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Shrinking Rocks

Something really strange happened today. The big rocks near my house got shorter.

Clouds Covering the Red Rocks

Clouds Covering the Red Rocks

I had a really fun time on my walk. There were lots of puddles and mud. My person doesn’t like the mud. She says she sinks into it and it sticks to her boots – so she tried to walk on the dry spots, but sometimes there weren’t any. Me, I like the mud. It’s soft and squishy and feels good to walk on.

Bongo in the Mud Puddle

I got a surprise when we went further along on the trail. My puddle that has been around for awhile had turned into a lake. It had lots of good smells in it too.

Wading in a Large Puddle

By the time we came back from our walk the big rocks had gotten back to normal size. I’m not really sure what was happening with those rocks.

Thunder Mountain

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Posted by on November 14, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Devil’s Kitchen

Bongo on the TrailI’m beat. My person did it to me again. We went out for our walk, but when we got to the place we normally turn back we went the other way. We go that way sometimes, but not very often. We walked along for awhile on the trail and then my person took me on another trail. She said she’d never been on this trail before, but she was taking me someplace special. She’d been there, but she’d taken her car and walked on a much shorter trail. We could have gone in the car. I wouldn’t mind.

This new trail wasn’t bad. It was mostly downhill so we could go fast. I tried to follow a couple coyote trails that I smelled, but my person said it wasn’t the right way. How did she know? She said she’d never been on this trail before.

We didn’t see many people on the way, but I heard some strange voices coming out of Coffee Pot Rock. They were all tinny and echoey. I didn’t know that that rock could talk.

Coffee Pot Rock

Well the rock got quiet when we walked around its base. I guess we scared it. I almost didn’t recognize the rock. It looks different when you’re that close.

Under Coffee Pot Rock

Under Coffee Pot Rock

The trail went past a really cool house.

House

One little part of the trail was actually a road and we had to get out of the way when a couple vehicles came by. It was hard enough to walk up and down that road. All steep and rocky. Those vehicles were going very slow.

4 Wheeling

4 Wheeling

We finally got to the special place. I ran right up to the edge to check it out. It was nothing but a big hole in the ground. My person said it’s called Devil’s Kitchen. An underground part became hollow first and then the whole thing fell in.

Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen

After checking out that hole we headed back home. My person didn’t tell me we were going to have to go uphill.

Going Home

Coffee Pot Rock

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Posted by on October 26, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Almost Up the Chimney

My person totally confused me today. Normally when we go for a walk we make a big loop – going out on one trail and back home on another. Today we got to the place where we usually turn around and go back – but we didn’t go back. My person took me on a trail I’ve never been on before and we kept walking further away from our house. I wasn’t sure what to think, but it was fun finding new smells. My person likes to drag me along when I’ve stopped for a good smell, but this time I kept trying to drag her more than she was dragging me. She kept stopping and getting her camera out. I’d be walking along and suddenly come to the end of my leash.

My person took me to a rock called Chimney Rock. You can probably figure out why it’s called that.

Chimney Rock

To get there we had to walk through some dry washes. They only have water in them when it rains.

Bongo in a Dry Wash

When we got around the side of Chimney Rock it looked different. Instead of one big rock it looked like three.

Chimney Rock from the Side

We got to the top of the trail and it went back down the other side, so we stopped and rested before coming back the way we’d gone up. Someone was nice enough to leave a stick up there for me. I tried to get my person to throw it so I could go after it, but she said I might fall down the steep hill. I couldn’t convince her otherwise.

Bongo and the stick he found

View from the Top

My person kept stalling on the way home – getting her camera out for more pictures.

Chimney Rock from the top of the trail

Coming back down

Sugarloaf in the sun

Thunder Mountain

Coffee Pot Rock in light

Thunder Mountain

Bongo and Coffee Pot Rock

Mogollon Rim and Airport Mesa

It’s a good thing they had the trail marked. I could find it by the smell, but I think my person might have gotten lost.

Trail Cairn and Bongo

I guess It was good my person took her time, or we wouldn’t have seen this.

Sunset over Chimney Rock

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Posted by on October 15, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Exploring Sugarloaf

Ever since my blogging friend Bassa climbed up a mountain awhile back I’ve been wanting to climb a mountain. My person finally said it had gotten cool enough today so we could go. The mountain we climbed isn’t really a mountain – it’s a big rock called Sugarloaf.

My person got a little upset with me when she had to drag me away from the stuff I was sniffing. She said she was hoping I would pull her up the mountain. When we went back down I did try to pull her, but she wouldn’t go for it and kept walking at the same pace. A dog just can’t win.

At first I had fun sniffing all the new dog smells and didn’t care much about the scenery.

Good scents on Sugarloaf

Scents on Sugarloaf

Scents on Sugarloaf

But I finally started looking around.

Bongo on Sugarloaf

Coffee Pot Rock

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

Bongo on Sugarloaf

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

Airport Mesa

Airport Mesa - Sedona, AZ

Bongo on Sugarloaf

Mogollon Rim

Mogollon Rim

Bongo on Sugarloaf

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

On the way back I had to cross a slippery slope.

Bongo on a Slippery Slope

Here are some pictures of Sugarloaf – the big rock we climbed.

Bongo and Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf

When we got back home I was concerned for a bit. Scratchy didn’t want to climb the rock with us and he was hanging out at home. I was thirsty. What if he drank all the water in my water dish?

 
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Posted by on October 3, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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