Finn let's me know when he is hungry. He is very messy. Bibs help. Too cute. We haven't managed to get a routine happening yet. Hr is still stubborn. He has started playing with his kibble again so that's great but we haven't heard him crunch yet. He is still making little improvements.
Today we met in Ladysmith. 10 rigs off to try new trails and hopefully find snow.
Our leader Ben got stuck in the first second of trail. Required winching and a lot of muddy shoveling. He is determined to come back another day and figure this one out but it was decided if he couldn't get through the rest of the group wouldn't either.
We moved onto a very tricky trail. We lost 3 rigs who didn't stand a chance. Two turned back. One parked, hiked through and joined other Jeeps. One Jeep was stuck in tight trees for a long time. She remained calm and made it through. Four of us made it through but needed spotters. Two needed winching.
Lili and I were in the car on our own for quite a while waiting for everyone to make it through. We could have skipped the trail and taken the road but where is the fun and challenge in that? Lili is definitely questioning why this is considered fun ;)
It was actually rain/snowing pretty hard here and we were soaked pretty quickly but it was exciting to gather and talk about how challenging it was.
Holland Lake.
It's full. That bodes well for summer.
This trail was pretty. The branches were all so low from heavy wet snow.
Ben didn't make it. We've never seen him struggle before. So that was wild.
Oscar did not struggle in the snow. We bombed all the way up and past some of the others. Into fresh untouched snow. With lots of chatter on the radios saying "Go Oscar!" Hillarious.
Gasp.
Look at the wee group down below. This view was magical. We need to go back in the summer.
Rescue needed.
Oops.
Glamor shot.
And another.
So fun.
We had a great day.
Honestly, the drive home on the highway, in the dark and the rain was way, way scarier.
