The Dog Whisperer and Other Cabin Adventures

We've been to the cabin four times since my last blog post. For the first trip, Papa Les joined us. He brought his dog, Poppy. To say that Elena loves Poppy is an understatement. Poppy is the perfect size and she comes complete with a leash!

 

Elena took Poppy for a walk every five minutes. Seriously. 

Here she is demonstrating her "Eat yummy food just out of range" technique. At least she followed instructions not to feed Poppy. Poppy ate a toy a while back and we nearly lost her. Her diet is fairly restricted now and it doesn't include the 5 rawhide bones/day that she gives our dogs.

We enjoyed a nice campfire with Les and Karen's cousins Bruce and Nancy, who own the cabin next door. Note where the leash ends.

Here she is with Papa Les. Again with the leash.

Meanwhile, Marcus stole my hat and posed for pictures.

Les went for a long ATV ride and we took the kids up to a local mountain "lake." We didn't make it to the big lake, but this one was scenic.

Here is view of the Cascade Lake on our way up the mountain.

Here are some pictures we took along the way:

Karen went for a run one morning on the road in front of the cabin. When I heard bells, I texted her that she had better get home quickly or her running shoes would never be the same. She was too late.

I think this trip marked the end of Marcus' "easy keeper" days. We have very few pictures from our outings after this point. Normal cameras are too bulky to carry around while chasing after him.

We spent a weekend at the cabin with my parents and my brother, Kory, to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. We took a picture of one thing that weekend. Seriously, it was a major blogging failure.

One thing my parents wanted to do was to go for a boat ride in Grandpa's boat. So I hooked it up to the ATV and drove them around...

We spent a few hours trolling for trout and had a great time while Dad caught a couple of nice fish. Congratulations on 45 years!