That's me and Eileen in our cage!!! Pretty spacious, right???Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Free Henoozle!!
I thought I would show you what my life is like here in Monterey...
That's me and Eileen in our cage!!! Pretty spacious, right???
That's me and Eileen in our cage!!! Pretty spacious, right???
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Pinnacles hike and various wildlife sightings
So, we're tired today - yesterday was our first long hike in a long time. We went out to the Pinnacles and it was a georgeous day. When we arrived the temperature was right around the freezing point, but who cares when the next 1.5 miles is straight up.
We hiked to the High Peaks, which doesn't take all that long. The the top we saw this large family who had gotten up early and were now eating and enjoying the view, all the while listening to music for their little ghettoblaster. We then continued our trek to North Chalone peak. To get there, we went by the reservoir which was completely still. By now the temperature was probably in the 70's (20's Celcius) and Chalone peak, which has a fire-watch tower on top seemed awfully far away..."that peak is far away, man!!" But we pressed on and were rewarded with great views of the sorrounding valleys and mountains.
While hiking up to the peak Doozle ran out of water and got blisters on both of his feet. I had been saving my water pretty good (I hate water that doesn't come in a bottle), so on our way back down to the reservoir I started feeling pretty dehydrated...that all went away, when we saw a condor for the first time. We have been to the Pinnacles many times but never seen one - so this was very exciting (I would show you the picture, but it just looks like a dark blob). We also saw a Prairie Falcon, Bluebirds, a Spotted Towhee. But something caught my eye as we were hiking to Bear Gulch Area to fill up our water "hoozles", this.....
It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. There were ladybugs all over the place, mating, getting squished by hikers walking by totally unaware of this spectacle. We left and started heading back to the car. We had gone 15 miles (18 km) in one day and were quite frankly hungry and tired. A stop at the nearby Chalone winery filled us up with crackers and wine - yum!!
We hiked to the High Peaks, which doesn't take all that long. The the top we saw this large family who had gotten up early and were now eating and enjoying the view, all the while listening to music for their little ghettoblaster. We then continued our trek to North Chalone peak. To get there, we went by the reservoir which was completely still. By now the temperature was probably in the 70's (20's Celcius) and Chalone peak, which has a fire-watch tower on top seemed awfully far away..."that peak is far away, man!!" But we pressed on and were rewarded with great views of the sorrounding valleys and mountains. 
While hiking up to the peak Doozle ran out of water and got blisters on both of his feet. I had been saving my water pretty good (I hate water that doesn't come in a bottle), so on our way back down to the reservoir I started feeling pretty dehydrated...that all went away, when we saw a condor for the first time. We have been to the Pinnacles many times but never seen one - so this was very exciting (I would show you the picture, but it just looks like a dark blob). We also saw a Prairie Falcon, Bluebirds, a Spotted Towhee. But something caught my eye as we were hiking to Bear Gulch Area to fill up our water "hoozles", this.....
It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. There were ladybugs all over the place, mating, getting squished by hikers walking by totally unaware of this spectacle. We left and started heading back to the car. We had gone 15 miles (18 km) in one day and were quite frankly hungry and tired. A stop at the nearby Chalone winery filled us up with crackers and wine - yum!!
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