Walking The Dog

We have a trail system behind our house in the 100 acre forest that remains. The rest of the conifers have incinerated...all the way from here up into the National Park, ten miles north. The Dixie Fire continued into Lassen Volcanic National Park and beyond but, from Juniper Lake to the Hat Creek Rim there remains a smmattering of green foliage...much less than before but just enough to remind us of the lush green that always protected our watershed. Our dog has never been welcome in Lassen Park but we do explore the adjacent Caribou Wilderness (dog friendly) on a regular basis. She has a way of remembering every trail we've ever hiked. I holler out, "Gauche and Droit" when we come to trail junctions and she looks back at me with disgust, "I know the way." She really does. Of course the dog walk is for peeing and pooing and sniffing but there is more going on than that. She knows it is good for her keepers too.