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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


Manscaping
Work has needed me so much lately that five days of Oscar in a row isn’t enough for them. It’s no problem for me because I love being a...
Sep 14, 20192 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


Rules
The other night was one of those nights where the things that go bump in the night needed lots of barking. When I heard a bump or a thud...
Aug 21, 20192 min read


Oscar the superfriend
This weekend I took Mom to where the desert meets the mountains. If might think that the decorator never finished because the trees don’t...
Aug 11, 20191 min read


Spider wisdom and the most remote toilet in the world
When the Witch started screaming for us to wake up on our last morning in Washington, it was still night out. “I don’t wanna!” I...
Aug 5, 20192 min read


King of the hill
I’ve got to take a break from telling you about my exciting Washington exploration to tell you about the adventure Mom and I had this...
Aug 4, 20193 min read


Return to the Fourth of July
Mom and I have been turned back by white dirt many times, but there were only 2 trails that we still regretted not finishing after all...
Aug 3, 20192 min read


Look Out!
The problem with planning an expedition when you’re curled up in your warm and comfy bed is that you want to see all the best,...
Jul 31, 20193 min read


Mind the gap
For our third hike on this adventure Mom had picked out a trail called Mt. Pugh. “I’m not sure if the gh is supposed to be pronounced...
Jul 30, 20192 min read


Dirty Harry Peek-a-boo
Instead of going down-map from the Devil’s Punchbowl Mom and I drove up-map to Washington. In the morning we kept driving the Covered...
Jul 29, 20191 min read


City dog, mountain dog
Trail hiking is different from city walking. When we walk, the whole City is squished down to the width of a sidewalk and the length of a...
Jul 14, 20193 min read


Delicacy
To understand our second hike of the weekend, you have to understand what happened the night before. After hiking the trail that the Real...
Jul 10, 20192 min read


Reviews
Ever since the strange man who painted an iPad stopped us in the road to recommended a trail, Mom had been scheming and plotting to come...
Jul 9, 20193 min read


Wilder-ness
The fourth of July is a day when people in The West celebrate our independence. Independence is the kind of freedom where you do...
Jul 7, 20192 min read


Foiled me once…
Humans have it all wrong when it comes to how they spend their time. They can’t help it, cave men evolved to sit still around a fire and...
Jun 29, 20192 min read


The Icy Era
You may not know this, but there are humongous mountains not too far from where my Stuck House is. Mom hasn’t taken me there much though...
Jun 23, 20192 min read


Nursing
This week hasn’t been like other weeks. One morning, The Witch had just woken us up and Mom was still snuggling with The Witch (which she...
Jun 2, 20192 min read
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