Gone Adventuring, 2020!

Took long enough, but Lupe’s Summer of 2020 is underway!  A 7 month peakbagging drought due to SPHP’s winter illness, and subsequent months long project selling Grandma’s house this spring, ended with a Dingo Vacation to the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming in late June.

Kicking off the summer of 2020 at Spotted Horse on the way to the Bighorns, 6-23-20.

Turned out the Carolina Dog did remember how to climb a mountain or two!  Loopster scored some nice initial successes.

Riley Point on Dry Fork Ridge. 6-24-20

The luck of the Dingo ran out, though, when rain and fog swept in.  With company expected back home over the 4th of July weekend anyway, Loop was soon beating a retreat back to the Black Hills of South Dakota.

As it turned out, the early return meant an opportunity to meet with Dave Covill again and his granddaughter, Eden.  They happened to be passing through the area after visiting White Butte (3,506 ft.), the high point of North Dakota.

With Dave & Eden Covill on Iron Mountain. Mount Rushmore on the R. Photo looks WNW. 6-29-20

Eden had bagged Black Elk Peak (7,231 ft.), South Dakota’s high point, the day before.  At 7 years old, she was already up to 6 state high points completed, with a visit to Panorama Point (5,426 ft.), the high point of Nebraska, scheduled for the next day.

Lupe & Eden on Iron Mountain. Black Elk Peak (R) in the distance. Photo looks W.
Where the buffalo roam! Touring the Custer State Park wildlife loop with Dave & Eden.

On July 3rd, cousin Dusty and Uncle Joe arrived from Colorado.  A dip in Rapid Creek seemed the perfect solution to a blazing hot afternoon.

Cooling off with cousin Dusty & Uncle Joe.
A tunnel along the trail near the waterfall.

With the holiday over, and friends and company gone, it’s going to be crickets and cobwebs here at The (Mostly) True Adventures of Lupe as far as new posts go for a while.

The American Dingo is once again off and running!  More action-packed Summer of 2020 Dingo Vacations are ahead, but Lupe promises to return in the fall with new tales of her latest and greatest adventures in social distancing.

Until then, happy trails everyone!

Sunset from Burnt Mountain, Bighorn Mountains, WY 6-25-20.

The featured image at the start of this post is taken from the N (slightly lower) summit of the Sheridan County, Wyoming high point, 6-27-20.

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Gone Adventuring!

Lupe is gone!  Gone adventuring, that is!

The Carolina Dog’s summer of 2019 kicked off with two short Dingo Vacations.  Lupe’s first ascent on her late June trip was of North Pumpkin Butte (6,052 ft.), the Campbell County, Wyoming High Point on June 26th.  In late July, she climbed Bighorn Peak (12,324 ft.) along the spine of the Bighorn Mountains, likely to be her loftiest summit for the entire year.

The American Dingo was just getting warmed up in June and July, though.  In early August, she embarked on what’s expected to be her biggest and best Dingo Vacation of 2019!

With any luck at all, Lupe will return home sometime in September after many exciting adventures.  The (Mostly) True Adventures of Lupe will resume publication this fall with tales of North Pumpkin Butte, Bighorn Peak, and lots other fabulous places.  In the meantime, Lupe and SPHP wish everyone many grand adventures of their own.

Happy trails, everyone!

– Love, Lupe

Nearing the top of North Pumpkin Butte, Wyoming, June 26, 2019