Adventures of the Traveling Wiener

 Hello!

It has been a while since Jixer's last adventure, but this was sure worth the wait!  This weekend, Jixer and I went to visit Christopher in San Francisco.  The really exciting part, is that the Bay Area of California is soon to be our new home, so there will be much more exploring in the weeks to come!

Jixer enjoyed our long walk through SF!  We estimate that he probably walked 100 'wiener miles' on Sunday.

Of course, we took some breaks!

Here, we stopped for a rest at the beautiful, Golden Gate Park.

Jixer is enjoying his rest at the beach, and wishing he can play in the water.

He really loved the food in the Bay Area!  Here he is eating a hard boiled egg at a little coffee shop near Golden Gate Park.

Jixer also got to spend some time in his carrier.

The Golden Gate Bridge is not the only site we found on our jaunt around SF.  We came across San Francisco's City Hall.

We also found an awesome windmill surrounded by beautiful flowers.  Although, we did not go into the garden since dogs are not allowed.

Even though we did not get to see the flowers surrounding the windmill, we did come across some beautiful flowers on our trek.

Jixer also took advantage of some public transportation.

Jixer is relaxing on the BART ride from Berkeley to Downtown San Francisco.

After we ended up clear across the city on our walk, we decided to take a cab back to the hotel.  Jixer was happy to take advantage of a relaxing car ride by taking a nap.

Jixer enjoyed our stay at the Parc 55.

His favorite seat in the room was the ottoman where he could look out on the city.  

Jixer figured that he might as well splurge while on vacation, so he decided to treat himself with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in Berkeley. 

His favorite part of the trip was seeing his dad!  We both have missed him terribly the past couple of months.

Of course, we could not pass up a family photo with the beautiful bay and Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

We had a great weekend together, and cannot wait to officially move to the Bay and do more exploring.

Jixer was very tired on our way home, and made himself comfortable on his crochet blankie in the passenger seat of my car.

~Best Wishes~

Until the Next Adventure

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Adventure of the Traveling Wiener

Happy Friday Everyone!!!!

This has been such a beautiful week here on the Central Coast of California!  We had record highs earlier this week, and now it is cooling down but it is still in the 70's which is PERFECT beach weather.  Today Chris and I decided to take Jixer to Morro Bay, so we could eat a good lunch and walk around Embarcadero (the street on the water front).

He loves to watch the birds before he runs through the flock!

Here he is in front of Morro Rock.  He did not care too much about the rock and mostly just wanted to get the birds and play in the water.  But he did stop long enough for Chris to snap this picture.

Jixer always looks so cute during candid shots!

Christopher took this photo of Jixer and me; you can see a little piece of Morro Rock and all three smoke stacks (famous landmark in Morro Bay)

He liked watching the boats come in and out of the bay.

Here I am with my cute little boy!  Enjoying the view of the ocean behind us and Morro Rock in front of us.

The two most handsome boys in the world!!!  Jixer loves his daddy!

Morro Bay is definitely worth a visit!  There is awesome food and great candy...especially the salt water taffy!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

~Best Wishes~

Adventures of the Traveling Wiener

Happy Saturday!

Whether you are having a busy weekend or a laid back weekend, I hope that you are having a wonderful time!  Jixer and I made a visit to my grandma today.  Jixer always enjoys trips to grandma's house because she feeds him multi-grain Cheerios.  It was a beautiful California afternoon, so Jixer and I were able to hang out outside and take pictures of some of grandma's pretty flowers.

Jixer very much enjoyed all of the new smells and flowers.

There are so many pretty flowers at grandma's house!  

This cute little frog is also a resident in grandma's garden.

Jixer and I hope that you have a wonderful Sunday!

~Best Wishes~

Adventures of the Traveling Wiener

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

I hope you all are doing well!!! I know that I have not been on here too much lately, but hopefully that will be changing.  Earlier this week, I took Jixer, and my niece and nephew to Waller Park.  I love this park!  I have been going here for a long as I can remember!

Jixer enjoyed watching the squirrels scurry about.

The squirrels, however, did not show the same appreciation for Jixer, and made sure to keep a close eye on him. 

Like always, Jixer found a tasty stick to munch on.

Jixer also kept a close eye on the kids as they played on one of the playgrounds.

Of course, he can't be expected to watch the kids all afternoon!

It was a beautiful, California afternoon!  There was also a pretty halo around the sun.

The kiddos enjoyed climbing in the trees.

I cannot believe how big the kids are; they are growing up so fast.

Kyra is eight and will be in the 3rd grade this year.

Cody is six, and will be going into the 2nd grade!

We had a wonderful day at the park.  As I said earlier, this is a wonderful park to visit.  There is four playgrounds, a two duck ponds (watch out for the mean geese that will chase you if you have a bag!!!), several areas to have a bbq, the best disc golf course, and one of the best dog parks in town.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

~Best Wishes~

Adventure of the Traveling Wiener

Hello Everyone!

I am sorry it took me so long to post this, but it is kind of difficult without internet.  On our way from Montana to California we were able to stop at Craters of the Moon National Monument and it was awesome!!!  It was also very windy on the day we stopped by.  Jixer was not allowed on the trails, but he did come along anyways I just had to carry him in the new sling.  Needless to say the pictures of Jixer will be a little different in this post because taking pictures of a dog that is by your hip without being able to see the screen is a little difficult!

This on the first little trail my dad and I walked.  It tells you all about the park and the different types of lava flows.

It is nice having my dad around to take pictures of me and Jixer!

These are pieces from the wall of the volcano that broke away during an eruption.

The lava flow looks cool! I learned this type of lava flow is called 'pahoehoe'.

Jixer was enjoying just relaxing, being carried around, and taking in the sights.  

This tree is trippy because it looks like it is twisted over on itself.

The north side of the lava flow had cool vegetation.

Jixer liked the cool tree too!

Like I said, it was just a little windy!!! We almost fell down the mountain after a gust of wind caught me off guard!

My dad enjoyed the scenery too!

I love this place, and will definitely be going back to see more!

This is one of the 'caves' you can walk through...it is more of a tunnel.  Jixer did not come with us in the cave, but it is still worth talking about.  To get to the cave you walk down a paved trail, and a set of stairs brings you down into the cave, after that you are pretty much on your own.  There is a lot of climbing over huge piles of rocks, and it was so fun!

Here I am with my dad inside the cave.

Just to let you know, if you are only going to explore Indian Tunnel (the one we are in) you do not need to a flashlight.  The ranger said we would each need one, so my dad bought one at the visitors station at the park entrance and I had a headlamp in the car.  We did not use them at all!  There is skylights in that let plenty of natural light in, so save the $11!

My dad is climbing out of the hole at the end of the tunnel.  Again, this park is really fun to explore!

When you come out of Indian Tunnel there is no paved trail, and you get to rock jump following sticks in the lava flow, to get back to the trail.  Once more, this park is definitely worth the $8 charge to drive your personal vehicle in (that gets you in for a week too!)!!!

Jixer, dad and I had a great time on the road trip and the best part of it was our visit to the Craters of the Moon!  Definitely worth the time to get off of I-15 and explore for the day!!!

~Best Wishes~