Zeke is doing great, Marcel loves him and he is using us as examples to demonstrate the next progression in the phase drills.

Well everything went well getting here; Zeke slept for about 8 hours on the flight and stared at people the other 2 hours.

Early tomorrow morning, Andy VanHouten and his 2 year old yellow lab Zeke will board a flight for Switzerland to participate in the avalanche dog training program that sets the standard for most Avalanche Search and Rescue Teams around the world.

Coming from the radio was the voice of "Old Blue Eyes" himself. Frank Sinatra singing "Fly Me To The Moon" and this young man singing right along with him.

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On Friday evenings we, the patrol, gather at our local pub for some end of week decompression. As part of this "safety meeting" we have a tradition of presenting one patroller with the Bad Judgment Award, otherwise known as the Stick of Dumb.