52 Weeks of Murphy - 37/52

Oh what a beautiful morning!

Finally...something new to blog about! I've been tellin Mom she's a slacker, but she says all we ever to do lately is go to the beach and she doesn't want to bore you guys with the same sorts of pictures & stories over and over again.

So I told her she needs to quit slackin then and take me somewhere new!

So, this morning she woke me up at the crack of dawn so we could go for a hike. She said we were going to a place called Mt. Woodson. It was gonna be hot, so we had to get started early. Bleh! Its Sunday...the day of rest! This is crazy talk!

She would have none of that though, so she piled me in the car and off we went.

We arrived at the trail head and parked the car. From the east, this trail is mainly a paved fire road. Piece of cake, I thought!

so we started hiking. It was a beautiful morning, not a cloud in the sky!

little did I realize, the hike was almost straight up. 1200 feet of climbing in 1.3 miles.

Yikes, my quads were burnin!

Boy, there were some spectacular views along the way though

looking out to the west, we could see the thick layer of fog that still covered the area.

finally, we made it to the top. There were all kinds of strange towers up there.

I think someone might have been using them to talk with Aliens!!

on the way back down, we passed by a rock called "Potato Chip Rock". Lots of people actually go out on that ledge to take pictures. Mom was too chicken to try it with me though. Thank goodness!

all along the hike, we saw lots of scat.

Mom wants to know if anyone knows what kind of animal leaves this behind. If you click on the picture, you can biggefy it and get an up close look!

We decided to take the scenic way down. A beautiful single track that took us winding down the mountain

Mom sure was a slow poke! I kept having to stop and wait for her!

after we dropped a little elevation, the trail started having more shade.

It sure was a great morning for a hike, and boy was I glad we got up early cuz it was startin to get hot!

there was lots of peemail to be read.

Unfortunately, I don't speak wild animal, so most of it was like a foreign language to me

I was sure happy when our hike took us thru a beautiful forest of California Oak trees.

They are huge trees and offered us lots of nice cool shade!



Mom wouldn't let me off leash though.

Apparently she didnt want me running thru the poison oak and then comin back to rub it off on her.

Sheesh, what a party pooper.

we hiked for a long while, and I sure was getting tired.

This was the longest hike I've ever been on!

Fortunately, Mom brought lots of water for both of us and kept wetting me down so I'd keep cool

when we finally made it back to the car, I was wiped out.

Phew, what a fun morning...I think I'll sleep the rest of the day!

You can help!

Wow! PEDIGREE® is handing out free food for shelter dogs. Is that cool or what!?!

Its simple...and you can help them distribute even more, just by doing what you love to do....BLOG!

Can you imagine...having to live in a cage, with bars on the doors. I'm not talkin about your comfy tricked out crate here, I'm talking cold concrete floors...with maybe a small towel to curl up on.

oh boy, just thinking about that makes me sad. Mom can't even go into the local shelter...cuz if she did, our house would be over run with critters. So she was super excited to see that she could help out in this way!

Here's what you gotta do... Post on your bloggie about their pawsomeness. PEDIGREE® is giving out a free 20lb bag of dog food for every blog post between now and the 19th. They are over 1 million lbs of food already. Dang, I'm a big dog and even I know that's a lot of foodables! Here's the important part...make sure you add your name to the blog hop below! Just posting is not enough...add your bloggie to the list and share the linky for the blog hop!

• Each year, more than 4 million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations. Pedigree created The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive to help shine a spotlight on the plight of these homeless dogs.
• This year the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive is raising awareness for homeless dogs by donating a bowl of food to shelter dogs for everyone who becomes a “Fan” or “Likes” The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive on Facebook. So far more than 1 million bowls have been donated 

You can also go to Facebook, and 'like' their page. I did!

52 Weeks of Murphy - 36/52

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52 weeks of Murphy - 35/52

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