June 11, 2007

Hiking in the Local Mountains

One of the benefits of living in Southern California. The Pacific Ocean is 6 miles to the west. The Angeles Crest National Forest is about an hours drive away, if that much. My sister and I went on a hike yesterday. It was supposed to be a 7 mile round trip, but we got started too late. We only made it about 2 miles in when we realized that we needed to get back, or we would be going down a 26 mile switchback road in the dark. Anyway, we stopped for a snack break and she took this picture of me. The dog on my lap is Violet, our Jack Russell Terrier. The dog sitting next to me is Pepper, our Whippet/Shepherd mix. Click the image if you want to see the full size picture.

Posted by Valkyre at June 11, 2007 11:35 PM
Comments

that's a nice photo - although the first thing that comes to mind is BEAR!

Are there bears or cougars around there?

Posted by: lynne at June 12, 2007 04:56 AM

Is Corey too wimpy to hike?

Posted by: Helena at June 12, 2007 07:57 PM

I don't know about cougars, but bears yes. We've never seen any in the times we've been up there. I think they are probably afraid of the dogs, more than anything.

As for Cory. I he wouldn't insist on staying glued to me, I would take him. But, he needs to be walked by himself. I was hoping Teresa would go, so she could take him.

Posted by: Wendy at June 13, 2007 08:39 AM