Friday, June 12, 2009

Greenlaw Mountain Camping Trip, June 7 -8, 2009

After a fun filled weekend at Jewel and Luke's house, I was exhausted. However my exhaustion soon turned to excitement, when the white van arrived at church with the trailer behind it.
After church, I kennel was moved, with me in it from the Johnson's van to my van. We drove to the Oak Bay Church, after over an hour off waiting we were off to St. Andrews.
After setting the trailer up Timothy took me for a walk on my leash. After returning I was put in my kennel. Later my kennel and I were moved to the van and we were off.
We arrived at the bottom of the road that led to
Greenlaw Mountain. After Nathaniel, Timothy, Andrew, and Joshua had put their backpacks on Joshua let me out of the kennel, and put me on my leash and headed down the road ahead of the rest.
When we got to where the power lines crossed the road Joshua let me off my leash. After reaching the top of the first big hill, Joshua and I took a break at a pond on the the side of the road. I got a much needed drink, while Joshua let other boys to catch up.

They did, and we were soon on top of the mountain.

Soon after we arrived, Nathanael set up his tent.

Joshua hung the food from a tree, to keep me and other wild animals from it.

Then Joshua, Andrew, and I went went for a walk.

After exploring the place were all the rabbits were last winter, Joshua and Andrew started climbing the cliffs.

Don't worry, I kept a close eye on them




We met up with Timothy on the way back.

I took a break, while Joshua took pictures of the scenery.




Joshua, Andrew, and I then went for another walk. We followed several trail till we came to a cool refreshing pond.

We then headed back to the top for super.

Nathanael and Timothy were so preoccupied with their conversation, I almost stole their hotdogs from then several times.

I rested on the rocks, while Joshua started taking pictures of the sunset.






Just as I was starting to get dark we heart a strange growl. Joshua tied my leash to a tree, while Andrew gathered more wood for the fire.
Timothy and Nathanael went to bed, but soon started imitating the growling nose they just heard. Andrew stayed up with Joshua for a while, then headed to bed himself.

Joshua took another picture of the sunset.
We heard the strange growling nose again, several times that night.
After watching the fire for a while, Joshua laid down beside me and went to sleep. After a few hours he moved to the tent.
At 3:30 he claimed out of the tent and unhooked my leash. He then started building a fire. At 4:00 Joshua started taking pictures of the moon and the sunrise .


























It was time to enjoy the scenery myself.

It was then time for a nap.

A little while late I awoke to the smell of salmon cooking. After patiently waiting. I was given some.
Then after breakfast, Joshua and I went for a walk while the rest of the boys spent time on front of the fire and took down their tent.
Soon after we arrived back, from our hike it was time to start down the mountain. Shortly into the trip we heard that growling noise so Joshua put me on my leash.
When we arrived back at the van, I was put in my kennel.

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