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If curious...you can view my pics from the weekend here... http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?=12bxreh3.9d57hkjn&x=0&y=-ge8ax0 fair warning, there's like 150 of them..so you may want to view the thumbnails only!! TLG, pics of our mt. goat friends are in there, as well!!

wow! that is crazy! hope everything is alright with your ma!!

no no...we took 4 days and climbed some peaks and took our time and just played around!! Car camped thursday night and got an early start friday morning....back out monday afternoon!! No two dayers for me...that would SUCK!! I'm sore enough doing it in 4!!

I'll be in the neighborhood...but Rafting down the wenatchee instead!! If time permits I may swing in...

What a freak'in awesome trip! we did the snow lakes trail in, and then aasgard pass out. Saw the slide area, there's already a decent trail across it. not a big deal, but yes, there was definately a slide, about 5 miles in on the snow lakes trail. no snow until lake vivian, once you get to the upper lakes, lots of snow. most of the upper lakes were still covered, but melting around the inflow/outflows. aasgard pass was a beeeeaaooocchh! Not anywhere near enough snow to glissade down so your fighting with scree the entire way down...sucked big time. Up in the enchantments area...right below lk. vivian, and up through the upper lakes we were stocked by a mt. goat and her family. (3 babies). They followed us everywhere....got a little too close for comfort...they're not dangerous right? Like I don't know what the deal was but they were AWESOME!! Just when we thought they got bored of following us...we'd turn around to see them right on our tail again. We'd wake up with them outside our tent, etc. pretty crazy stuff! crowds..not at all. Had to worry about the Mt. Goat traffic more than the human traffic. IT WAS AWESOME!!

I'm heading up there tonight! I'll let ya know about it when I get back on Monday!! The ranger station did say that there was a landslide on the snowlakes trail, which needs "serious" manipulating...they said plan on an extra hour +. That seems a bit much to me...but like I said..I'll find out this weekend. We're gonna do the exact opposite, Snow Lakes in and Aasgard out! -M

mr. natural, so my sister had the TPLO surgery done (which she is highly recommending for my dog) and had to the same crate thing. I heard that if you go with the other version, you pup can get put in a cast and they are able to do their thing.... You did, or did not do the TPLO? -M

k lets see if this works....trying to attach pic..hope you can see it!!

Close! I got her when I was living in Othello....Eastern Washington in the middle of the freak'in dessert!! Her ma was a coyote, and her pop was a husky/lab mix. her dad was freak'in AWESOME looking!! Mom..umm..yeah..a little sketchy!

How are you putting a pic in your post??

yeah, she's not a pure-bred lab...but has the heyperactivity of one! I wish I knew how to attach pictures!! She's actually part coyote, part husky, and part yellow lab. Small, and super hyper!! spam!!

and yes, As with all surgical procedures affecting bone, arthritis will develop in the joint in varying degrees, from dog to dog. I haven't found anything that states one vs the other has better/worse effects with this.

Mr. Natural- Which version of the surgery did you choose?

"mole"???

CCL is the cranial cruciate ligament, it's equivalent to a humans ACL in the knee. Mr. Natural, that is a fabulous question. I will say that my sister (completely non active individual) has a lab that did the exact same thing that my pup did on a "play date" at the local dog park. (yes..my sister is ultra yuppie). Soo...one's gotta wonder if it helps or hinders a dog to be active/healthy. Scoots loves to go hiking/etc with me. As I was packing for this weekends trip as soon as she see's my backpack she gets all ancy. sucks that she has to get dropped off at the grandparents this time 'cause she's a limpy looo. Michael, One draw back to the routine surgery is the fiber that they replace the ligament with can "snap". It's rare, although with as active as my pup is I wouldn't be surprised if it happens to her. Another draw back is she will more than likely always have a limp. The vet say's it's more "mechanical" than "out of pain"...but she'll still limp! With the TPLO, she'll be limp free, and "possibly" have better conformation (less stress on the body parts) than she was born with. Either way, THIS SUCKS!!

Another question...do you think it's going to be crowded??

Hi gang, My puppy (ok, she's 2 guess that makes her a dog now) just got back from the vet. She blew out her knee!! I have two options for surgery for her TPLO- Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy, or replacing the ruptured ligament with a nylon filament line to replace it. TPLO- The TPLO, there's a surgeon in Issaquah, they don't replace the ligament, but flatten the top of the Tibia, so that the ball joint can rest on it more easily, instead of slipping backwards on the slope of the Tibia, which is what the ligament stops. It is very expensive, as the surgeons doing the surgery have to be specially licensed and pay for patented tools to do it. The other my family vet can do the procedure. Has anyones hiking partner had any experiences with either of these? Does anyone recommend one over the other? Etc. A brief history of scoots, She has climbed mt. adams, rainier, stuart, and many others! She has kayaked and rafted down numerous rivers and she goes with me everywhere! She is my climbing partner!!

Sweet!! and you don't think it's too early in the season?? Is sleeping at the trail head Thursday night, hitting the trail early Friday...with the plan to be back home Monday afternoon enough time for the Snow lakes in, and Aasgard out route...or will I need more time?? Is finding the trail to Aasgard (out) going to be too difficult? Thanks for all the feedback guys! Love ya!! -M

aasgard vs snow lakes....which route do you recommend??

Hey, wondering what you guys think about doing the Enchantments this weekend? Think it's too early? Think I'll still need to bring snowshoes, and plan on camping on snow and the likes? Think it will be crowded since it's a holiday weekend, or do ya think it's early enough in the season that it shouldn't be? Thanks!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULIE WOGGG!!!!

V-8! down a v8 when your hung over...and your better in 10 minutes! I swear by the stuff!

sooo?? how'd it go? where'd ya go? what'd ya do? I'm looking at heading up that way next weekend!! any suggestions?

umm yeah..if I would have brought my climbing gear!! Snowbyrd...what are you doing next wednesday? Can we go then? wait..no not next wednesday...I leave for Canada....k. nevermind. Snowbyrd...I wanna climb with you again!! What does your schedule look like? PM me and lets get together!! R U going to rockfest June 4th??

I have the Washington ones and LOVE it. Use it all the time for mt. biking, hiking, and horseback riding trails. I typically print them out on legal size paper (fits a normal printer but longer) and it works perfectly. The maps can be as detailed, or non detailed as you want by zooming in and out before ya print. LOVE EM! (as far as water proofing...I just slide in the simple plastic sheet protectors made for 3 ring binders). Simple, cheap and effective! -M