the Christmas tree.

Including helping to hang the ornaments.

After the tree was done he laid waiting for Santa to deliver his presents.  I had to break it to him that Santa wasn't coming for another few weeks.

He said he promises to be a good doggie until then so he gets presents and not coal in his stocking.

A Break in the Action at School

Things have finally quieted down at school so Levi and I were able to get out for a hike yesterday.  I had been planning on taking him to Tahoe to go hiking but when I was looking up the weather the night before there was a 70% chance of snow, not my ideal driving/hiking weather.  At least it means we are that much closer to snowboarding/snowshoeing season!  So we had a quick change of plans and decided to go to Redwood Regional Park in Oakland.  It had good reviews online and since there are so many places to hike between the Bay Area and Tahoe it's always hard to pick one.  We both really enjoyed it!

Ready to start our hiking adventure

Waiting for Mom to hurry-up and stop taking pictures.

I don't think you can see it in this picture but there was quite a bit of poison oak around.  I had a mild freak out when I realized that Levi had been running all around through it but I just tried to avoid touching him too much until I could get him home to bathe.  In the meantime I figured that if I was going to get it I would since I had already been touching him. No signs of it yet so hopefully that's promising.

Being a good boy posing for pictures : )

Always lots to smell!

 

Our group pictures were a little problematic this trip.  On try #1 I cut the top of my head off and it's kind of blurry.

On try #2 I got my head in the picture but Levi decided not to smile.  Oh well, better luck next time.

We stopped for a little breather and Levi decided it was time to play in the dirt.

 

What a handsome boy : )

Next weekend we are going home to my parent's house where I will be leaving him for a week and a half for baby-sitting while I go to a vet conference the following week.  I know he will be well loved and cared for but I'll miss him while he's gone.