Ben joined our family on December 7, 2005. He was just over seven weeks old having been born on October 18th. His father was pure bred golden retriever who lived a couple doors down from his mom who was half yellow lab and half golden. Continue reading “Tribute to Gentle Ben”
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Ben’s Life in Photos
Ben’s photo history after his first year:
Lone Pine/395 Trip October 2020
Early October is the best time to see the fall colors along the eastern slope of the Sierra so we’ve been wanting to do this trip ever since our last trip in May of 2019 to Lone Pine. Continue reading “Lone Pine/395 Trip October 2020”
Lake Davis Campout – July 2020
Our first trip this year. The year of Covid-19. We went to Lake Davis for the first time in about five years with Mike and Vicki, and all of our dogs. Its on a first come basis so we were truly blessed in finding such great sites in the middle loop of Grasshopper Flat CG. Continue reading “Lake Davis Campout – July 2020”
MacKerritcher SP Camping October 2019
This year for Kate’s birthday (Halloween), we went up to Fort Bragg and camped in MacKerritcher State Park for three nights. No dogs this time so we brought the jeep and bikes. Continue reading “MacKerritcher SP Camping October 2019”
Utah Trip Part 5 – Moab
We left Fish Lake on a newly paved forest road 640, 28 miles to hwy 70. Very scenic and nice road. I had been told at the Bryce visitor center that it was now paved and excellent for aspen autumn leaves. Continue reading “Utah Trip Part 5 – Moab”
Utah Trip Part 4 – Fishlake National Forest
After Hole in the Rock, we went on to a boondocking site in the FishLake National forest. I got the idea for the first site in this national forest from vbloggers, Fate Unbound. Continue reading “Utah Trip Part 4 – Fishlake National Forest”
Utah Trip – Part 3 Escalante, route 12
After Bryce we got on route 12 and drove to Escalante, a beautiful area with amazingly majestic views all around. We found a great boon docking site off Hole-in-the-Rock Road just east of Escalante. Continue reading “Utah Trip – Part 3 Escalante, route 12”
Utah Trip Part 2 – Bryce
Our first stop in Utah was Bryce Canyon National Park. We found a boondocking site called George’s Gift on Dave’s Hollow forest service road, which is off route 63 that goes into the park. Continue reading “Utah Trip Part 2 – Bryce”
Loch Leven Fall 2018 hike
On October 24 this year Kate and me and Charlie hiked out to Loch Leven lakes. We went via Lake Valley Reservoir Continue reading “Loch Leven Fall 2018 hike”