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Pulling our Leg
We have not checked in on the The Thundering Herd Annex in a while – Tartok and Ruby (our cousins that live with our hu-grandparents). Let’s see how they are doing: Ruby – Oh, no – I am missing two legs! Tartok – Red Heads. Sheesh.
Read Today's Herd StoryFur Wheel Drive
We showed you the other day that the ski resort next to us has been making snow, but they will not share with us. Bummer. But the cold weather does allow us to do the next best thing – dry land mushing! We rarely get pictures or videos because our humans are a little busy,…
Read Today's Herd StoryNovember Searches
Wow, another whole month has come and gone. So Happy December everyone. Last month, we did a blog post on some of the stranger search phrases that led people to our website. We got lots of comments on that post and a number of you emailed us about it as well. So, we are taking…
Read Today's Herd StoryStop and Smell
Qannik – Sometimes you need to focus on getting down the trail Other times you should take the time to smell the, uh, trees Our best guess? The horses that use this trail brush up against these branches.
Read Today's Herd StoryWanna Play?
Kiska – Woo – Look what I found! Wanna play? Natasha – What do you think? Sigh.
Read Today's Herd StorySnow – So Close
First, that National Weather Service group started predicting that we were going to get 1-2 inches of snow. Then they said it might be 3 inches. Then they clarified that the snowfall was going to be spotty, so not sure who was and was not going to get any. But since we last saw any…
Read Today's Herd StoryNew Waterfall
Our humans took us on a new trail for Thanksgiving. Isn’t that cool? And guess what we found? Cheoah – A new waterfall! Cool! And a waterfall means we get mud all over our paws. Even cooler! Some pups should not sit on a hiking trail, huh, Qannik? Silly boy! He cracks me up.
Read Today's Herd StoryHappy Thanksgiving
To all of our friends in the USA May you eat so much that you can’t move off the couch! *********************** We are thankful to all of the volunteers who rescued us and saw that we made our way to Chez Herd. And we are thinking of all of those in shelters and rescues who are looking…
Read Today's Herd StorySunset Walks
While we normally show you our longer weekend hikes, we get to go on normal walks on week nights – a real challenge this time of year because it gets dark so early. Here you can see the last of the sun setting on a hill to our East. That is actually a part of…
Read Today's Herd StoryComing Home
After a weekend spent in the S-RV camping, we were all glad to get home Monday morning. But you know how it is coming home after taking a little vacation time, so many things to do, so much work to accomplish. It is just really difficult to relax. Right, Herd? Kodiak Qannik and Kiska Natasha…
Read Today's Herd StoryDay Two – The Wet Day
Saturday was sunny and beautiful. Sunday was rainy and cool. The joys of camping. But it does create a great study in contrasts. Pardon our use of the same pictures from yesterday’s post, but here we go: SATURDAY – LAKE VIEW SUNDAY – LAKE VIEW SATURDAY – THE HERD SUNDAY – THE HERD Natasha Kiska…
Read Today's Herd StoryDay One – The Dry Day
We got to the campground – Lake Hartwell State Recreation Area – last night after dark. We settled into a campsite near the lake front, but were very pleasantly surprised when we opened the RV door this morning and had this view: The Herd, of course, really did not care about the view so much…
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