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Camping With Dogs

Posted by Denny Tyler, on September 10th, 2011

Although it took a lot of preparation to get Abby and Zeus ready for their first extended camping trip into the mountains, the experiences of that trip I’ll remember forever.

It was the week ending with the 4th of July. I decided to take the dogs to an area I was somewhat familiar with, Rock [...]

Hiking With Dogs

Posted by Denny Tyler, on September 8th, 2011

A little over a year ago I adopted two dogs, Abby and Zeus. They had been abandoned by their owners.

Abby & Zeus

Both are city dogs born and raised. Zeus is four years old and Abby is three. When I got them I couldn’t help but wonder if it was possible to take [...]

Amateur Discovery

Posted by Denny Tyler, on May 28th, 2008

During the hiking part of the weekends adventure I came across these strange rocks in an area that had a coal bed sitting on it before. The removal of the coal and a little bit of erosion had uncovered these rock formations.

Camping @ 3000ft – Day 2

Posted by Denny Tyler, on May 27th, 2008

This is a continuation of the last post.

The second day started almost as nice as the first day ended. I slept longer than I had intended. It was about 7:30am when the sun finally woke me up. I had wanted to get up earlier and catch the sunrise but I was pretty wore out [...]

Camping @ 3000ft

Posted by Denny Tyler, on May 27th, 2008

I traded my hiking boots for four mud tires this weekend and headed to the mountains. Sometimes, with me anyway, it is better not to plan a camping trip but instead just keep everything ready and when the opportunity presents itself take advantage of it. I had been keeping a close watch on the weather [...]