Trying Hard

To beat the moving blues I decided to take Cricket for a hike. It turns out that only 6 (out of 33) close trails allow dogs. What a bummer. But we found some open spaces that I could bring Cricket on and we went forth to conquer some hills.

Hiking in California is very different than hiking in Oregon. In Oregon, it's like a tropical forest. It feels like you are hiking through a scene in Jurassic Park and are waiting for some velociraptors to jump out and eat you. California is more dry and close to hiking in Arizona.

A nice low smog here

Cricket is hunting Mountain Lions, apparently they are rampant here...

At least when I got to the top this was here!