Into the Woods!

Happy B&W Sunday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! 

Boundary Trail!

Phoenix

Happy Fit Dog Friday everyone! This week you might have read about how I took a little spill. Well as soon as I was able to I got them right back out to the park and we spent a lot of time on the Boundary Trail. The Boundary Trail is just what it sounds like. It's the outer trail at the park. It's pretty over grown in a lot of the spots which makes for interesting photos!

Zoe

This is also pretty much the only area of the park where the grass is still green. The rest of the park has been fried by the ridiculously hot summer we are dealing with!

Phoenix & Zoe

The girls got a lot of good running in and they had a lot of fun, too! I'm hoping the weather will cool off soon so we can play in the water again. With it being so hot I'm still concerned about algae blooms so we've been avoiding the river.

I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

What have you been up to lately?

Hiking Lost Lake

Zoe & Phee pose at Lost Lake

Yesterday we drove two hours into Mt. Hood National Forest to go hiking at Lost Lake! Lost Lake has been on my to-do list since I saw a picture of my friend and her dog Graham there. It's a gorgeous spot and I decided I wanted to do it before the season started because it can get very busy, according to my research.

Race Ya!! B&W Sunday

With these girls, everything is a race! They are so funny! If you missed it, check out our Huckleberry Wilderness Hike that we did yesterday!

Happy Sunday everyone!

Huckleberry Wilderness

Yesterday we went hiking with my friend. The girls had a great time and even got some off leash running in. The trails were pretty deserted and it was really fun. I think everybody liked it!

The dogs had a great time running around on all of the fallen trees.

Phoenix posed on the top of the cliffs at the lookout point. Beyond this cliff was a beautiful field full of flowers. There wasn't a safe point for me to photograph them, though. It was recommended online to stay off the bluff trail so we didn't try to go down it. The girls are like mountain goats, though and they were fine. I know it looks really dangerous but right behind Phoenix is a little hill not a huge drop off.

The trail is considered "moderate" and I figured out why after a couple of miles. At first it was pretty meandering and you're just wandering through old growth forest with some stream crossings and rock hopping then it just starts going up and up and up. I don't really like doing gain hikes but it was more fun on the way back down. LOL!

Zoe was stuck on the leash for a while. She can be naughty around prey animals and she's generally a free spirit wanting to make her own paths. We wanted to make sure she was really "with us" before letting her do her thing. It worked out well and on the way back we ended up letting her go. She did listen to us while also doing her own thing so it was fine.

Phoenix was off the leash for most of the hike. She loves running up and down the trail between us and she's totally fine being loose. She actually did pretty amazing! On the way back to the car we came across two large off leash dogs and she passed them by with no issues and she didn't even get snarky when the one dog was being pushy. I am very proud of her!

There were so many beautiful wild flowers!

The trail got a little crazy, sort of off the side of this mountain and then there was another trail that went straight up so we decided to turn back and call it day. We probably did 6-ish miles but I can't be for sure because I couldn't get my gps to work. After our hike we had a nice picnic lunch but I didn't take any photos of it.

So that was our little hiking trip. I hope you're all having a great weekend!

Involuntary Swim and Unwanted Guest!

The other day, we took my husband with us to the park. He works a lot so he doesn't get to come along very often. Since the forecast said it was probably going to rain I didn't bring my better camera and all of these photos were taken with my smart phone. I apologize for the quality! Anyways, in keeping with my "explore new trails" theme, we did just that. We decided to walk along the river and at one point we came across this nice look out spot (pictured above).

Throw the Stick! Sisters on Saturday

Have a great weekend everyone!

Fit Dog Friday Award and Hiking at Tryon Creek State Park

I am truly honored and very excited to tell you all that ZoePhee won another award! Thank you so much to all the hosts of Fit Dog Friday: Slim Doggy, My GBGV Life and To Dog With Love. To check out the other winners visit My GBGV Life.

Yesterday we had a very busy day! We went to a few different places and I can't wait to share everything with you all! Since today is Fit Dog Friday, I figured I'd share the hike part of our day. We went hiking at Friends of Tryon State Park it's one of my most favorite parks in the Portland area. The park is pretty quiet and peaceful. You see people but usually it's a quick pass on the weekdays and then you have the place to yourself again. It's a great way to decompress after other busy activities. The girls really like it here and it's a great place to walk.

Flying! Wordless Wednesday

Phoenix found a new obstacle to fly over! A tree fell over one of our favorite trails at Thousand Acres! This was not a problem for either of my dogs!

Zoe didn't get as much air as Phee did but she's not as bouncy, either! Also, notice how green the trees are!!! I'm so excited that the forest is alive again. Spring is my favorite season and seeing the new leaves on the trees makes me so happy.

Also, fun fact about me: April is my favorite month!

Thousand Acres Park - Fit Dog Friday

We've been going to Thousand Acres a lot in the past few weeks. The weather in Oregon has been oddly sunny and I love taking advantage of the good weather to get the girls out for exercise!

Two on Tuesday

Flooded Forest B&W Sunday

Phoenix is posing on the cliff by the Sandy River. The forest is flooded!

Someone's Going to Need Another BATH! Monday Mischief

Both Zoe and Phoenix are girly girls. They don't like getting wet and walking through mud puddles just doesn't happen.. Rolling in disgusting things is practically unheard of! Well until now...

WET Dog! Sepia Saturday

 

I finally got Phoenix in the water! :D

Charging through the foliage! Monday Mischief

We took the girls back to the river for a photo shoot. They had so much fun running through the foliage!

Rock-hopping River Dogs - Wordless Wednedsay

These girls sure do love going to the river! They have an awesome time exploring and rock hopping.

Posing on the Granite - Sepia Saturday

I just love this picture. It's from our favorite hiking spot by Wrights Lake. There are huge slabs of granite to explore out there. The girls love it!

Let's go hiking! B&W Sunday

Phoenix says, "let's go hiking"!!

TBT - Zoe at Hoyt Arboretum

Hoyt Arboretum is an awesome park in Portland, Oregon.

Zoe's Birthday Hiking trip!

For Zoe's Gotcha Birthday, we took her and Phoenix to Wrights Lake for a hiking trip! I absolutely love this area. It's "Desolation Wilderness" in the west from Lake Tahoe.