Today Bella and I jointed a few of the Valley Wanderers and returned to the Moose Range for a nice sunrise hike. Yesterday I started from Wendt Road on the west side of the area. Today we started from a trail on the east side from Murphy Road off Buffalo Mine Moose Creek Road. If we had enough time it is possible to traverse the whole area by leaving a car at each trailhead. One day I would like to do that. We did a 4 mile out and back trip. There was a bit more snow on this side than what I found yesterday. This section is a little higher elevation. But we still did fine just wearing micro spikes and snowshoes weren't needed. The ATV traffic has made all of the trails perfect for walking. Not quite so much for skiing though, due to the big ruts their tires make. We had 3 dogs with us and they had a grand time. Bella tried to pick a fight with the others but she quickly settled down. Pumba is a huge dog and Julia keeps him muzzled in case he decides not to play well with others. Both Bella and Charlie would come out on the short end in a fight with Pumba! By the end of the hike, Bella and Charlie were best buddies and seemed to really enjoy chasing after each other. It's so desolate out there that we never needed to worry about letting them run loose. We never saw anyone else the whole time. We met at the trailhead at 10:30 am and got to enjoy watching the sunrise along the trail. We only have about 5 hours of daylight this time of year. It was very cold, at only 7 degrees Fahrenheit at the start. I don't think it got much warmer by the time we got back to our cars either. The sun doesn't get very high right now. It seems to just travel along the southern horizon from east to west. The mountains were gorgeous as we hiked because the sky was bright blue and the sun turned everything to gold. We are past winter solstice now so our days are getting longer everyday by a few minutes.
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