Water Dog in Colorado

Hiking up the Three Island Lake trail outside of Steamboat Springs last week, our dog Trooper led the way!
She led us through the aspen grove, always checking to make sure we were still behind her.
Then she hit a little creek,
a stream
and splashed over a log in a river.
And finally, the big reward for the tongue-dragging three hour trek... Three Island Lake
and a beautiful high meadow that was saturated with the spring snow melt. Trooper galloped across the spongy meadow.
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