May 9th snowy adventure

Aloha,
Well my friends....it looks like winter is sticking around for awhile and there is nothing we can do about it except to run away to the desert like my family and I did to ride our bikes and hike it up with our daughter who by the way was an awesome hiker, we are so proud of her!!
Moab was really nice, and actually a little chilly at night, but the riding and hiking was fabulous! My best buddies Roxy Aspen Dryfus and I headed for the hills of Deer Valley with all this new snow, at least a foot I would say, and it was Sierra cement!! Nice tour, going down was the hard part and as you can see the visibility was knar knar dudes, so we jumped in the trees to make our way down. I've said it before and I will say it again, it sure beats the mud!! I have to finally admit, Schwaby is growing tired of all the white and would really like to ride his bike and wear shorts and slaps. Oh well, we will have to make the best of it and the dogs really do love it. Keep the faith. Peace and Mahalo to you all. Schwaby

May 12 adventure

Aloha,
Sorry for the delay folks, the blog was not working yesterday. What a fabulous day to be out on this beautiful sunny day with 4 happy dogs and dry trails along with plenty of fresh mountain streams flowing over their banks. We had a blast on the Dutch Hollow Canyon trails which are perfect right now by the way. The leaves have not arrived yet and the grass is growing nicely with a few flowers and shrubs showing their spring colors. We did see a few aspens that had fresh leaves but that was about it. My dogs-Roxy, Roxy2, Dryfus and Sage were awesome on this day and were pooped after hiking for a good two hours, and so was I. We jumped in the rapidly moving stream at the bottom to cool off, always a nice way to finish a long hike. Hello sun and spring time weather!! Life is good:) Peace Schwaby

May 10th adventure

Aloha,
Oh boy, More snow and more fun turns in the Canyons Resort with Roxy and Dryfus. It snowed lightly most of our hike and there was at least 6 new inches of fresh that we enjoyed making big swooping turns down. The cornices on the upper peaks were enormous so we stayed on the low angle safe stuff that turned out to be fantastic. Before we launched ourselves down the winter wonderland I checked the depth and it was at least 225 centimeters deep according to my probe pole. Could this mean more skier days in our future? The winters have gotten longer the last couple of seasons and it would give us all more to do in the shoulder season. Global warming? hmmm... Peace. Schwaby

May 9th adventure

Aloha,
Just another day of winter weather in Pc on the Guardsmans road with my 5 pack of high energy dogs. Maxx was packed full of energy, pretty good for an old guy. Aspen, Sage and Jasper with his nice clean coat, and Roxy were also feelin' it on this Monday of storminess. As you can see there is still a huge amount of winter fun up in our beautiful mountains. The dogs have so much fun in the snow and are most likely not thinking of the desert like many of us, just enjoying the moment and the weather. I am still enjoying it myself and the turns have been great. Awesome dogs on this fine day!! The sun did pop out for a few minutes at the end of our hike, nice! Peace. Michael

May 6th adventure

Aloha Friday,
Tis the season for swimming...Well at least for hardy dogs, it looked chilly! The Middle Provo was teaming with anglers and the water was running pretty good so the the fish were not biting much, but the dogs were diggin' it!!

We want to welcome our newest pack member, Sage, she is the yellow lab in the photo. Sage has a lot of fun energy and went nuts with her new friends. She loves to fetch the sticks and even found a ball for us to toss. The sun was out and trails were nice and dry for our spring pleasure. Have an awesome weekend outside folks!! Peace Schwaby

may 5th Jordanelle res. and Round Valley

Aloha
Sure felt like spring on this beautiful day of adventures!! It was great to put on the hiking shoes and run on the dirt! Our first stop, the Jordanelle res. with Jasper, Mally and Aspen. There has been some trail improvements since our last time there and it is a fun place to go in the spring time for a swim. The views as you can see are spectacular right now. Our second adventure landed us in Round Valley with Smalls, Hendrix, Roxy, Aspen, Mally and our newest member to the pack Roxy. The west facing trails are nice and dry for your hiking and mt. biking enjoyment, yeah! All terrific dogs on this hike as well and our new Puggle Roxy girl fit in nicely with the pack. Fun day, we look forward to sunny days and dirty trails. Life is good. Peace Schwaby

May 3rd Empire adventure

Aloha,
Gorgeous day in Deer Valley, one of our favorite adventure spots in this crazy snow season that is typically our mud season, and we are lovin' it my friends!! As you can see from the photos there is still a butt load of snow! Look at the buried snow fence that is 6 to 7 feet tall!! The conditions were slurpee like but the weather made up for it with lots of sun and happy smiling dogs and Schwaby. Our Second hike was a power walk on the rail trail with Dryfus, Roxy and Aspen. Sorry folks, I decided to go light and leave the pack and camera. Excellent dogs today, everyone of them were on their game today. Life is good... Mahalo! Schwaby