Oh Canada
July 7-10, 2022 We spent our first night in an airbnb in Vancouver BC and hiked around Lynn Canyon area. We quickly headed up to...
Travel Tips and Treats
Welcome to The Dog Kid, a blog created to share experiences with my dog kid, Zax. Look around, enjoy and ask questions
July 7-10, 2022 We spent our first night in an airbnb in Vancouver BC and hiked around Lynn Canyon area. We quickly headed up to...
June 28, 2022 We hiked the Hamilton Mountain loop trail going counterclockwise. Elevation gain 2100’ over 7.7mi (precise data below map)....
June 5, 2022 We were driving back from our Bend trip and looking for something short to let Zax run one more time and were lucky to find...
June 5, 2022 It was a rainy day but we committed to getting out there. We paddled out to a little island and to no surprise, had it all...
June 3-4, 2022 We hiked from the upper trailhead to the top and found a camping spot. It was rainy, cold and windy so we set up fast. ...
January 23, 2022 On this date, we headed out to the lahar and Jeremy taught me a little more about steering and anticipating which...
May 27-29, 2022 We hiked in about 6mi the first night, 13mi the second and about 6 again on the last day. We used Linda’s shuttles to...
May 20-22, 2022 My gaia map recording was not accurate but I believe we did about 16mi and 2700’ elevation. The first night we camped at...
May 1, 2022 The end of April beginning of may is famous for the wildflowers in the Columbia river gorge. It can draw big crowds and some...
May 10, 2022 We had our paddle boards in the car a few times before this and weather hasnt been cooperating this spring so we decided to...
May 8, 2022 This was an impromptu hike when the weather wasn’t cooperating for paddle boarding. We set off from Herman creek trailhead...
January 16, 2022 We were feeling like having a lazy Sunday so hung around the house and headed to walk along the deschutes for sunset,...
January 15, 2022 We went on a little over 4.5mi hike. I planned to go all the way up maxwell butte but lost the trail and did a little...
January 2, 2022 Today was my first day ever riding a snowmobile so started really slow and did a loop with Zax and then went back without...
January 1, 2022 It was a beautiful New Year’s Day on the pass. We snowshoed 3.8mi and took our time to enjoy the views and snow. We did...
I picked up 2 live edge slabs off facebook market place. Next, I clamped them together and tried to level them out. I used shims as...
This is both of our first times doing this project but we agreed on a generalized plan of cinder block ”walls” and a concrete slab up top...
12/25/21 This hike is normally 4ish miles from PCT in cascade locks but we put the falls in the gps and it brought us to a different...
12/24/21 We just walked ~2mi of the trail to let the dog run and see the snow and then went to white river sno park for sledding