Friday Foto and Story

This Friday's photo is of Magique butting into yet another picture. It seems the only way I get a picture of her is by aiming the camera at something else.

This picture was taken at a Rubicon Rest this last weekend. The dogs are trained to get in the Jeep when we call Rubicon Up and out when we say Rubicon Rest. Doors fly open and four dogs and three people spill out to sniff out the neighborhood. For us two legged travelers this means photo opportunities. I wanted a picture of the old stump Magique is blocking. And for the dogs it means sniffing out the territory. There was a chipmunk borrow below this stump so getting a picture of it without all or part of four digs was not easy.

The dogs had a grand time at this Rubicon Rest running around in circles after rodents and new scent pictures. To their credit they seldom stray too far and are johnny on the spot when we call Rubicon Up.

Drove the Jeep Today

I escaped from my icy prison in Black Lake and headed south to visit my sister. She has a Jeep Rubicon and so in addition to shopping and dog training (my two and her one) we have been out off roading in the Manzano Mountains. They got snow too but it has melted into mud in some spots and frozen into icy sheets on north facing slopes making for tons of fun and driving challenges. And Debbie let me drive.

Drove the jeep today!

Over hill, over trail
Through snow
And Mud
Oozing dark mud
And puddles of thick soup.

Free wheeling and no wheeling
Sliding down slopes of snow
I would not wish
To walk
Back from the woods.

This definitely is not my mother's 63
Must be more my father's child
Slipping and sliding
Rock and rolling
Giggling with my sister.

(c) J. Binford-Bell

Every once in a while we need to slip our bonds, traipse over our normal boundaries and explore our inner child to find and renew our creative voice.