Last week Dunn and I had the pleasure of walking with an old friend. Oban is a Border Collie that used to be in my pack. His owners were busier than usual and asked if I could come by a couple of days and take him out on walks with us. It was so much fun to see him again. Having a high-energy dog around perks every one up, we all have to take it up a notch to keep up.
We went to the Sky Mountain area of Cougar Mountain Regional Park.
There are 27 miles of trails, yet the trail head is 5 minutes away from my house. This time of year the trails are still dry, mostly covered with fallen leaves.
Dunn is very camouflaged among the leaves, sometimes at a distance he is hard to find. Oban's black and white makes him much easier to see.
On this particular day we traveled "Fred's Railroad Trail". This area was a hotbed of coal mining activity in the 1800's and apparently Fred decided he wanted to build a small gauge railroad to help with mining logistics. He cleared a trail through the woods, but never installed the tracks. His cleared trail leads to an elevated "saddle" between 3 mountain peaks with a stream that runs through it. It is a nice place to pause and let the dogs get a drink, and me to catch my breath before venturing off to one of the peaks for the view.
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