Bea's Summit

So this morning I surprised Bea with this: "We're going to hike the 'M' today!" Because Bea has never done this before, under her own leg power as opposed to riding in the kiddie-pack, she was totally game. After brekkie, off we went, in windy, wet, 45 degree weather. It's a pretty intense hike - relatively short - 20 mins up - but steep.

Bea completely rocked that hike. She made it to the top with me in 25 mins and didn't even complain. We sang songs, took little breaks to look at the wildflowers and pretended to be mountain goats. Ollie sprayed urine over the entire trail just to ensure no other dogs got any ideas they might have any right to be there. (seriously, HOW can such a small dog generate so much piss?? It's ridiculous.) We all had a great time and I was so proud of Bea for summiting the M.

You'll see in the pictures that she's wearing her GU sweatshirt and Gonzaga Girl hat. We feel it important for her to have a solid understanding that she's a Bulldog, not a Griz. Thus, anytime we do anything U of M-ish, she wears GU apparel and sings: Go Gonzaga! G-O-N-Z-A-G-A! Which she did sing as she was summiting the M.

Can anyone find puggy at the very first picture? He's taking a break from marking the perimeter of the M.