That being said, our family decided to go on a wonderful afternoon excision up the canyon to beautiful South Fork where we frequently ride our bikes and hike. We also decided to take the dogs...all three of them. However Taylor only acknowledges two of them and the third dog, Eddie, is referred to as, "that dog".
It may seem that we have more dogs than we should. I forgot to add we also have a cat named Pinky. That is another story however. Nevertheless, the dogs are named Chloe, the big one that looks like a red and white striped bear, an Alaskan Malamute; Walter, a.k.a., my sweet little, angle puppy dog, the beagle; and Eddie, a.k.a. "that dog", a Wheaten Terrier. We indeed have a motley crew and that includes the children and the parent's who produced them.
Before we even got started, we had to get all the dogs, and the kids, into the 4runner. Chloe is getting on in years and doesn't get around to well, so it has become necessary to lift the tiny little thing, into and out of, the car. The other two we wedged into a dog box together to prevent them from romping all over us in the car. Chloe has travelled enough to know that she just needs to lay down, keep her paws and legs in the vehicle at all times, until the ride comes to a complete stop. The other two, aren't so experienced. Walter puked, and Eddie peed. The good part is they were inside the box and instead of sharing the joy with all of us, they just kept it between the two of them.
This episode set the tone for the rest of this hike. The only really pleasant one, for the whole trip was Eliza, and she's almost always pleasant, as you can see in the following pictures.
Taylor was really starting to annoy me as well with his big talk of how "superior" his dog was and how "that dog" was so stupid and barks so much and all that crap. We were on our way back down the trail, which by the way, is a multipurpose trail, used by hikers, bikers, horseback riders and even campers. Anyway, as we are perusing down the trail, Walter comes upon a pile of horse manure; then he ATE IT!
Taylor just couldn't believe that his sweet, angel, puppy dog ate horse manure! And he kept groaning and saying, "Oh, gross. That's disgusting. Don't eat horse shit. Ewww." I was laughing my guts out as Chloe and Eddie just walked past it. Comeuppance is AWESOME!
This all happened in September of 2008 and it is now January 1, 2009. Several weeks ago Kate was standing in the hallway and said, "Mama, remember when we went on a walk with the dogs and Walter ate horseshit?" I laughed so hard I had to sit down; again comeuppance is AWESOME!
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