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Raphe, the official KenaiHiking.com “hiking bud” is getting better and better with each passing week.

While we are pretty sure he will never get back to his pre-accident condition, he is actually running just a bit! It starts out graceful but he soon reverts back to this little Gallup-shuffle. But it’s great to watch!

We’re not even sure if he’s in pain anymore when he runs. While we certainly don’t intend to push him (we are happy he can just get around on his own) he is really happiest on the trail.

We have recuited our son’s dog, Cutlass, to whip this whippet back into shape! What do you think? Doesn’t she look up to the task?

Apologies if you think the site is going to the dogs for the winter. We hope you are staying active. We look forward to seeing you on the trail next spring.

As we have discussed leading up to “Winter Hibernation” for website, We don’t cover much hiking in the winter.

But for the next several weeks, we will be tweeting:

Carter Lake Trail Pic

“You know you live in Alaska when…” tweets via Twitter. Follow @KenaiHiking_com to participate.

We will post a follow up here once we have gathered some of the joys, the groans, the shivers and the amazing Alaska-Life comments from local friends.

The website is now being frequented by many non-Alaskans. Following these tweets will give them a glimpse of what living in Alaska is REALLY like!

Stay warm.

At a trailhead I stopped by today:

Two pictures I took of the information board. First one, top half is a BEAR warning. Ok. Yeah, yeah. We know.

Second one is from a sign nearby on the same board showing a camper cooking something yummy over an open campfire flame. Wait! (pause) The camper! (gasp) it’s. . . It’s a BEAR!!

What do YOU think he’s eating??

So, we are to beware of BEARS unless they are nicely clothed, cooking dinner, and they ask us nicely to join them. I don’t think so!

Just wondering.

Wanderer