Cat Attack!

Patches got attacked by a cat on our morning walk today. We all know this cat is crazy, every time we see it comes after us with fangs bared. Usually I just run. This morning I didn't see it in time and Patches went to sniff it. In a flurry of fluffed fur and claws, it attacked! Patches started to yelp and lay down on the sidewalk. I dropped my coffee and using my full body weight I was able to drag my dog along the sidewalk out of the cat's reach. I then grabbed my mug and dragged my dog another block before he gave up on trying to get back to the cat.

Patches is fine, I'm embarrassed that my dog got whupped by a cat and the cat is probably still hiding under that SUV waiting for us to pass by tomorrow morning.

Things have been slow...

... around here lately.

Jon is home for the week for the monthly scan and stab (x-ray and bloodwork) and things are going really well there. No change is a good thing at this point!

We haven't been up to much. Playing ultimate twice a week really takes up week day free time and last weekend we just didn't do anything. We did look at buying a new camera lense but since it may have to come from Japan it could be a while before we get to try it out.

School stuff is just boring and since that is 50% of my life right now it leaves little room for exciting things. Soon though we will have lots of excitment (or at least things to keep us busy). Next weekend we're running a cross-country race and then the weekend after that I'm joining the family to run in the K100. The weekend after that is our first backpacking trip of the season, and of course it will require several well prepared backpacking meals (and all that dehydrating will keep me busy!).

Oooh, So You Think You Can Dance is on....

Moose Mountain

This weekend was our first real hike of the season (it had a goal, and we achieved it). Ali sucessfully booked us onto the West Coast Trail (WCT) for the end of August, so we plan on spending the summer training with day hikes and backpacking trips. This was our first training exercise - an easy 14km round trip to the summit of Moose Mountain.

The weather was supposed to be hot hot hot, but thankfully it wasn't a scorcher on the mountain. The first part of the hike was realitivly easy - not much elevation change and a nice wide trail.

The trail to the first summit is a little steeper, but easily do-able. I was able to test out my new treking poles (very cool) as well as put a few uphill miles in my recently purchased boots. It wasn't that tough, but at some points I certainly felt like this!

The summit was much easier to hike this time 'round. There was a lot less snow than when we did it last October and we didn't need to drag Patches up - Brinkley and him led the charge up the hill. We signed the log book after climbing the last 400 m from the first summit to the true summit.And then enjoyed the beautiful sunshine and great view from the firewatch heli pad while eating lunch.

After lunch we headed back down (always much easier) and made it back to the Volvo just as the rain started to fall.