Pawesome Blogger Award

I received the Pawesome Blogger award from Basset Momma!  I am so honored and grateful to have received this award.  I am pretty new to the blogger world and am always so excited to get awards.  It means a lot coming from Basset Momma because she writes a fantastic blog  everyday (something I aspire to do SOMEDAY)!  If you read this and you haven't checked out her page, you need to blog hop over to Freddie and Gloria's house.  I think they were up to some Pawesome Monday Mischief today!

In order to accept this award, I must pass it along to 6 blogs that bring me fun, love, laughs and furiendship.
I give this award to:  (In no particular order)

Gracie Owns Me  Gracie owns me too, okay?  I can't help it if her little bossy bark is really fun to listen to.  But in all seriousness...I really like to hop over to Gracie's dog blog every day and check out her fun photos and interesting adventures!  All us dogs could learn a few things about how to wrap our humans around our little paws. 

Pawfect Days!  This is a fairly new blog that I have been checking out, BUT as soon as you reach the page, you will see just one of the many reasons why I LOVE this blog.  (My look-alike is very cute.)  Anywho...GREAT BLOG.  It brings me fun and laughter!

Gospel of Goose  I would like to give this award to Goose because I enjoy reading about the Goose adventures everyday!  He has great pictures and is now posting videos!  BOL!  And last, but not least...Goose successfully kidnaps cats.  The End. 

Bicontinental Dachshund  I would like to give this award to this little gal because she knows where Bozeman, Montana is.  Just kidding...kind of .  I know that you also received this award from Nola, so you don't need to post the award again, if you don't want to.  But I also love your bicontinental adventures. 

2 Brown Dawgs   Ahhhhhhh.  Who doesn't want to see cute puppy pictures?  These guys have a new little Freighter.  Check out the blog to see what I mean!  I really enjoy reading this blog.  They make your tail wag daily. 


Yorkie Tails   I would't be much of a sister if I didn't give this award to my sister.  I started my blog because of her and I couldn't get on blogger without looking at her Pawesome daily blog.  She writes with VOICE and CONVICTION.  She tells those humans just what is up.  Ya know? 



Those are my picks!  If you have already received the Pawesome Blog award from another furiend, you don't need to post it to another six or eight furiends. But, you most certainly CAN.  It will help it keep going.  But if you do know any new blogs that are FANTASTIC and trying to gain followers...it would be great if you would award the award to them! 

Hike with you soon! 

       Kootenai

"And I took the Road Less Travelled By--With the Biggest Stick"



"And I took the road less travelled by..."

With the biggest Stick

But stopped a moment to ponder if it were in fact the biggest one

Robert Frost, what do you think I should do?

Hiking the Ozarks

Before I journeyed back to Montana at Christmas time, I went on a hike in the Ozark Mountains.  I now live in Kansas, so I miss the majestic mountains.  So do Mom and Dad.  We drove ten hours (five out and five back) in one day---just to go for a five mile hike!  We are crazy, aren't we? 

My overall conclusion:  I like the Ozark Mountains.  They are very SPONGY.  I can run, and run, and run  and my muscles don't get that tired.  The leaves make it extra squishy too.  Even though many of these mountains are ROLLING and and not STEEP, I did manage to find several fun things to play on. 

Here's the "Queen of the Mountain" game that I play by myself.

I also like to find those pesky little squirrels.

Have any of you furiends ever been to the Ozark Mountains?  Any hiking suggestions? 

Hoping to hike again soon,

Kootenai

Camouflage

Some days you just need to BLEND IN. 

Some days you just need to be UNNOTICED.

Some days you need to WATCH and LEARN.

Some days you just need CAMOUFLAGE.

Wordless Wednesday: A Montana Log Bed

Montana Lounging:  Sincerest thanks go out to my sister Scrappy Doo for her generous donation to my recreational life fund.  Ruff!

Christmas Collar Hike: Getting in Shape for Christmas Cookies

To be sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells:"

Dancing through the snow

on four of my little legs

Over snow fields we go

barking all the way

snow on pine bows bright

making snowflake noses

what fun it is to bark and run

a snowfield adventure song tonight

oh jingle bells jingle barks

jingle all the way  Ruff Ruff Ruff

Ruff Ruff Ruff   Ruff Ruff Ruff Ruff Ruuuuuuuuuffffffffffffffffff

Is Santa Going to Forget Me? I think I have anxiety about it...

 I did jump up on to a kid at the dog park yesterday to steal his hot chocolate....