Bandi's Mountain Sunset / Night Run

 

Song:  Memories In The Dark

Artists:  Michael Hoppe and Tim Wheater

It was another nice day...

with the temperature in the low 70s F as a high.

When Bandi and I triked up the mountain...

it was in the 60s F...

and by the time we had gotten back home...

it was in the low 50s F.

At first...

I hadn't seen any clouds...

but as I scanned the horizon to the West...

I had seen some in the distance...

and so...

I decided to take Bandi on a sunset run...

and then come back in the dark.

It was a very pleasant run for Bandi.

She was very excited the whole way.

She wanted to run fast...

but I held her back some.

We started up the road while there was still plenty of sun.

I gave Bandi periodic breaks...

but she only took short ones...

and she then impatiently wanted to run some more.

I had seen what appeared to be...

an eagle's nest high up in this tree.

We have Golden Eagles in the mountains.

Bandi and I rested for half an hour or so...

as we waited for the sun to set.

Bandi just relaxed as we waited...

but she alerted anytime she heard anything.

I waited until the colors began to fade before leaving.

I then turned on all of my trike's lights for the trip home.

For long night runs...

I also take along my headlamp just in case my trike's headlight suddenly dies on me.

I had that happen once (the battery died)...

and so...

I never want to be left in the dark on a long and winding mountain road again.

I pulled off the road and gave Bandi a break here.

There was still some sunset afterglow in the distance.

We then headed down the ridge some...

and then began the climb up our ridge.

At the apex of our ridge line...

I took another photo of the fading sunset in the distance.

We then headed down our ridge line towards home.

One last stop for Bandi...

but she only wanted to rest for half a minute or so...

and off we went again.

A picture just before we left our last rest stop.

We arrived home...

and Bandi ran upstairs ahead of me...

right to "our" bed.

After I took off my riding gear...

Bandi made several water runs to her water container in the washroom...

and then lay down on the floor next to my computer.

She loves the cool tiles

just underneath the open windows.

Bandi is in much better running shape now.

She hardly gets tired...

and she always wants to run fast.

But...

she is fast asleep on the floor now.

Bandi loves getting tired out on a good run...

and I am feeling quite good myself.

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I am thinking of taking Bandi on another country drive next week...

as wildflowers will soon be in bloom.

I will have to research places that are famous for wildflower viewing...

without necessitating a long hike to see them.

I've had my fill of long hikes when I was in the Army  :)