MADDOGS

SUNDAY--BAD MOTHER! BAD MOTHER! 
 
The plan today was the same as the plan yesterday--take a trail in Logan Canyon and find a moose. But alas & alack, there is nary a moose in sight. So the Bad Mother (see photo) decides she wants to Jude to wade out into the Logan River so the Bad Mother can take a photo.
 
Jude complies without complaint. But the Bad Mother can't seem to push the right buttons on Pixie, so Jude climbs back out for a quick lesson. Then it is into the river again. BTW the river is cold, frigid, and numbing.
 
The Bad Mother is still having trouble & decides to get a little closer. One step is all it takes--and the Bad Mother is rolling down the riverbank!
 
Jude flounders over rocks and through rapids to stop Bad Mother before she belly-flops in the water.
 
Bad Mother is laughing, but Jude is too worried that Bad Mother is hurt to laugh. Once Bad Mother gets to her feet & Jude can see that all is well, Jude does laugh. Now they are both laughing, snorting, chortleing. That's when Bad Mother needs a bush--right now/no waiting.
 
Jude misses the opportunity for a perfect shot because she is still laughing.
 
Then Bad Mother sits on a rock to take her slacks off to shake the dirt out. But she catches her foot in the pant leg. She gives a tug and pulls herself off the rock and face down into the bushes. Jude is dying laughing with rib splitting guffaws. She finally gets Bad Mother to her feet, but now Jude HAS to find a bush.
 
Bad Mother pretends to take pictures, but Jude knows that Bad Mother doesn't know which Pixie buttons to push.
 
They laugh, in a most outrageous undignified manner, for about 20 minutes before Jude braves the treacherous river again.
 
 One thing is for certain, if there were moose around, they have long gone fled.