It’s been a busy season! Mom and dad have been getting outdoors as much as possible to hike, hunt, shoot sporting clays, and just be.

We did a 12-mile hike in Staunton State Park to Lions Head, giving us gorgeous views of Pine, CO and plenty of colorful changing fall leaves to admire. I even got a bite of some lunch break PB&J – yummy!

We also shot sporting clays to get ready for hunting season – my pheasant hunts can’t come soon enough! I even saw a few pheasants while on the range and tried to chase them, but mom and dad said I had to wait until an official hunt to retrieve them. Sigh.

While mom prefers warm summers and hiking outdoors, and dad prefers cool falls for hunting and not dripping sweat, I prefer winter. Winter means pheasant hunts and snow, and well, those are two of my absolute favorite things! I’m looking forward to these cold weather adventures soon to follow.