Our last days in Arizona took us to the Saguaro National Park. Surrounding Tuscon, the park is home to thousands of classic saguaro and other cacti species. Saguaro are slow growing and can grow to be huge like this one… There are many different shapes and sizes in the park. This is an old saguaro …
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Kona’s Arizona Adventure-Part 4
From Tucson, we took a side trip south east to the legendary town of Tombstone, where we went back in time to the days of Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral shootout. This western boom-town was a wild west frontier and retains it’s charm down main street. Wyatt and the boys milling about before the …
Kona’s Arizona Adventure-Part 3
After a chilly but snug night camping we woke to find our tent with a coating of snow. After a quick breakfast and packing up it was time to hike. Our destination was the Red Rock District in Coconino National Forest just north of Sedona. This area has beautiful red rock formations along Oak Creek …
Kona’s Arizona Adventure-Part 2
Up early, we hit the road to explore Desert Drive in Grand Canyon National Park. On the way, we visited the Tusayan Ruins and ended our park visit at Desert View, the last lookout of the canyon (or first depending on how you enter the park.) Here we visited the Watchtower, designed by architect Mary …
Kona’s Arizona Adventure-Part 1
For Thanksgiving, Kona took a big road trip to Arizona. First stop: the Grand Canyon. Thanksgiving Day was chilly with highs of 32F (0C) and lows of 4F (-16C) but it was a beautiful morning to hike the South Rim. The boys were eager to get hiking at sunrise. (Leashed dogs are allowed on the …
The Devil’s Punchbowl
What is Kona so happy about? He’s finally got a day off and he’s going hiking! This hike is in the desert mountains a couple of hours outside of Los Angeles at a place called the Devil’s Punchbowl, amazing geological formations practically on the infamous San Andreas fault. The boys find the trail head. Our …
Coastal Hike
We decided we needed to take a day and spend some quality family time. It was refreshing after months of crazy schedules… which we went back to the next day but at least we felt better:) A marine layer made for a great day for a hike on the coast…not too hot and not too …
Kona-East Canyon Hike
After a long work week, Kona’s big adventure this weekend was a hike up the East Canyon Trail in Santa Clarita’s Woodlands Park. Just north of Los Angeles, this is a 3.8 mile trail in the Santa Susana Mountains. The vegetation is lush and the trail winds though three species of oak, bay laurel, black …
Kona-Birthday Hike
Kona sets out on his birthday hike at Wildwood Park in Ventura County. First part of the hike was up the Santa Rosa Trail to the summit of the hills. The view was pretty good even half way up and there were wildflowers and wild oats everywhere. Lots of water breaks, even on a partly …
How To Save A Life…Including Your Dog’s.
While on a hike this past weekend, we had a lesson in how fast a good time can quickly turn to an emergency, when you least suspect it. After hiking to the summit of some local mountains, we gave Kona a cookie for a snack . Being a dog, he inhaled it as fast as …