Exploring Happy Valley Ridge Trail with Skye - a New Adventure

On this beautiful fall morning, instead of taking the shortcut trail through the woods then crossing River Road to the lower section of Dungeness Trails, I convinced Diane to turn left onto the steep trail that leads uphill. This trail is rather narrow, with multiple switchbacks gradually weaving up the hill, eventually exiting onto a service road that runs along the levee for an irrigation canal, which we later learned is the Happy Valley Ridge Trail. We had never been on this trail before, so this video documents our first time experience with Skye, our Norwegian Elkhound.
Background:
Our three-year-old Norwegian Elkhound, Skye, loves our hikes at Dungeness Trails. Here, trails traverse for miles through open fields and woods and follow along the bluffs and banks of the Dungeness River. Hunting, running, digging, climbing, cooling off and quenching thirst in the river and the irrigation ditch, greeting people and dogs - it’s a perfect world for Skye, and her owners!