Im ok with buying a day pass at big 5 if you guys are...i just need a final headcount.

On a different note jeff if i brought a cupcake for korra would you mind taking it for her? You guys will see her before me...

No problem, sure thing.

I know Zack and Arya are going, not sure about Ashton and Barron or anyone else.

OK I will PM him today and also Harry and company to get a definite answer!

How does 2pm sound for everyone to meetup? Or do we need to meet earlier?

That's good for us.

Also...we have an additional human and Husky coming, our friend Bert and his Husky Taco. Ashton said he wants to come along with Barron but he has a thing in Portland tonight and is not exactly sure about the timing of getting back into Seattle.

Zack and Arya are in last time I checked in with him.

Rhia and Korra are out...BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Any word on Jason and Harry?

Oh, and we are on our way to REI to buy our day parking pass, does anyone need us to buy a day pass for you for when we meet up and park at the trailhead?

Roxy, PM me your phone number so we can be text-able.

Jeff can you get me a pass? Ill pay you back tmw i cut my hand so wont make it to the store today. Harry and jason are out too. I might have a friend and her lab mix with me but i wont know for sure til tmw. See everyone at 2pm!!!!

Was creeping on this thread (still super jealous) and couldn't not comment on the name Taco. Love it!

Hope y'all have a great time!

Haha, yep, a charcoal grey Husky with icey blue eyes named Taco. She's awesome.

Pics to come soon

Booooooo.

Jealous.

I wish it was socially acceptable to tell a friend you'd rather go to a husky's big first birthday party than their unborn child's not birthed yet party.

Boooo.

Aww, buddy. Me too

So here's some pics from our hiking trip today to celebrate Karli's 1 year birthday. The guest list ended up being a lot smaller than planned, only me, my partner Patrick and Link, Roxy and Karli, and our buddy Bert and Taco (yall don't know them).  We didn't take a ton of pics because that's Roxy and Rhia's job around here.  But here are some good ones we got on a phone.

Me and Link checking out a cave.


Link the handsome wolf in his brand new *medium* Webmaster harness (yes Jen, now Link and Dizzy have a grey one too, ha.).


You have to imagine a high pitched voice: "Don't worry guys, I'll sing Happy Birthday!"


We are packing up the cars in the parking lot and taking pics and Patrick spilled the treat bag...what fun.


Group photos at a resting spot. I really hope Roxy has a good pic of Taco's icey blue eyes...so pretty. Taco is Link's other BFF besides Korra.








Roxy will post more pics with more close ups and other cool scenes.

Fun was had by all.

Ahahahahaha Rhia if only. Also a public apology to everyone else for not making it out today. I had a family thing in Oregon to attend to and was hoping on making it back in time but was swallowed up in Tacoma traffic on my way back.

We missed you and Baron, Ashton. I was hoping you would make it out. We haven't seen you in a while. This should change

Yes! Link is so big now! He can go to toe to toe with Baron now I'm sure. I'm absolutely game for a meet up with everyone or anyone soon. I'm back to the grind tomorrow but then off labor day weekend.

I'll have to pop by Stumptown with him soon if nothing else.

Cool. We are free Labor Day weekend too. We are gonna try to get as much swimming in as possible before the clouds come in and the rain starts.

Yeah, he's probably not as big as Baron, but just slightly bigger than Korra and Karli, bout the sameish as Arya.

Here's Taco!!

Link is SO big and absolutely gorgeous.

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! I love the pictures with the hats. And the name Taco for a dog is still the best, cracks me up.

Thanks! It was a lot of fun for sure.

Haha, not just any dog too, a Husky! Only Chihuahuas should be named Taco It's so funny too, you get to know her and the name Taco just seems funny, I can't help but imagine her with a really silly, kinda goofy personality but that's not her at all. She's the sweetest, softest Husky ever and she's really gentle and loving with people...with Link though, she bites and wrestles for a bit, but she RUNS like the best of 'em.

Link and Korra play fight all the freakin' time and it's non-stop mouths and teeth and take downs, but Link and Taco just play chase all day long at the park. It's great.

Wow, Link looks SO good! His legs are getting nice and long. Dizzy still has stubby puppy legs, they are starting to grow a bit now. I hope Diz turns out like Link. In my opinion, Link is my perfect husky in terms of how he looks. Just gorgeous! Karli looks good too, and Taco is adorable!

It was definitely a lot of fun!!! Thanks guys for coming out with us. I had one very happy puppy! Now for pictures!


First dog we meet is another husky

Exploring

Running water

On the trail
Coming down some rocks

WATERFALL

This would be great for climbing

Going across the bridge

Pretty girl Taco

This was my favorite pic!!!

I think they found a stick

Look at those faces

More exploring

Tug of war (And you can see Taco's eyes here too)

Taco won!

More tug of war

I tried to get them to look at me, but Taco liked the water better lol

Link is taking that stick home!!!

Here we go, this was the better shot I was looking for!!!

More tug of war

Now its a three-way (Karli thinks if she does it away from them she'll somehow win lol)

Karli and Link hiking (he's a speed demon lol)

He found a cave

Birthday hats lol

That lasted all of 2.5 seconds lol

They were too busy getting treats to look at me

And one last one of the birthday girl!!!

I'm sore but that was totally worth it!! Can't wait to see what we come up with next month!!!

Great pics Roxy, thanks! The bridge chaos was hilarious.

Yeah Jen, when Link was Dizzy's age now is when he sprouted up and long. Shouldn't be too long

Lol, I hope so, he has put on some weight around the middle lately and usually that means his legs will start to grow. He seems to grow out and then up lol. He always looks chunky and rolly polly during the growing out phase.

Awesome pictures! I'll have to bring a present for the birthday husky next time we see you!
It looks like a great time.

Oh yeah, I have Korra's bday bag, with a doggie cupcake, a ball, and a pig ear, and a cone hat.