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A trip to the Channel Islands National Park provided plenty of nature, but sadly no dogs. With our temporarily dogless situation, we decided to take some time and visit the islands, which are an hour off the coast of Santa … Continue reading → Read the rest of this entry »

Every week we try to get out for a hike, and Kona was eager to get out this morning. He woke up raring to go…. This week’s destination was Stough Canyon, a beautiful canyon nestled in the Verdugo Mountains. There … Continue reading → Read the rest of this entry »

Nikon D60 : Tamron 10-24mm@24mm : shutter 1/100: aperture f /18 : ISO 200 : Cokin graduated ND grey filter The boys hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in the Whitewater Preserve, California. Read the rest of this entry »

Nikon D60 : Nikon18-55mm@18mm : shutter 1/60: aperture f /13 : ISO 100 : circular polarizer Hiking Vasquez Rocks, California. Read the rest of this entry »

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 Read the rest of this entry »

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 Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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 Read the rest of this entry »

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 [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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 Read the rest of this entry »