Magic and I took advantage of a brief break in the weather and did some hiking yesterday.  We used the trailhead on Sanborn Road just off of  Big Basin Way, and hiked as far in as the trail took us — it was about a 3 1/2 hour hike.  Had I been alone, I probably could’ve done it in an hour or less, but we had a little problem: Magic hates water.  And the trail crosses the stream.  About ten times.

Yes, I had to repeatedly carry my 80 pound, bronx-bred pit bull across 6″ of water due to his supreme daintiness.

Unfortunately most of my photos didn’t come out well, and the ones that did don’t do justice to the comedy of our journey (I forgot to mention – we lost the trail at some point and decided to climb down a hill, which turned out to be incredibly steep and had tons of loose dirt.  We basically slid down a 100′ near vertical drop).  The photos also don’t really capture the amazing scenery here.  Redwoods, meandering streams, lots of old growth, mosses, birds..  not really point & shoot territory, but if I had been carrying my SLR, it probably would’ve been destroyed/waterlogged/crushed.

Anyway, we had a great time — magic was so tired when we got back he went to sleep for.. well, he’s still recovering a day later.

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