Lost?

During our camping trip, we went for a hike on one of the many hiking trails at the campground. At the beginning of the trail(near our campsite, marked X on the map) there was a sign showing 4.7 miles to Rollin Pond(which is another campsite). There was also a sign indicating that Black Pond is also on that trail. We love to fish, so we thought maybe we should take a hike and check out Black Pond before bringing the canoe there.

Sunday morning, after having our Bacon, Sausage and Egg Bagels, we took the dogs and hit the trails. The dogs started out on the leash and then Samantha get to be off the leash because she would not go anywhere without us. June won't run off but if she were to see something she may go after it, so she stayed on the leash, but she was just as happy because there was so much for them to check out and sniff at.

Not far after we got started we reached Black Pond. It looks like a nice little pond but looks like it might be hard to launch a canoe there(have to step in muck). Here are the girls checking out the muck.We then continued on the trail and we got to another pond, Copperas Pond. We have been to this pond before but not by hiking. We canoed there last year. Upon leaving Copperas Pond, we saw a sign for Whey Pond, so we followed the trail and got the Whey Pond. This is a much nicer pond and it has a nice little beach area. The dogs immediately ran in the pond and took a swim. Here's them enjoying the cool water in Whey Pond.

After about 5 minutes rest, we decided to leave Whey Pond. But instead of heading back where we came from, we continued on the trail. Remember from the dogs' post last Friday that we thought we got lost? Well, we didn't but it sure felt like it. We were on the trail the whole time but the trail just seems to have no end and it looks like one of those less-travelled trails. We knew we were very deep in the woods because we could not hear anything at all. Finally we decided that it's better we turned back because the dogs were getting tired and we didn't know when this trail will end. Hubby actually apologized to the dogs. It was kinda funny hearing him said:"Daddy's sorry, girls. We won't do this again. Daddy will cook you girls some hamburgers for dinner tonight."(Now that's an aaawwww moment)

So needless to say, the girls were very tired and they slept for most of the day.

Golden Friday

Hi friends, we are back! It was such a wonderful camping trip. We had so much fun! The weather was great. Mom was worried that it might rain because she checked the weather forecast but it turned out to be very nice.

We left our house on Saturday morning at 8:30am and headed up north. Just about 3 hours later we arrived at the campground. Mom said we were very good girls because we slept most of the way there.

We swam in the lake, chased ducks, went hiking(and dad thought we got lost, tell you more about it later), swam in the lake some more, mom and dad did some fishing, sat by the fire, barked at other doggies....

So where are those camping pictures, you ask? Mom has been busy catching up with work so she hasn't have time to help us with uploading photos. So for now, we'll show you 2 pictures of the campsite we stayed at(mom took it from FishCreekPond.com).

Happy Anniversary!

We are still away at camp so this is a previously scheduled post.

Today is mom and dad's 7th wedding anniversary.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

We are going to give them big kisses. :)

Love,

Samantha & June

Golden Friday

Happy Golden Friday everyone. First things first. We received 2 awards this week and we are going to proudly display them in this post.

Our new friend Thor gave us this award. Thank you Thor!

Our second award came from someone who has the same name as one of us - Samantha. Thanks Sammie!

Here are the rules for this second:

1. Post it to the blog and link to who gave it to you

2. List seven things you love

3. List seven blogs you love

4. Comment on those blogs and let them know you've given them the award.

Ok, seven things we love:

1. We love our bones(milkbones)!!! Yummy!

2. We love to swim.

3. We love going camping with mom and dad.

4. We love chasing ducks when we go camping.

5. We love to play in the snow.

6. We love taking naps on mom and dad's bed.

7. We love our blogging friends!

We have decided that if you are already on our friends list or mom's friends list, then you deserve either of these awards. Please feel free to display them at your blog.

Mom told us: We are going camping this weekend! Howoooooooooo

There will be lots of swimming, ducks chasing, people and dogs watching, walking, and did we mention swimming? We'll be back late Tuesday. In the mean time, please enjoy some pictures from our past camping trips.

One Word Wednesday

Yummylicious!

This time

This time next week, we will be en route to our favorite spot: Fish Creek Pond Campground! Yeepee!!!

Shhhh, don't tell the dogs yet.

They will go all nuts about it and start doing the zoomies.

Golden Friday

Samantha blogging today. I really like to put things in my mouth. When mommy and daddy get home from work, I will hurry up grab my toy or my towel or dad's socks from the laundry basket and greet them at the door. When they wake up in the morning, I will do the same. Somtimes I grab a shoe. When we have guests, I will greet them with a pair of socks or a shoe or my towel.

When I'm not greeting them, I still do the same, like when I'm just laying down in the snow or hanging out in the living room. Sometimes I even go to sleep with my toy in my mouth!

Mom said it must be a "Golden" thing(gotta have something in the mouth) because June doesn't do this at all. She is part Golden but maybe her Husky side doesn't do that?

So does any one else do the same thing I do? I would really like to know. Is it really a "Golden" thing or other doggie breeds do that too?

Almost there!

Getting there...I'm 1 day closer to eating my very first home grown strawberry! I'm so excited!

Golden Friday

We have a complain about our mom this week. Just because we love to swim in the lake or pool or lay in the muddy puddle, it doesn't mean that we like to take a bath. For some reason she thinks that we love water, so we must love to take a bath. No no no, we don't like baths. We do get yummy treats after our baths but we still don't like it. Then each time after our baths, she will try to brush our teeth, don't like that either! Look at what she did to us last weekend:

Here's how she normally does it:

- She fills the bathtub about 1/4 way with water then she calls our names. We always wonder who she'll call first and hoping that she will give up after the first one but no, when she's done with one, she'll call the next one.

- We have to put our front paws in the tub then she'll lift our back legs in the tub.

- When she's done bathing us she will say "shake shake" and we'll have to shake off the water in the tub.

- Then it's towel time(Samantha: the only thing I like about bathtime is towel time. I like to bite the towels and try to grab the towels from her)

- When towel time is over, she'll open the door and we just run out of the bathroom like a crazy banshee and then run around the house(Samantha: I will normally grab the towel from her and ran out) (June: If she forgot to close the bedroom door, I would jump up and lay in her bed!)

So how often does your human give you a bath? Do you like taking a bath? Do you get any treats after that?

This and That

To My Southern Friends:


Do you know that each time you do a post about your garden and show pictures of your garden, I am green with envy?
Do you know that when I see that you have little tomatoes on your tomato plants or little peppers on your pepper plants I get very jealous?
Do you also know that when I see that your potato plants are this tall(making a gesture with my hand), I wonder when will mine get to be that tall?


Your Northern Friend,
YD



Everything has been planted in the garden. This year is my first time trying heirloom tomatoes, so I really can't wait to try them. Now you know that I have started my seeds about 2 months ago and I have got quite a few heirloom tomato varieties. Unfortunately 2 out of my 3 trays of seedlings were destroyed. No, the dogs didn't do it. It was my own fault and I won't get into the details. The 2 destroyed trays contained mostly my tomatoes. I was so bumped! :(

Luckyly there were some heirloom tomatoes in the 3rd tray and the local nursery sells some heirloom varieties as well.

So here's a new list of what's in the garden:

Tomatoes: These are the ones I started from seeds - Yellow Pear, Cherokee Purple, Beef Master. These were purchased from the nursery - Hungarian Hearts, Roma, Sugar Snack, Celebrity & Pink Red. Then I found out that I had some volunteer seeds from the old garden so I dug them up and transplanted them in the new garden. Who knows what those would be? Last year I had some hybrids, it would be really interesting to find out what they are!

Corn: Honey and Cream - this is my first time planting corn.

Zukes: Cue Ball - these are the cute round ones.

Cukes: Northern Pickling and I also found some volunteer seeds. I just left them be and see what I get later in the season.

Winter Squash: Sweet Dumpling, first time trying these.

Potatoes: Norland Dark Red and Yukon Gold.

Eggplant: Thai Yellow Egg, free seeds from Baker Creek.

Hot Peppers: Jalapeno and Italian Pepperoncini.

Cabbage & Cauliflower: first time planting these and I don't know what variety these are.

Broccoli: My co-worker bought too many for her garden so she gave me 2 plants.

Onions: Yellow Stuttgutter

Asian Veggies: Bok Choy and Napa Cabbage

Garlic: German Extra Hardy (In old garden area)

Lettuce: Mesclun Mix (In old garden area)

Strawberries: Ozark, Robinson & Quinault (In old garden area)

Carrots: Purple Haze

Herbs: Parsley, Basil, Rosemary & Oregano

Sorry I have not taken anymore pictures of my garden.

So, what's growing in your garden? Do you have a must have favorite variety?