River Walk

Hope and I went for a nice 4-5 mile hike along the American River today with a friend and her dog Carlo. It was so nice to finally get outdoors after all the heat and smoke problems of the past several days.

There were a ton of people out on the bike trail today; in fact, we ran into a friend, who as he put it, was on "only" a 30-mile bike ride.  Well, I guess when you ride across the country on a fixed-gear bike (yes, one speed!), 30 miles is nothing.  We went off trail as much as possible to avoid the bikes, but boy there sure was a ton of poison oak out there.  

Here's a picture of Carlo and Hope by the river:

And, here's a picture of Hope after we got back (yes, she has couch privileges now...):