Natasha had a fun time in the house. I was surprised when she hopped on the stove top. I guess it had cooled off enough.


But then I was REALLY surprised when she jumped from the stove top to the beam up above!


I was worried she would climb the curtains she was eying, (note the deer behind her) she decided to hop on the window sill instead…


Oops, what is this, she noticed the deer head on the other side of the window.

After she backed away, she slowly went across the beam to the balcony often checking on the deer behind her.


All the while Louis was laying low sight unseen, except occasionally seen army crawling quickly across the living room floor.

Here they are back in the safety of their camper.

There were alot more deer than we normally see.
Even the animals agree that spring is late. They normally head for the high country by now.




The birds were even scarce, the only birds at the bird feeder were these brown headed black birds.


This young buck was curious about the little birds around the bird feeder.

On our last day, this cute little chipmunk did grace us with a visit. It even did a couple of quick poses before it scurried off.

Ear Mountain:


The cloud ceiling was real low. From the look of the snow pack in the mountains, I hate to see what happens if they have a sudden hot spell... they are already saturated from the spring rains with the rivers at or above flood level down stream.


The Teton River does not look too bad, probably the least dirty river we have seen yet on this trip.


Note the river is headed towards me, It hits the entrance to the bridge before going under the bridge. 2 years ago when we were here it washed away and they closed the bridge. Looks like it will happen again.
Here is the bridge in relation to where the water is hitting before going under the bridge.

On a side note, I called 511 for road reports upon entering Montana, and was surprised to hear in the main message that I90 was closed at the Wyoming border due to flooding with no detour at this time. Granted that is the other side of the state from where we were, but it just kind of goes to show how the flooding is in Eastern Montana. They are expecting flooding also in Western Montana upon the snow melting. Maybe they will be wrong, and it will stay cool, so the snow can melt slowly... hopefully!

We stopped by Eureka Lake to get rid of some pent up energy.

Gator had a blast!

Sam even found her inner puppy and played chase with Gator.


It was the longest romp Sam has done in a long time. it was fun to see...

I love the way the water was whipping off of Gator's tail here...

Bailey swam numerous times out for her fisbee:

Sometimes Gator helped her bring in back in.

I was surprised at Ginger's energy level even with lots of wading!

We stopped by Russel Gates Campground along the way. We spent the night at the rest area since I don't like to sleep by raging rivers with flood alerts all over the state.

Turned out it was good we stopped. The campground was closed for renovations.



Hi Granma!

We stopped by Idaho to see family, and got to meet George the cat:
I love his beard

He has a cool tail also.

This poppy flower was in bloom the morning we left.

We took our annual trip to Montana due to the snow pack in the mountains we first stopped at Wild Horses Monument, Vantage, WA


The puppies had alot of pent up energy to burn off, so we played a little frisbee:


and some Gator ball:


Ginger was happy just wondering and sniffing.


There were very few spring flowers.

We decided we are tired of the cats bringing in live birds, so we got rid of the bird feeder, and got this spinner to go into it's place.


hmmm even the birds like it:

Be careful little birdie!

Natasha was posing on top of the old maple stump in the backyard.


Then she decided to pose in the window in the living room for a great silhouette shot.

Got this shot of a duck swimming by at Marymoor Park.


Caught snacking on the way by.

This is what Bailey often looks like before bed at night. Often both her and Gator get muddy playing fetch etc. It has been a wet spring.


But this is what I wake up to... All Clean!


It sure is a nice feature having self cleaning dogs. These 2 actually bath like cats.

Samantha was going thru her spring time molting, so I took her to the doggie spa.
One place wanted to shave her, but another said sometimes the hair does not come back in and the result is bald spots. They thought they could get out all the matted hair, so...


For comparison, Remember this recent shot of Samantha looking quite regal:


She looks like she lost weight. I did not realize how skinny she really is. One lady at the dog park thought I got another new dog...eek

The princess of the ball:

Got this shot of the deer just after sunrise yesterday.

Sluggie aka, "Wildlife of the great Northwest!"

Goose at Marymoor

I am used to seeing geese flying, and waddling in the fields at Marymoor, but this was a special treat seeing one floating down stream.