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End
December
Ruby before the shake . . .
Clean as a whistle
Pete and
Ruby at Grassi Pass
Exploring the high country
Sunrise
near Pete & Ruby's home
A trip
to the beach - minus 21 C at home but only minus 6 C at Chain Lakes
Ruby
on patrol
Get back
here!!!
Ruby takes a risk . . .
On the
other side of Pete & Ruby's fence, elk at sunrise on a cold Christmas
morning. They usually keep going that direction but stopped and were very
wary. There might have been a cougar up ahead.
The big
picture on Christmas morning
Ruby on
Christmas morning - about minus 26 Celcius
Mid
December
Ruby heads into King Canyon
A tight
fit for Ruby and Pete
The ice
climbers we were looking for
Up and
away!!!
Looking towards King Canyon, walking thataway
Sunrise
on a hoar-frost encrusted, ice fogged morning near Pete & Ruby's home
EARLY DECEMBER
Ruby
on the Highwood River, Mt. Armstrong in the background.
Noble
Pete on the Highwood
Walking
Highway 40, closed for the next six months
Pete
passes over some Lynx or Bobcat tracks
Walking
out west with Pete and Ruby. When they look up a cliff like that, smiling
with tales wagging . . . . . it's a good idea to look yourself to see what
they see. Could be nothing, could be snowballs rolling down, could be a
squirrel, could be a cougar . . .
Winter
settles in at home
EARLY
NOVEMBER
On our
travels, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
The
Forestry Trunk Road
LATE OCTOBER
Ruby
on a climb
Weird
Forest
Pete having fun at The Whaleback
Ruby
conquers Powderface Ridge
Different day, different Ridge for Ruby, this one west of Chain Lakes. On
our first pass, Ruby found some young hunters sitting here, watching the
valley
Stalking
at sunset
MID-OCTOBER
Climbing
up the alternate way to Ptarmigan Cirque in a blizzard
Ruby at
the Whaleback
Pete
hangs on in a burst of wind at the Whaleback
Pete
loves the big sky prairie
Ruby
always wants to be on the other side of the fence
Panorama, Whaleback
Sunset
at home
Fall colours near home
EARLY OCTOBER
Hiking Foran Ridge
Moose on
the move
Fall to Winter
Ruby in
the low cloud
A gloomy
day
Fall colours
LATE SEPTEMBER
Ruby at sunset
Pete
in the Fall . . . .
Tussle
at sunset
Alberta
Ruby in one of the Picklejar Lakes
Ruby on the
climb to Pickeljar
Ruby up in the
Picklejar!!!
Pete on the climb
Fall scenic,
near Millarville Racetrack
On an obscure
road, in the middle of nowhere. A lady, with her gentleman and a white golden
named Dylan, walked up to us and asked "Is that Pete & Ruby?"
It finally
happened. Pete & Ruby became rock stars, just like their predecessors, Abby &
Keeper, who were also recognized on sight.
Pete explores
a bog in a light rain on the Forestry Truck Road
Ruby at home
Pete at home
Daybreak
MID-SEPTEMBER
Ruby on a trail in the Fall
Nice
snowy, Fall day for a swim
Fall colours
wrapped in winter
A brief moment
of sun
Let's get going!!!
Pete at the
Falls
Harvest
Ruby in the tall grass
Pete on the
lakeshore
Revisiting a 1940 Dodge Coupe left on the prairie
Pete at Chain
Lakes
Harvest
Early
September
Big snowfall for Pete at Elbow Lake
Late
August
Pete on
Hailstone Butte. Forest Fire smoke from Washington State obscures the view
Pete
on the climb higher
Perilous
crossing
Another visit with the fire lookout man . . . . . he's been doing this
for almost 40 summers, almost his entire working life, except for one year
when he had a medical operation. Abby and I saw the dog in the summer of
2010, a few months before Abby's passing. Keeper was too weak to visit
that time.
The fire
watch station is up in the distance
Cellphone panorama
Pete is
tired
Pete on the way lower
Old wood
Ruby
at home . . . . tired from the day's walk. Pete eats the peach tree in the
background
Very
thick forest fire smoke at home for a week
Mr. Lipsett
Magnificent Pete
Breaking
out of the forest on the climb higher, Pete & Ruby stop to investigate
something
A
cellphone panorama as Pete and Ruby climb above the treeline.
Fresh
snow for relief on the way higher . . . .
Mt. Mist
across the valley from Ruby
Pete at
the top of Mt. Lipsett
Ruby
goes for a walk
Ruby's
view at the summit cairn . . . .
At the
summit, panorama.
We
encountered a Grizzly Bear here on the way down, about half a kilometre
below the summit, just as we were getting to the treeline. The bear came
out of the trees on the right, about 75 feet in front of us. I immediately
tugged on Pete & Ruby's leashes, halting their progress. Then pulled my
bear spray, thumb on the trigger and gave the command to "Come" and "This
way." We started to back away. The bear remained unmoving. I looked up to
our right and saw we could go upslope that way and then around the bear.
When I looked back a few seconds later, the bear was gone, downslope to
our left. We stopped our retreat and waited for any more suprises, like a
cub, meanwhile hearing the bear occasionally making a noise as it left the
scene. It played out like it was in a textbook. Everything went well. Pete
& Ruby helped by not saying anything, probably thinking the Grizzly was a
big cow. They were very interested in pursuing when we went further ahead
and crossed where the bear had been but that's why they have leashes on!!!
August Snow
It
snowed on Pete's parade on August 21.
The next
morning . . . .
Green
and white . . . . . a little too early.
Elk on
the other side of the fence, at sunset.
Early August
It might
look like Ruby is lost in Saskatchewan somewhere but she's actually on top
of Table Plateau at about 8,000 feet.
Ruby
comes running . . . .
Ruby,
looking at the hard way down. We took the easy way.
The easy
way, walking on a road. This is near the top.
Ruby on
the edge
Pete takes a glorious dump on the way down
The
previous week . . . . we didn't make it to the top on account of heat.
Pete was there.
Very hot
. . . .
But . . . . beautiful. Pete with the mountains of the Continental
Divide behind him
Ruby, on
the road down
Ruby on
the Sheep River
The
bridge is still wiped out from the 2013 floods.
Pete and
another day on the Sheep River
What's
going on down there? Two Golden's, one human leg . . .
Late July
Ruby at sunset
Ruby
hunts for raspberries at home
Ruby
patrolling her fence line in the morning
Over the
fence
Summer flowers
A cool
swim on a hot day
Mid-July
Passing
summer storm
Fading
light
LATE JUNE
A hot, hot day for Ruby & Pete at Upper
Kananaskis Lake
Lots of
explorations
Pete was
confused by waves
The previous day, also very hot,
required some snow says Pete & Ruby, no matter what time of year
Pete
finds a cool stream on the way higher
Pete's
perch . . .
Ruby,
out of focus . . .
Ruby, in
the big picture
Pete on
a slope
MID MAY
Ruby
finds some snow
EARLY MAY
Ruby and Pete - the snow is leaving and
the grass is greening
Pete, hanging out
Pete in
the thicket
Ruby and
Pete disappeared for awhile . . . . . and then they came back.
End April
Recent snow didn't stop Ruby from a swim
Mid-April
Among
the ruins, Ruby and Pete find an old, abandoned car . . .
The
history inside
Pete
runs up from the lake
A wild
goose chase . . .
Pete
above the lake
Ruby
gets down and dirty with a corpse . . . . again. Lotsa corpses on the
prairie. This was a deer.
Early April
Pete
crosses an icy stream west of Chain Lakes
Early March
For Ruby, a rare visit to the big city, in Fish Creek Park in Calgary
Late
February
Pete on
the run above Chain Lakes
Ruby on
the run. The bulls were on the other side of the lake so she was on this
side of the lake
Ruby
above an old corral . . . .
Lotsa
miles to walk . . .
Frosty
Ruby . . .
Ruby
wants some help with snowballs in her feet.
Walking
into a sunset . . . .
Mid-February
Ruby
enjoying the day
Ruby
trees a squirrel . . . . which is okay for the squirrel because it lives
in the tree.
Ruby out
west
Trees against lake
Early February
Ruby
crosses a stream . . .
Sunrise
at Pete and Ruby's home
More
sunrise
Mid-January
Magnificent Pete . . . .
EARLY JANUARY
Pete
says its too cold, holding his foot out of the snow
Pete
shakes it off on New Year's Day
Ruby's
view
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