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…
Back in February we did our first hike at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve. The day I picked to visit this park and do a 8 mile loop, it turned out to be unseasonably hot, 77 degrees, the loop we planned was almost all sunny trails, and would’ve been a scorcher for us. Instead we did the…
With the record breaking warm weather in California this February, I have been hitting new and old spots almost everyday for the past 10 days. So nice after all the rain and cold weather we had in December and January, and the parks are a green that I have never seen before. One place that…
I’m skipping ahead about 10 blog posts, because I just did something that was really a rewarding experience, and made the bond with my dog even stronger. I guess I’m co-dependent, I just can’t hike without Chico. He hurt his foot this weekend, and the Vet said limited activity for a week, but I have the…
**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.…
I created this blog to encourage people to get out with their dogs and exercise, as not only is it great for both human and canine, it also solves 90% of behavioral problems in dogs, and they are less likely to be abandoned or surrendered to shelters. But I know a lot of people…
For the first time in years, I got sick for more than a couple days, with a horrible chest cold. Usually I can do some hiking with a cold, but not this chest cold. After over a week of being in bed I decided that I had to get out, and drove to a new trail,…
It was one of those days where I felt more tired than usual when I woke up, so I read hiking blogs to inspire myself. I decided to scout a good entry point for the Selby Trail in one of the spots where it seemed close Wildcat Gorge Trail, so I could find a larger loop using…
I love hiking lists and challenges, not only do they get me to new trails that I haven’t thought of, but on those days, you know the ones I’m talking about, they inspire me to get out the door and on the trail. You only have to do 26.2 miles total to get the pin…
Hiking with Chico the Boston Terrier 