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The Moose Odyssey ..CO-NM-AZ-UT
Moose the Labrador, is going on the big Road trip. We left July 25th and headed for Albuquerque. Maria has a step sister there, as well as a niece. Her sister’s ex-Husband lives there as well....
Rest In Peace Mage Bailey
I learned today that Mage, passed away on 08/03/2022, battling with Cancer. Mage was a reader, on the Tales of the Jointed track, railroad blog. My condolences to her husband George. God bless...
The Rotten Cottonwood Across the Street.
The “Moose” and I took a walk late today. About 1015 am. School is in session. We walked totally off leash for about 90% of the walk. When we left the Cottonwood was there, and nothing happen...
July 4th,2019 HRCA 5K Race and Mr Moose.
Another day dawns. The year is half over and July 4th. The wife says, I may enter the HRCA (Highlands Ranch Community Association) 5K race. Well she did. She says, “You and the Moose can, be ...
The "Moose" the early morning walk 06/07/2019
The wife says I am going running at the gym. Okay, then says wow it is light and I’ll run outside. I told her I am gonna suck this cup of coffee down, and take Moose out early. Highlands Ran...
Moose, first Christmas Eve gathering
We have over the years, back in Colorado, had a Christmas eve gathering and a Dinner. Enter Moose: Okay for the past readers and followers, Moose, was a Juvenile Doglinquent!! And with trainin...
Floppy Dog Daycare and Boarding
Okay another Moose entry… It was the best of time and the worst of times (LOL) … Wow, but this is a Godsend. I am tied up with this knee for the last month or so. Worn out old Joints, but I H...
El Rancho,Colorado
This past Monday, we walked Moose for the first time, other than the trails around our home. He has been trained and is a pleasure. After our walk, it was nearing lunchtime. Maria said, we sho...
Lair Of the Bear, Jefferson County Open-space
Lair Of the Bear Monday 10/22/2018: Maria and I decided to take the Moose up to a Mountain walking trail. About 900 am, we took off. It was about a forty minute drive up CO Highway 75. Throug...
Schooling Mr Moose Part 2 Update
Have had Mr Moose in the third session of Sit Means Sit. Wow what a difference. Walks are so much better, we still tug. But it is not like it was. A correction and we “almost” walk side by side...
Schooling Mr Moose
I think we have made progress with the Moose. There are still some problems. I am not a dog trainer, and before we got him, he was basically a wild man. So we have enrolled Moose in the Sit Me...
When the Moose and I walk the Middle Fork Trail, it goes up to Summit View Elementary. If you take the dirt maintenance road, which fronts, the north athletic fields of the school. You take the...
Mr Moose and the training collar and other updates
Two months with MR Moose. A transition is being made. Moose was wild and jumper and escape artist. A week ago, Me and the Moose took my wife to the train station. He was harnessed up but the ...
Invisible Fence and Mr Moose
The training session was yesterday April 30th at 11:30. A young woman called and said she was on the way. I said “be ready, he’s a little wild man”..” I was a Vet-Tech, so I am okay”. GREAT!...
Moose sightings (the dog)
Another week has passed, with Moose. Like a quote from The Tale of two Cities. “It was the best of times, and the worst of times”. Ten days have come and gone, since the last entry. Moose is...
Life with Moose, the Rescue Lab
My wife works with a woman who volunteers, and is a foster for Labradors, who have been abandoned. She knew we had Labs in the past. Bear was a chocolate English Lab, which was given to us wh...
Boise, ID to Couer 'd Alene, ID Part 2
It is pretty uneventful, after leaving Baker City. The Oregon countryside, farms and ranches, and towns, that are known and unknown. Two hours, or so, have passed and we find ourselves crossing...
Boise, ID to Couer 'd Alene, ID Part 1
May 22nd, 2017 Time to check out of the ol Hotel 43, our “home base” for the last four days. Coffee, pack up, make sure the bill is paid, and ask the Valet for the car. We discussed about getti...
Bermuda Railway, At One Time Now Only A Trail
We arrived after the marathon to get from Denver to Bermuda. Yes, you have to change planes, but there are only “certain flights” to the island. An 1159 pm departure to Washington Dulles, then ...
The Old Union Pacific Boise Depot
It was good to get away from the “maddening crowd”. There is a little chaos, the mother of the bride is a lil stressed. The GUC’s are clucking. Lynn, she’s starting to make the egg dish for Su...
Sunday Brunch-Boise Sunday Dinner and the Final Goodbyes
Sunday morning has dawned. The determination was made be there at Vikki’s by 800 am. A text early, meet around 730-745 in the lobby, lets take one car. Okay this is Plasma Physics, I can see i...
The "Road Trip" in Boise,ID Part 2
Friday Afternoon May 19th: The afternoon was spent in a lazy fashion. It also, was spent getting “stuff” for brunch on Sunday. Winco was one of the stops. Jill’s partner offered to prepare brunc...
The "Road Trip" in Boise,ID
As I stated in an earlier entry, we arrived and checked in at Hotel 43. Thursday afternoon, the wife is just touching base with the “other” GUC’s (Gonzaga University Clucking Society). Yes I n...
The "Road Trip" Denver to Boise Part 2
What a difference a day makes, or at least overnight. Sunny and 51 degrees in Ogden, Utah. Some coffee, for us and goofing around on the I-Pads, lets see what has transpired in Denver and Cheye...
The "Road Trip" Denver to Boise Part 1
We were supposed to be headed toward Boise Idaho on May 18th. The reason was for a wedding of my wife’s college friend’s youngest son. Plans would rapidly change. May 17th 1230 pm: I did my err...
