Every year Connie wants to join me on an overnight backcountry horse trip, but she is so attached to her fur babies and she refuses to kennel Sam. Consequently she doesn’t get to go. This summer she asked her parents to dog sit and she had a blast.

It was just a short outing to a location we frequently ride. The fishing is usually great and the old elk camp setting is a nice place for an overnight.

We headed up big river trail and then branched off on long creek trail to the river. There is an old hunting camp located here. It’s around a 7 to 7.5 mile trip in.

Hopefully this was the first of many backcountry trips for her!