Mt. Evans Today - Mt. Everest Tomorrow

Well everybody it wasn't as rough at Mt. Evans as everybody said it would be.

Here is my story Conquering Mt. Evans.

 

 

This picture shows me scoping out the terraine. Lots of Evergreen Trees, beautiful lush grass (could be weeds), and these really pretty yellow flowers scattered all over the side of the road. Somebody said they were dandelions, but  I assure you they are not. They are such a bright yellow and have a different stem them the dandelion weed. I asked mom and dad to pull over so I could smell them but they said NO, so we'll never know the beautiful fragrance that only I could describe with my expert scent ability.

But moving on with my observation, the roads are narrow and there are these crazy people riding on these contraption that only have 2 wheels. Although they go at a pretty fast pace down hill, they really struggle going up hill. Dad said something about they better be in pretty good shape to do the 14 miles to the top of Mt. Evans. I said they probably have something like stupid plastered all over their forehead.  Then dad explained to me that staying in shape is good for your health and aa long life, so I guess maybe stupid isn't the word, maybe smart is on their forehead.

So we got to Echo Lake and it's was so crowded, that wehad to carry on to Summit Lake. I saw a picture of Sam at Summit Lake and it was beautiful,  crystal clear blue lake, grass and again flowers scattered through out the field looking up to the top of Mt. Evans. For me, it was frozen tundra. As you can see by the pictures below, there is still snow and the grass is barely turning green. But with winds at 30-40 mph and so cold, if I were a blade of grass, I wouldn't grow either.

Mom has a video of me playing in the snow bank you see on the right hand side, so if you'd like to see it, just ask her.

 

 

This is a picture of dad and me. You can tell we're in our element up here. The rough terrain, the bitter cold, and becoming one with nature. Truly it's a mans world.

Another picture of Dad and me checking out nature. Do you see the ice on that lake? Doesn't that just scream COLD!.

 

And Mom and me sitting on a rock. Do you notice how I'm in front of her? It's because I have to protect her from falling off the rock. She is such a sissy. When we were hiking on the rock, she was almost on her hands and knees making sure she wouldn't fall. Me on the other hand I was practically running up and down those paths. Shows my athletic ability huh!

Well finally the day was over. I didn't want it to ever end.   I must admit I was pretty tired though, that high altitude can really tucker a little boy dog out. I slept on mom's lap the whole way home and she rubbed my ears so they wouldn't hurt.

 

I hope you all enjoyed my adventure. Hope we get to go someplace exciting again real soon and when we do, you'll hear all about it.

 

Have a great day and blessings.

Wiley the Wonder Dog.