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This past Saturday I had tickets to attend the Craft Lager Festival in Manitou Springs. I enjoyed the festival last year and it’s one of the few fests that allow dogs. Unfortunately this year there was a massive mudslide and flood the evening before the festival that covered the park in mud and damaged all of the event equipment, so the festival has been rescheduled for this Saturday the 17th of August.
Instead of visiting the festival I decided to take the dogs on a road trip to Clear Creek at Lawson, just about an hour west of Denver on I-70. They played in the water and Fabi swam her heart out, crashing over the groomed rapids while Lucy just hung out being mellow. She did get in the water several times but she is smart enough to know the current and rapids were a bit too much for her swim skill level. She laid on the large rocks in the sun and watched Fabi spaz out.

I just found out that dogs will be allowed at the rescheduled festival this weekend so we’ll head down there Saturday!

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First Swim of 2010


I took the doggies out o the North Platte river near Deckers, CO, for the first official swim of 2010. Lucy didn’t do any swimming last year due to her leg injury so I was curious to see how quickly she would take to the water.

After wading in a few times she finally got caught in the current and swam enough to get back to shore. After that she repeatedly waded out to the deeper water and drifted downstream with the current, and even went out in the river alone a few times.

Who wouldn't love Colorado?

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