All it took was one wildflower photo on Instagram in 2017 to send me on the search for my first Superbloom experience! People hadn’t seen wildflowers like these in over a decade! Being from Northern California and that it was still too early for the Superbloom here I had to head south a bit, and…
Finally Made it to North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve! I have been wanting to go here for a year now, mostly to catch the wildflowers, but every time I looked at the weather it was 90 degrees, even this week in Mid May the window was small, it was 75 today, but projected to be 86…
Ever since my first trip to the gorgeous Mendocino Coast last year, I’ve wanted to go back and start to get Chico into canoeing and kayaking. Catch a Canoe on the 1 just outside of Mendocino city, seemed perfect for this as they have kayaks, outriggers which can’t be tipped, as well as Canine Cruisers.…
Earlier this year we decided to go for the infamous Murietta Falls hike in the Ohlone Wilderness, even though it was kinda late in the season for this hike. We went in mid May, and it was already pretty hot on some days in Livermore, we knew that if we waited any longer that the…
Just wanted to take a quick minute to give a little review and to say that we love the Ruffwear Swamp Cooler, as we know many of you are looking for Cooling Coats and Cooling Vests. We will write a full review after testing a couple more things…like playing fetch in it! I was skeptical…
$1 of every card sold will be donated to the Alameda Animal Shelter. The Holiday Card features my dog Chico the Boston Terrier in reindeer antlers, and is blank inside for a personalized greeting. Available on both Etsy and Ebay https://www.etsy.com/…/boston-terrier-christmas-holiday-dog… http://www.ebay.com/itm/301814353715… The Alameda Shelter is our local shelter and they run mostly on donations.…
If you live in Northern California, the Toxic algae is also found in streams and rivers, and not always marked. This isn’t just a NorCal thing either, while on our road trip we found warning signs in Wisconsin and South Dakota at a couple small public lakes. I just don’t allow Chico in anything but…
I have to admit, at the time I was there, I didn’t really like it , and thought it would be a great place for my friends to shoot one of their short horror films. But looking back at the photos, it did have it’s own beauty. The Herrier Loop Trail is only 1.1, and when…
**As written about in previous posts, I’m doing the East Bay Regional Parks 2015 Trail Challenge, they have 5 easy trails, 5 moderate trails, and 5 hard trails. I’m doing them all in order from Easy to Hard. This is the second easy trail. ** Even though the starting point of this part of the trail challenge…
I love trail challenges, they inspire me to get out the door on days when I’d rather laze around the house! And I get to see new parks or trails! I wrote about the East Bay Regional Park 2015 trail Challenge a couple months ago. I intended to start this much earlier, but sigh, life.…
Hiking with Chico the Boston Terrier 