A Girl and her Dog

Oscar and I decided it was time to get out of the house today, so we packed up and headed up the mountain to find some snow and wide open spaces. That's the beauty of Sicily; we have both beautiful beaches and snow covered mountains to enjoy! Afetr driving for about half an hour, I found a little road that looked promising and would hopefully lead us to a secluded and snowy terrain (also not so steep that we couldn't walk up it!!). At the end of the road was a lodge where I guess one can rent cross country skis and the like. There was no one around, and Oscar was ecstatic to be off his leash after so many months of taking walks on it! There were tons of forest green pine trees and not much lava rock in site, so that was nice for a change! It was a beautiful day, and while we were there we encountered some light snow falls as well as bright, warm sunshine. Oscar keep rolling around in the snow like a madman and searching for small critters to chase. He found a little bunny to race, but it had too much of a lead on him. We just got home, and Oscar is fast asleep after that exhausting workout. It's too bad this place isn't closer to our house, or I would definitely be taking him back there all the time! Oscar was definitely in his element there--he's not much of a Sicilian dog!