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Last weekend we finally drove (not biked, mind you) over the infamous Sonora pass to camp in the Toyiabe NF.

Leavitt Meadows

Hiking up to Secret Lake

Secret Lake, where Kostadis got nibbled on by a crayfish

Tony wading in Walker River

We did a 6 mile 1300 foot elevation gain hike on Sunday, which just about killed the dog. 500 feet from the end he lied down in the shade in the middle of the trail and refused to move.

Eventually we were able to coax him to hobble to the campsite, where it turned out that he rubbed off his paw pads from the rocky trails. Now we are looking to get him these:

One of the few State Parks in CA to allow you to hike with your dog. Only of fire roads, not trails, but we’ll take it.

Starting out. I am stressed because we are on a “trail” not a “fire road.”

Butano Fire Road

Tony and redwoods

Tony inside a redwood

Group shot before we turned around, about 2.5 miles in

We ended up doing about 5 miles of hiking, with about 1/2 mile of it on a trail we were not supposed to be on. But we couldn’t actually figure out the “legal” way to get to Butano Fire Road, at least not without a ridiculous detour.