Day 2 - Sonoma

Morning walk in Salinas ... no cows here, phew!




























Sonoma Princess, cow hunting




























The Napa/Sonoma/Calistoga area captured my heart ... love at first sight! Too much to consider photographing ... perhaps on the way back south.

Traveling with Princess


The cooler contains her frozen duck and mackerels, as well as her steamed veggies (and a few diet colas, string cheeses, and fruits for me, hehe!)

Round 'em up!

Ixa took herself off for a little herding session, courtesy of my bad call on an off-leash moment. She drove the cattle from the far left of the image, uphill through a pasture, through a couple of gates, along a fence, then gathered them under a tree. When I ran up breathlessly (fearing her injury from an angry bull or the muzzle of a rancher's gun), she checked her group then sat gloating at her accomplishment ... I wish I had a picture of that!


The 5 minute drive route:


Ixa's herd


Yeah, cattledog all the way.

Go North Young Dog!

Day one, road trip north to find our next home town!

First stop for a run on the beach in Ventura


Picnic at Lake Cachuma
















On the road agaaaaaain!

holy mackerel!