Klondike Causes Cardiac Arrest and Other, Less Scary, Walk Photos

 

What’s even better than a dip in the Pacific Ocean followed by a dirt bath on an unusually warm November’s day? Here’s an idea!!! Not falling off a 15-foot vertical drop onto rocks while doing it!!!  And yet again, Klondike’s recall training saved everyone from  a very bad day. Of course, Klondike utterly unaware of his close brush with gravity or mine with cardiac arrest.

And here’s some pure dogish joy on a Wag ‘n Trails hike in Wildcat Canyon. And this time without any major drama, though the rain left everyone muddy and soaked. The slender white dog you see to Kondike’s right is Barney, who is half Pyranese.

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Klondike, Mieko (holding camera) and I heading out to Lake Merritt.

Lake Merritt is not a bad way to walk a paved 3.5 miles. It’s beautiful, convenient, and is broken into sections, all feeling very different. Since it’s often crowded with people, bikes, skateboards, we don’t go very often, but our walk today was great.  That’s Mieko and Klondike underneath the sign for Fairyland. Built in the 1950s, Fairyland is a small amusement park located by the side of the lake and aimed exclusively at young kids. Apparently, when first built Fairyland had a small train that went around part of the lake.

This Klondike meeting Ken Houston, whose East Oakland Beautification Council is, in addition to removing graffiti and dumped trash throughout Oakland,  is refurbishing the historic geodesic dome at Lake Merrit.

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And of course, no blog entry is complete without a few shots from Tilden

Mr. Klondike Makes a new friend on the Curran Trail

With Lake Anza in The Background

This is where the leash goes on, and we head back towards the parking lot