Tails From The Pack - A Dogs Tale

The adventures of "The Pack" living in the Alpujarras, the foothills of Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains, Andalucia

Khumbus 4th Birthday – Snowshoeing

03 January 2011

Reading time: 4 mins

It’s my birthday today and the hu’parents had a treat in store for me. No pressies, no nibbles but a day snowshoeing, Fantastic. We all piled in the cars and headed up the mountain to an area known as Puente Palo. At the first bit of snow I found I rolled in it!

Its my birthday and i'll roll in the snow if I want to
Its my birthday and i'll roll in the snow if I want to
ooo yeah this feels good
ooo yeah this feels good

The sun was out whilst we made our way through the forest but when we came out of the forest to a clearing to have lunch the cloud had caught up with us. Whilst the humans were eating, I got to run free.

Honestly hu'mum im not going to run away, sit down and relax, I just want to zoomie
Honestly hu'mum im not going to run away, sit down and relax, I just want to zoomie
zoomies
zoomies
And more zoomies
And more zoomies

Hu’mum though it would be fun to slide down the slope with me and Bruno chasing her.

Hu'mum going for a slide with me and Bruno
Hu'mum going for a slide with me and Bruno

Bruno always grabs hold of you by your leg or arm, hu’dad says he is rescuing but I think he just trys to drag the humans down the mountain! Me I just zoomied about, it all just so exciting.

Bruno grabbing hold of hu'mums arm
Bruno grabbing hold of hu'mums arm
Back to business, I go back on the lead whilst Bruno is now attached to hu'mums leg!
Back to business, I go back on the lead whilst Bruno is now attached to hu'mums leg!

I did my good deed for the day and helped to pull Vic up the mountain. Everyone had snowshoes except hu’mum.

Me pulling Vic up the mountain
Me pulling Vic up the mountain

So not long after the above photo, me, Bruno and hu’mum turned around and headed back to the clearing to wait for the others.

Waiting at the clearing
Waiting at the clearing
who you looking at. Notice we are in the cloud!
who you looking at. Notice we are in the cloud!
Bruno sat in the cloud waiting for hu'dad and clients to return
Bruno sat in the cloud waiting for hu'dad and clients to return

It wasnt too long before hu’dad and co arrived.

Going up to greet hu'dad and co
Going up to greet hu'dad and co

Then hu’dad decided it would be fun to slide down the mountain, so Bruno attached himself to hu’dad and I did what huskies do, I zoomied :-)

Bruno causing hu'dad to not slide but roll down the mountain. Me, I zoomied
Bruno causing hu'dad to not slide but roll down the mountain. Me, I zoomied

So that was my 4th birthday and what a fun day we had. I hope you enjoyed seeing my birthday pictures

Comments

Khyra: What an inkhredible birthday! Thanks fur sharing all your fun with us! BTW, if I had been able to run free, I might be bakhk to Siberia by now ;-) Hugz&Khysses, Khyra

Pamela: Waking up to see pictures of zoomies is the best. Glad you had such a happy 4th birthday!

Tyler & Dez: WOO HOOO! What a awesome birthday! day!!

FiveSibesMom: Woooos - Happy (belated) Birthday Khumbu!!! How did we ever miss your birthday???? How much fun you had! The pics are gorgeous and I especially love the one of you and Bruno “staring” in the cloud! I know you had a wonderful day with your Hu-family and snowshoeing…lots of woos and Husky hugs coming your way!!! Happy 4th Birthday to our handsome and dear furpal! :-)

Wild Dingo: OMD! that looks sooooo fun! we went snowshoeing too but sans the doggies. it was our first time and in the Alps, and it was STEEP. So steep that we couldn’t use a leash on some of the ledges we had to cross if we had the doggies. we plan to scope out good doggie snowshoeing here soon. not sure if we’ll take juno yet as she’s still being evaluated for surgery and we need to get back to that first. but boy does that look FUNBALLS. maybe we’ll do that on her 4th birthday next year (well a belated brithday since she’s born in August!) great shots!

RAHUSKY: What a grand time! Happy happy birthday Khumbu!!!