Hiking Adventure - Cedar Butte

Last Sunday I went on a hike with my Mom & Dad.  I love to hike.  I have my very own backpack where I carry my treats and water.  Once my pack is strapped on I'm ready to go and explore new trails!  We hiked the Cedar Butte trail in North Bend.  It looked a lot like the trails around my house, but it was fun to sniff out new territory!  I met a lot of new friends on the trail and everyone thought I was super cute in my backpack.  I think a lot of the dogs I met were jealous they didn't have one.  We are going to do a lot of hiking this summer, so I'll post each hike and rate them according to difficulty and dog friendliness.

Luna's Hike Rating System
Difficulty: 1 - 4 paws  (4 being most difficult)
Dog Friendliness: 1 - 4 tail wags (4 tail wags being most friendly)

Cedar Butte is a 3 mile round trip hike with a bit of a climb to the Butte through mossy woods.  We went about 9am on a Sunday and only ran into a few people on the way up, it was getting more crowded as we headed down.  See this link for more information regarding Cedar Butte: http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/cedar-butte  I had a ton of fun and it was the perfect distance for the first official hike of the season.

Cedar Butte Rating:
Difficulty: 2 paws up - short distance, but a bit of a climb to the Butte.
Dog Friendliness: 4 tail wags

Backpack on...check!

Heading down Iron Horse trail with Dad to get to the path
to Cedar Butte.

The start of the climb to the Butte.

Funky moss.

My new friend Tory.  We hiked together for quite a while.

Tory and her brother, Bo.

I stopped to smell the flowers.

Mom, Dad and me.  My backpack has a handle on it, so
I can be picked up like a purse.  It's handy when I reach
parts of the hike that are too mucky or I can't jump over.

Looking over at Rattlesnake Lake.  Getting close to
Cedar Butte!

The top of Cedar Butte. Looking across at Mt. Si
and Teneriffe.

More friends.  Munks and Boo.

Munks and I hoping for a little treat.

Me and Mom resting and taking in the views.

Zoe.  She's a rescue just like me!  We really hit
it off.  

She's checking out my backpack.

Me & Zoe.

I am already looking forward to our next hike!

Long time no see!

Hola everyone!  I apologize for my lack of posts lately, I'm blaming it entirely on my Mom.  She and Dad left me, Minnie and our kitty siblings behind while they went to Maui for a vacation.  They've been back for over three weeks, but my Mom has been busy with her social calendar and hasn't had time to help me type my post!  I really need to work on my paw dexterity so I can get on the computer by myself.

Having Mom & Dad gone on vacation was actually really fun because Grandma & Grandpa from Spokane came to stay with us, along with Uncle Hershey - whom I LOVE.  Uncle Hershey is a Chocolate Lab and he's tons of fun.  He loves walking and hiking on the trails just like I do and he's super big, so I feel pretty cool when I get to hang out with him.  Grandma and Grandpa are super cool too...they give all of us tons of attention and they took me out for really long walks and hikes and gave me pieces of their toast in the morning, which is one of my favorite daily rituals.  They are almost as awesome as Mom and Dad.

Hershey & I focused on Grandma who is eating toast. 

Yay!  Grandma giving us toast treats!  Minnie is
waiting for hers too.

Thanks Grandma, Grandpa and Hershey for staying at the house and taking care of us!