These photos of HERO are from 2018, when we moved to Pullman, WA to his return to Los Angeles after Ally’s graduation from Veterinary Medicine School at Washington State University in May of 2022…
On the way up to Pullman and new adventures, July 2018…
With Ally in the the backyard , apple trees at the bottom of the hill…
On the way to Palouse Falls after a pit stop in Colfax, WA…
Ally and HERO soaking in the Snake River, ID in the August heat 2018…
HERO at home in Pullman waiting to be allowed to eat the bacon…
HERO posing on the lawn in the backyard. Fall 2018…
HERO on a bug ID trip to the St. Joe River in Idaho. Fall 2018…
HERO basking in the backyard in Pullman…
HERO early morning on the Grande Ronde River in SE Washington…
Getting ready for a snack with Ally and Nick on the Grande Ronde. November 2018…
HERO’s space on the return ride to Washington, from Los Angeles, in January 2019…
Racing in the backyard snow in February 2019…
HERO…amazed at the green stuff popping up – Spring 2019
HERO would hang out in the backyard with me while Ally went to school and Nick worked over in Moscow, ID…
If I didn’t latch the gate, HERO would dash out of the carport and down the street…Here, he’s checking to see if it’s open…
This was the view as the bloom started in the Spring in Pullman…
HERO on a lake down in Oregon just before I went into the hospital and abdominal surgery in May 2019…
HERO in the carport for the first BBQ after my surgery…
HERO… guarding the lamb chops…
Taking a snooze break…
Ally and HERO in Elk River Res. over in IDAHO when Jean came up to visit…
The guys on the dock…
At the market in Elk River, ID….July, 2019…
More water time…
HERO loves trout…
Down at the reservoir outlet looking for pumpkin seeds…
When Michael came to visit in July 2019, he took this photo from a watercraft…
Ally and HERO at the Oregon border when Ally had to bring me down to LA to have my left kidney, with a clear cell cancerous tumor removed – in August 2019…
HERO on a camping trip to the North Fork of the Clearwater River in 2020…
He loved the smells in the mountains…
Always something to see…
Road trip back to LA – 2020
Some burger joint out in nowhere, NV…
Back in Idaho…
Coming down to LA again…somewhere in Southern Idaho…
Gas station in Winnemucca, NV…
Hugs from Ally on the road…
Are we there yet ???
Jean, HERO and Ally coming down from Pullman – 2022
Morel in Winnemucca, NV…where’s MY food ???
Fallon, NV – last trip up to Pullman, May 2022
This is taking forever…
Pit stop at Red Rock Canyon…
Camping trip to Montana with Ally and Nick 2022…
…at a park in Missoula, Montana…
car camping…
Tuckered out on Rock Creek out on the Palouse…2022
Back to California…
There are photos of HERO at home in Pullman for the four years he lived there…
Crashing with a toy buddy…
You can’t see me !!!
What’s cookin’ in there…
Assuming the position in the living room…this will serve as a memorial painting later…
I know you’re fixing something for me !!!
A sunny day out on the lawn…
…with the monster Teddy Bear after surgery…
Early morning sunlight…
Hillside snooze…
My new fur throw…
With the tiny amigo…
Ready for my close-up….
Spring 2022…
More Spring…
“I WANT !!!”
Flower bed…May 2022
Poppy time – 2022
Cold Winter Day…
My new ride…
…or, you can carry me…
…with Gabby in Simi…
Wanting something…
Posing in Pullman…
With Ally and Nick in the front yard…
More snooze in Pullman…
With WSU shirt and Coug (Butch)…
XMAS in Simi – 2022
With Trout gift from guess who ???
Some outdoor shots from the PNW…
Marble Creek, IDAHO
On the bike path between Pullman and Moscow…
Rock Creek out on the Palouse…
St. Joe River, Idaho…
Ice fishing with Nick in Northern Idaho…
In a raft with Ally on a small lake in Idaho…
HERO on a log with Nick the same lake…
Ally and HERO hiking on a cold day near Marble Creek, Idaho…
HERO munching grass while Nick fishes on a river in Idaho…
HERO making sure Nick does it right on the North Fork of the Clearwater River in Idaho…
Canoe and camp tour on Dworshak Reservoir in Idaho…
Snooze on the Clearwater near Peck, Idaho…
Campsite on Lake Isabella near Kernville, CA on a trip down from Pullman – 2020
Hanging with Ally while Nick fishes in Idaho…
HERO at the forefront, Dworshak Reservoir…
Ally and HERO dry testing the canoe Nick brought home…
Ally hiking with HERO in Idaho…
3 chums …same hike…
Ally and HERO on Graduation Day, School of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University – May 2022
HERO and Nick on Rock Creek – May 2022
Day on the pier, Ventura , CA…
Walking the canal, Veteran’s Day, Bishop, CA – November 2022
Pinnacles, Trona, CA – January 2023
More Pinnacles…
Walk on a long leash…Pinnacles
Helping Nick…kinda’
Ally and HERO at home in Simi…
HERO and Ally with Michael and Cairo…
Ally’s profile picture a her Veterinary Clinic….
This memorial painting of HERO was done by one of her Veterinary clients…HERO will always be remembered…
PT/TB
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PlanetTrout 
This is truly a beautiful tribute Hero, Ally and their life together. Thanks for sharing.