Growing up in Colorado, I’m familiar with elk and moose of enormous size! My mom and I frequently encountered them on running and hiking trails. I got to thinking about Texas with all the crazy wind and rain they got lately. Although Houston doesn’t have moose or elk, they do have alligators. I wasn’t particularly […]
Kuma visits the Agua Fria National Monument in Arizona
One of the things I miss about Colorado and Texas is water. Until we moved to Arizona, water was plentiful. Wherever we hiked, I could always get a refreshing drink of water or take a nice dip to cool off. Here in the desert, water is rare. Most of our hikes are rocky and dry, […]
Kuma explores the Constellations…trail, that is!
Have I told you that hiking with my family is one of my most favorite things? Of course, I do love a great steak bone. Nothing really beats that, but adventures out with the family are pretty cool. Some are long and some are short, but we always find beauty wherever we go. Just north […]
Sedona gets snow, and Kuma is on his way!
What a winter! Phoenix, like California, has gotten a ton of rain storms with colder than normal temps and that means lots of snow up north. Woof! Rain isn’t much fun; I don’t like getting the water in my ears. Hey, don’t judge me! Snow, on the other hand, is a blast; I love […]
Kuma goes snow shoeing in Flagstaff!
I am totally grooving on living in Arizona! When we first moved here in a couple of years ago, I wasn’t so sure. The ground got awful hot and it bit me a few times with these stickers in my paws. So rude, you know? I should have known better than to question my humans, […]
Kuma Finds Snow at the Woodchute Trail
Because of lots of rain down here in the Phoenix valley, my family and I were on another S.O.S. (search of snow) mission recently, and we found it on the Woodchute Trail in Prescott, Arizona. Prescott is northwest of Phoenix about an hour or so, and we got to the Woodchute Trail #102 by taking […]
Snow Day in Flagstaff, AZ
Our S.O.S. mission (in search of snow) was successful! On New Year’s Eve day, my family and I headed up north to Flagstaff. Good thing because it was nothing but wet rain here in Phoenix. The dreary, dark day good for nothing but a nice long nap turned to a most wonderful adventure at higher […]
Kuma hikes Waterfall Canyon for a Christmas adventure
Our Christmas Eve tradition is to snow show, when possible. Our three years in Texas didn’t allow us to snow shoe as no snow could be found. This year, the rains came, making everything messy here in Arizona. We will have an SOS mission soon: in search of snow! For now, we decided to try […]
Kuma is Dreaming of a White Christmas
I wasn’t sure about this place called Arizona when we first moved here in May 2015. The temperatures got pretty hot, and the ground attacked me, leaving stickers in my paws. What were my parents thinking? They kept telling me to just wait. I’m a Shiba Inu, and I’m great at many things, but waiting […]
Something Bizarre Happened to Kuma this Morning…
My mom and I take adventures together every day. Sometimes we go visit the grass at the park, sometimes we hike, and other times we run. I’m a smart Shiba-Inu, don’t you know, so I know the difference. How you ask? Well, after my mom’s morning ritual of filling up me and my brother’s water […]
