Took a little trip up to Buena Vista CO this weekend. Ostensively, it was to visit our friends at Strange Craft Beer Company and celebrate the opening of their new “taproom” location. It’s not so much a taproom as a beer shed that shares a common outdoor space with a couple food trucks.

The trip was also a test run of longer trips with both of the dogs. Toby has taken a few long trips in the truck but had the entire back seat to himself. I was curious to see how well he and Onyx could share the space on a longer trip. The verdict: 4+ hours round-trip and nary a squabble broke out. Onyx is very high-strung so I expected his anxiety to manifest in whining and crying after a bit; however, he just laid down and napped.

The boys also had not really experienced a holiday weekend in a Colorado mountain town before, with the crowds of idiot tourists, and I was concerned about Tony’s penchant for nipping and herding of people. At first he was a bit apprehensive about the tons of people that clearly were not respecting his personal space, but he eventually calmed down and laid in the shade.

Overall, it was a successful trip and now that the summer holiday weekends are over we’ll likely head up more often.