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Kick glass
When Mom’s paws get itchy in the middle of the week, she goes trail shopping with The Witch and puts the best ones on a special list....
Jun 6, 20216 min read


Hashtag Throwback Thursday
Here are some posts that I shared with my Friends in the running group… Happy new year! To all my old Friends, yay! I’m so excited to see...
Feb 11, 20219 min read


Ice dragon and skull cows
“Hey! I know where we are!” Mom said when we pulled off the dark highway onto an even darker wagon track. The ground was bumpy as the...
Jan 18, 20215 min read


It’s high tide things change around here
This morning Mom took me to the dog beach, where a dog can let his life partner run without a leash through the sand for miles and miles....
Oct 31, 20205 min read


A puzzling mystery
“Hey, guess what?!” I nudged Mom when I saw her finally starting to stir in the morning. Then I jumped up to point my nose out the Wagon...
Jul 26, 20204 min read


Robin Hood of the Wild West
As the Covered Wagon rolled over the trail through the Oregon Outback and cooking us alive, Mom and I listened to stories about the...
Jul 9, 20205 min read


Rocky and raccoons
Before we even started our hike, we found a treasure: a trailhead bathroom that was open! Our treasure stank so loud that it could blow...
Jun 3, 20202 min read


Another dam mountain
One of those dumb things that humans do is plan ahead. Mom may say that I’m wasting my time doing dog things like chewing on a rubber log...
May 31, 20201 min read


Outback of Nevada
I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to find something to do in the Outback of Nevada, but it’s not as easy as it seems when you first...
Apr 13, 20202 min read


…Previously, in South Dakota
… When you last saw your handsome hero (that’s me!) he had just finished an exciting adventure full of danger and intrigue, and was...
Apr 7, 20204 min read


Oscar-sized
There was one more piece of New Mexico that we wanted to visit before Mom and I made a mad dash across Colorado (which we’d heard was...
Mar 27, 20201 min read


Hashtag Throwback Thursday
Oscar the Spectator Jan 3, 2020 This morning I did my regular before-work run on My Trail. My Trail runs for 4 miles along the ocean, up...
Feb 5, 202026 min read


Scattering cows and chasing goats
Since I don’t have my driver’s license yet, I never know where we’re going to run when Mom and I get in the car. So imagine my excitement...
Jan 12, 20201 min read


Hakuna patata
To escape the hostile white dirt attacks, in Canyon Country, we needed to get across the Grand Canyon and through Flagstaff before we...
Jan 4, 20203 min read


House of fire and ice
What you need to know about white dirt is that it takes away your choice in where and how you want to drive. When we picked our sleeping...
Jan 3, 20202 min read


Mystery of the falling bread truck and baby goats
The Covered Wagon had been parked for so long that Mom was surprised that we hadn’t gotten any mean notes from the coppers about not...
Nov 6, 20194 min read


Open season
Now that summer is over, mountain season is almost over too. Before the mountains curl up under their white blankets for the winter, Mom...
Sep 22, 20193 min read


Duck
If you’ve ever been to the Easter Sierra, you’ve probably been to the place called Mammoth. I know that because every time Mom and I go...
Sep 5, 20193 min read


Stunner
Our second trail of the weekend was also marked as “hard,” but lots of people exaggerate on the internet. Not one person had rated the...
Sep 4, 20193 min read


Untouchable
The bum in Mom’s knee is nearly gone, and she has slowly built up her strength so we can run for almost an hour a few times a week. This...
Aug 28, 20194 min read
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