Mud, Cow Pies, and Pine cones

The other day after work we took Pickles to Flatirons Vista Trail head just south of Boulder on 93. It's nice and flat with great views of the flat irons. If you make it far enough, there is a really nice open forest. We didn't quite make it to the trees but had a nice walk and a picnic.  Pickles had a blast playing in the mud and sniffing cow turds.   Luckily, he didn't really get into eating them.  Then he played fetch with a pine cone while we had cheese and crackers.  Pine cones are surprisingly pretty easy to find, sometimes easier than sticks.  I'm not sure why enjoys them so much but I think he likes to hold spiky things in his mouth because he also really likes small blue spruce branches with lots of needles.

Running Wild

Fetching Pine cones