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New Adventure – New Friend

My person let me get into the car with her today. The little car, not the big one. She usually takes me to the vet in the little car. Maybe I’m going to get more loves and treats.

Hmmm. We don’t usually go this far in the car when we go to the vet’s. I wonder where we’re going.

Finally, we’re stopping. Hey, there’s a little dog here. I recognize this dog. I’ve smelled him on you before person. He’s getting in the car with us too?

Hey, how come Pablo gets to ride in front?

We rode for a little while – with me in the back and Pablo in the front – and then all of us got out of the car. It’s a trail!

I’ll give you a head start Pablo.

Hey Pablo, wait for me!

Hey person, hurry up. What is that thing up there?

It’s a rock? Bell Rock? It looks like a giant UFO.

Really? Some people think a real UFO is going to come out of that rock? I wonder if any aliens look like dogs.

Hey person, the trail goes this way.

What are you looking at?

Hey Pablo, I think our people have been looking at these rocks long enough. Let’s take them back to the car now.

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Posted by Bongo on March 7, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Bell Rock, Hiking, Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Walking in the Rain

03 Feb

Come on person. It’s not my fault you were gone all day and then it started raining just when you were going to take me out. You’ve got a hood on your jacket. Put it up. Let’s go.

Go figure. You didn’t even want to go out in the rain and now you’ve got your camera out. See, what did I tell you? It’s really pretty out here when it rains. Keep walking person.

You can look at that rainbow as long as you keep walking while you’re doing it. Put your camera away person. We’re supposed to be going on a walk.

It’s a good thing I talked you into going out in the rain. The sun’s going down. It we’d waited until the rain stopped it would have been dark.

You’re already wet person, but since my younger person didn’t come with us would it be alright if I shake myself off on him?

I don’t care if he gets mad. I’m doing it anyway.

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Posted by Bongo on February 3, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Photography, Rain, Sedona, Sedona Arizona

I can’t believe my person did it. She took me for a walk in the rain. She could have just stayed at home in the nice warm house and hung out on the computer helping me write my blog – but no, she took me for a walk.

Well, I’m game pretty much anytime but this time it wasn’t quite fair. After all, my person has a jacket with a hood on it and her hair stayed dry. I ended up a little on the damp side by the time our walk was over.

It was a pretty cool walk though. I found lots and lots of slippery, slimy, squishy mud – it kind of reminded me of my slobber – about the same consistency (did I say that word – consistency?) Okay person, stop interjecting with words that I don’t even know what they mean.

Our walk out in the mud and the rain was a little quieter than usual. I could hear the slurping sound of the mud every time I put one of my feet in it but something was missing. We didn’t see one other person or dog on the trail today. Not one. Just a few robins and that was it. I guess all those other people were home on their computers practicing their writing and hoping I’ll let them help me with my blog someday.

Yesterday I was interviewed on the Love of My Dogs blog. I put the link up late so I thought I’d add it again in case any of you missed it.

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Posted by Bongo on January 23, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Mud, Pets, Rain, Sedona, Sedona Arizona

Merry Christmas

24 Dec

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Posted by Bongo on December 24, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Cats and Dogs, Christmas, Pets, Photography, Scratchy, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, snow

Snow Trek

05 Dec

Squishy mud, crunchy snow, and all of it cold. I love going out on the trail on snow days. I have to admit that my person makes better crunches though. She has bigger feet.

I got lots of sniffing time in – and there were some good smells – because my person kept stopping to take pictures. She said she was hoping she would get better lighting, but she kept stopping anyway. It was kind of nice – getting to stop that much. My person hardly ever lets me do that.

We met lots of people on the trail and a couple dogs. They were all out enjoying the snow like we were. One man even gave my person a heart. I thought he should give it to me, but I guess my person needs a heart too. I think she should have given it to me after I was good with those dogs though. I didn’t growl or anything.

Back to my sniffing now. I’m doing it for my person – so she can keep taking pictures.

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Posted by Bongo on December 5, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, snow

Only Dog

30 Nov

The weather was perfect for heading to the trails today. A nice, sunny day and the temperature felt just right. Not too hot and not too cold. I felt a little disappointed that the mud had disappeared, but the ground was still moist which makes it more comfortable to walk on than when it is hard and dry.

My person and I saw lots of people on the trails today. When we started out we found people heading toward us from three different directions. It made it hard to decide which way to go. Which person looked the most likely to give me loves? We kept passing people – even on the trails that hardly anyone else uses.

Something was really strange though. I felt like an only dog today. I began to wonder if they’d banned dogs from the trails and nobody told me. We almost always see other dogs on the trail – but not today.

I’m trying to figure out if I should round a few of my dog friends up – or keep all the trail people to myself.

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Posted by Bongo on November 30, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Recreation, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Shrinking Rocks

14 Nov

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Tags: Mud, Pets, Puddle, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Devil’s Kitchen

26 Oct

I’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.

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.

The trail went past a really cool 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.

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.

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

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

Tags: Hiking, Outdoors, Pets, Photography, Recreation, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail, Walking

Almost Up the Chimney

15 Oct

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Tags: Chimney Rock, Hiking, Outdoors, Pets, Photography, Recreation, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Exploring Sugarloaf

03 Oct

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.

But I finally started looking around.

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

Airport Mesa - Sedona, AZ

Mogollon Rim

Coffee Pot Rock - Sedona, AZ

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

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

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

Tags: Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona