The Prelude

Skeleton Ridge

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Oregon Coast
Oregon coast.

Since this is a family-heavy climbing trip write-up anyway, thought we’d start things off with a Benny-centric weekend we had in Oregon 3 days before setting off for the UK. There was some guilt on our part since we were planning to leave our pup behind on what would normally be a long family outing to the mountains. And so we did a nice 12 mile day hike up Battle Ax Mountain in the Oregon Cascades on Saturday (with the highlight being a swimming session in Twin Lakes) followed by some Oregon coast canine shenanigans on Sunday.

Photos

Battle Ax Mountain
Come on let’s go, let’s go. Battle Ax Mountain-bound (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Stick crazy (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Shirley, Benny, and Jefferson (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Summit of Battle Ax Mountain (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Benny on the summit and in his element (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Summit of Battle Ax Mountain (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Benny’s motto when it comes to sticks is “the bigger, the better”…likes it when they fight back (July 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Descending via the “backside” ridge off of Battle Ax Mountain & heading towards Twin Lakes (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Indian paintbrush (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Shirley & Benny (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Rhododendrons in bloom (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
What could be better than a swim in an alpine lake. Nothing!!
Battle Ax Mountain
Where’s the stick??!
Battle Ax Mountain
Swimming it up in Twin Lakes (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Benito (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Loving life (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Benny (June 2018).
Battle Ax Mountain
Twin Lakes (June 2018).
Oregon Coast
A tired mutt (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
Benny living it up (chasing large sticks) on the Oregon coast (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
Launching (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
The young dog and the sea (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
Oregon Coast (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
A tired pup (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
Shirley, Benny and the Pacific Ocean (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
Both of our right shoulders have become overly developed since we have adopted Benny (July 2018).
Oregon Coast
Have stick, will travel (July 2018).

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