rio in the mountains

yes, i am sorry, i appologize for all those that couldn't care less about dogs. just jump this post and hope to have something more exciting soon. this session is about rio in the mountains . . . . .

so, i took the car and drove to the beautiful valais in the southern part of switzerland. this is a picture of the little lake up there on a valley high above the regular valley. it was beautiful and i realized how much i miss mountains over here in england. the highest i ever get on a regular basis is the third floor of our university building or the railway bridges in town ;-(

so little dog was travelling with me in the car. this roughly looked like that:


then we reached champex in the valais after much effort of myself and the car, neither of us being used to driving in the mountains. there are some more shots of rio in the mountains and he visibly enjoyed the fresh mountain air.


of course i found a lovely blueberry field where i spent hours harvesting these mountain treasures. of course rio was a good assistant and took taste to those vitamin bombs.


but as usual after a short time he got bored and waited for more instructions of what to do next. that is the collie in him, he just cannot keep himself busy without instructions.

so i found a stick and asked him repeatedly to climb on that rock, which kept him occupied for some time, as he is not very good with heights . . . .

we then visited friends in geneva before staying with another friend 'dans la haute savoie', which was the highlight of my vacations. my friend has three belgian shepherds and lives out in nowhere at an altitude of 1000m above sea-level. we walked across meadows and picked wild herbs of all sorts, which we later ate in our salad. it was a lot of nature in a short time !!


rio discovered mice underground . . . . .


. . . . . attracted curious spectators . . . . .

. . . . or watched other dogs at work.


and after an extended session of swimming the three dogs finally found some time to keep still for a picture. thank you marianne for a fantastic time !!