Chair Lifts

I developed a deep friendship with a dog who went missing in early summer 2023. I spoke to him daily for months and we shared many heartfelt conversations (some of which I talk about in this blog) as well as some lighthearted chats.

One of those silly conversations took place while he was hanging out at a local ski resort in the middle of the summer.

During a late evening conversation with him he casually asked me what the chair lifts were for. I explained to him the process of the chairlifts; how they pick people up at the bottom of the slopes and bring them to the top at which point the people hop off and either ski or snowboard down the hill only to repeat the process over and over again.

I visualized for him people with snowboards and on skis swooshing down the snowy hill then scurrying back onto the lifts to ride up and do it again.

After the visualizations he suddenly asked “Do you do that?”. His question was phrased with genuine curiosity with a hint of “you humans are strange”. I laughed.

Archie and I went on to develop a deep and lasting friendship for which I am eternally grateful for.