Beautiful Weekend

After all the snow and single-digit-degree weather we have been having here, last weekend was amazing!
Jason and I got up Saturday to bright blue skies and 55 degree weather! We were excited. I had not been able to spend much time outside lately (the downfall of a desk job), and the weather was gorgeous so we decided to spend the day outside. Toby had not been outside to play (other than his 3 daily walks) in a long time. So, we packed a picnic and headed to Garden of the Gods park. It was beautiful! Lots of people out since it was the first perfect day in awhile, but we didn't mind. The park use to be owned in the 30's by a man from NY. When he died, his kids donated the park to Colorado Springs and made sure that it would forever be a free park. So, the public basically has free reign of the park. There are little trails everywhere so it was easy to get away from all the people since they all stuck mostly to the one paved path. Toby was in heaven! We were climbing up and down rocks and Toby was leading the way. We kept him on the leash most of the time, just in case he fell. Jason and I did most of the slipping and slidding though, it pays to have 4 legs! Toby was unfortunately introduced to the Cactus. He found an entire patch of cacti. He was a very tuff pup though. No wining or crying. We noticed him limping and picked him up. He must have had 50 spines in his feet. We sat and pulled them all out of the poor Tubs. Then, he was off again. He was much more careful of where he steped after that. We had a picnic of Tuna sandwiches, PB&J sandwiches, chips/salsa, pickles and olives. It was delicious. It was getting cloudy and windy by that time and Toby was exhausted so we called it a day.

Sunday was just as gorgeous and a bit warmer. We decided to go and check out the dog park in Colorado Springs. It was Awesome! Once again, since the weather was beautiful, the park was crowded. But, this time it was a good thing. The more people and dogs, the better! The park is a big fenced in area with hills, fields, trees, and a creek. It also has a smaller fenced in area for the little dogs. We kept Toby on the lease and walked him around the big area. He did a lot of sniffing and peeing. He was unfortunately still a little tired from the day before so he was a little anti-social at first. The we took him to the smaller dog area and let him free. He had a blast, made new friends. There were so many dogs! Jason and I just sat and watched all the dogs play and petted the ones that came close enough to check us out. There were so many beautiful dogs. There was an Italian Greyhound that was about knee height and gorgeous. He was so sweet and loving too. I want one!!! Toby made friends with a Chihuahua and they chased eachother around for awhile. Jason and I got to watch all the new dogs coming to the park. We got to see two Newfunlunds (sp?), they were huge! We also saw a St. Bernard and a hundred other amazing dogs! I wish I had a dog park in my back yard!!!
2 Days till Valentines Day, 5 Days till my birthday, and 10 days till Isa gets here!! Yay!!!