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Teton sass.
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We have discovered Sous's cryptonite: cover her with hot laundry and she is instantly immobilized. Here's a car blanket fresh from the dryer.
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Leslie was responsible for road snacks. The idea was to satisfy hunger without JUST eating crispy tacos from The Bell. Here is chapter one: homemade chex mix.
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A giant bag of roasted broccoli replaces chips.
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best wildlife photo: snacking elk
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We discovered she likes to dip her undercarriage in streams as a temperature control mechanism.
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A last minute trip to the farmer's market yields peaches, strawberries, melon, apricots, all together in a stupidly good fruit salad.
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where there are mountains, there are valleys
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After a hike, Bryan helps the dog with her yoga.
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With barbecue! (is there a better way?)
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Sous guards the home front.
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some sad pine trees, dead by global warming via zombie pine bark beetles
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Let the Colorado parent-child-couples bonding begin!
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More flowers.
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Excess strawberries
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She also waited for us exclusively in shady patches.
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some extremely pretty mountains
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Here is what Sous did 90% of the time she was in the car. It was really the best we could have hoped for. Something about having all her people near by and the soporific effects of the rumbling highway, I guess.
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us!
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Caprese salad, which it turns out complements curly fries quite well.
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Once at Squaw Valley in Tahoe, we ride the cable car up to the high camp in search of a good hike.
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more dead pine trees
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