Paws and Friends

We have our pickup back from the Body Shop. It is "like new"  with the new bike rack with great utility for access to storage in the pick up bed. And most importantly, we have "mastered" loading and unloading bikes 101!  Now you might laugh at the last sentence above. Let me explain. Lindy's new bike is 10 pounds less, but is configured differently than her Mountains to Sea bike. It did take a few times to figure out just how to handle the new bike so that it could be lifted up and down on and off the bike rack in tandem. We have mastered that finally!  Looking pretty snazzy, right? With the new bike rack  Bike rack from the side Mike has had a couple of opportunities to kayak the river. We completed a couple of hikes. Our intent was to go on different trails. After a couple of starts on trails with signs warning of grizzly bears...we ended up going on the same trail twice...! We did have bear spray with us, but those signs, and the trail entering dense, forest ...

July 28, while staying at Yellowstone's Edge RV Park, we drove down to MM 9.65 (no, there wasn't an actual MM, but a road to the left to the trailhead parking area just a tad past mm 10 😃). The Forest Service has changed the access to the trail head for the OTO (original brand--and if you look at it closely, you will see two oxen linked by a yoke) Ranch access, and this was it! After climbing up a narrow but good gravel road, we reached the trail head parking lot and guess what! We were the only vehicle! And we were the only ones hiking up to the old OTO Dude Ranch!  We gathered together our "stuff":  backpack with water, snacks, one can of bear spray (thanks Lisa and Carol for the loan!) and other small odds and ends, and took off walking! Lindy uses the app AllTrails to "track" hikes, bike rides, and other trails. This hike was 3.8 miles total:  up to the old dude ranch and back. Total elevation gain was 545 feet, and moving time was 2 hours. We spent a t...

All four of us are enjoying our time along the Yellowstone River in Montana. Here is Rupert attacking a box: He LOVES chewing up boxes! Thanks, Amazon! Did you notice how much Maddie helped....? ! NOT! We made an animation, but not able to upload it...so just think of each shot as the next "action"! We laughed when he disappeared under the box! The 4th of July: The river with busy with raft/fishing boat traffic! Maddie-- "This is MY ball--but I don't know what to do with it!" Rupert:  " I DO! And I still can!" Then here we are: "the friends"...enjoying our 10th 4th of July,  SWIRVIN down the road (well, NOT on the road yet, just enjoying this spot!).  We are staying safe and healthy! May the same be for you, the reader. Roving Riders...enjoying life and living!