Peaches' first trip with me to Lake Tahoe. She's a real alpine hound now, just like the fictional Cruiser and all my past real-life bassets. By the end of the trip she was getting brave enough to dip her forepaws in the water along with Bubba. They were both lapping up the water, despite being splashed by occasional waves created by boaters. Days later this pristine view of the shoreline would be blackened with soot from the Angora forest fire.