First of all, your kindness and thoughtfulness made my Dad really happy. We can’t thank you enough! And now I’m going to spend all my waking time trying to catch up with everyone. Well, after a little cat nap in my condo.
Mom knows I have to get out and run several days a week (that’s over and above the daily walks and my agility lesson and shoppin’ and stuff). She says I’m high-maintenance, but I know she loves it. 🙂
We managed a few of my favorite places and one I haven’t been to recently.
The other day, as I sat at the base of a tree high above the Columbia River, I contemplated my next move. Do I race down the cliff and run around on the riverbank, or race down the cliff and hop in the river? I have such hard life-decisions to make sometimes.
Yesterday, Mom and I went on a hike up Powell Butte. We love it there…lots of big trees, and ferns and sometimes a black-tailed deer. 
I run and run, never getting far away. There are lots of things to explore…like this pipe.
It’s like a tunnel, Mom!
Please note the water coming out. I just don’t understand why Mom says I could find a mud-hole in the Sahara Desert. You know I have to find one somewhere. I just pretended to look in the pipe.
Fooled you, Mom!!
I liked this fallen tree. It had an opening I could look through and it framed the forest behind, even though it’s a bit blurry.
And this spot in the forest is actually quite beautiful…except I was more interested in the squirrel I thought was there. Not.
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I leave you with one of my favorite things to do. This was at 1000 Acres.
Mom! Not the hose? Really??????
The (mis)Adventures of Sage 
Bath time..BOL, love you all muddy 🙂 Such a nice walk Sage. xx00xxx
Mollie and Alfie
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Muddy hikes are the best Sage…they mean you’ve had big dawgie fun! How on earth did you get on that perch?
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My favourite shot, the sodden beast dragging itself from the clutches of the gooey mud hole haha! So did you get the hose? I don’t understand how you could still be high maintenance, Sage. Aren’t you a lady yet (like me)? X
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You’d better believe I got the hose! There’s something about mud that just draws me…..
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Oh Sage you are a hoot!!!! High maintenance for sure!!!! You have an angel Ann.
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Looks like a great hike but I especially like the pool you found at the end…I would sit in that in a heartbeat but no hose for me either, thank you 😉
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Thanks for joining us for FUF Sage!! It’s great to have you.
I missed the sad news about your dad’s cousin, please let him know I’m thinking of him okay? It is always sad when we lose someone we care about.
And PLEASE tell your mom that I’m jealous of her for two reasons. 1 being the area you have for hiking, that looks amazing!! And 2 being her dog finds mud puddles, mine find deer poop. I had to give Delilah a bath after our walk last night and I still can’t get the smell off her! LOL
Have a great weekend!
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Somebody is a happy camper… 🙂
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Yesterday Athena and I hiked on Powell Butte too =) It sounds like you’ve been having lots of adventures recently, Sage! How fun!
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Hello mud-bucket 🙂 You really do have some wonderful places to go and expend some of your “high energy”. Great shots as well.
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You sure had some fun outings Sage.
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BOL! Sage…you are too much when it comes to mud! Thanks for your kind pawprint on my blog while Ma was away. I hope all is going well with you and your family too!
*Cairn cuddles*
Oz
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Thank you so much for sharing the green pictures. Here in snow land, they mean al ot to us.
I hope, Sage, that you are able to bring some cheer to the Dad like you have to us.
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Oh, really like the Butte. So glad you could find some mud! And I love the fact that you sleep in a cat tree!
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Oh, what fun adventures, Sage! I think you have even more energies than I do! I wish I had all those cool places to run around too 🙂
And I am very glad to hear that we all helped cheer your dad up! I hope he is doing okay.
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Wow, that all looked like lots of fun, Sage! You have some great places to go, and you are a very busy dog. I hope your Mom has as much fun as it looks like you do!
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BOL – Sage, you have the coolest places to go for your fun. We are so jealous that you get to go off leash too. That would never happen with us. We hope you were able to avoid that hose too.
Happy weekend.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
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We live in a beautiful place, don’t we Sage? I’m so glad that you and your mom get out and enjoy it so much!!
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I would love to visit, you live in such a beautiful place with lots to discover! The only thing is that i wouldprobably not follow you in mud pool coz really, i can’t even stand to have my paws wet!!! Hahaha!! You are a cool dude Sage!
Love, Lulu
xox
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Sweet Sage we totally agree with your mom, we too believe you could find mud in a desert or any place. Oh what fun you have in that mud though, a bath afterward is worth it all isn’t it? Hugs and nose kisses
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So many tough decisions to make Sage! I don’t know how you do it 😉
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Hi Sage!
Looks like spring is trying to poke her head out and chase Ol’ Man Winter away! Yeahhhh!
Love as always your forest and river area. We could find lots of water together searching the woods and trails. It’s my fave thing to do…..H2O searches!
Sophie…psst I just got a hair cut…oh my!!!
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Hi Y’all!
Gee Golly, Sage! You should LOVE bath time! You love water so much!
Yeh, I get your point about the HOSE…
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
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Looks like you had a great time Sage. Hope you managed to wipe the mud off before you got hit with the hose – eek!
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awwww Sage! so hard to believe you are a gracious lady woofie!! MOL! you are one mud loving dog and I bet you never ever have any problem with your skin…they say mud is soothing to the pores!!
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I’m with you, Sage – if there’s mud there then it’s meant to be played in!
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