Just Waiting on a Friend.
This is the Green Point Lighthouse, where Heidi went to look out from Johannesburg to watch Hudo’s container ship pull into port.
What’s the Point?
Mongo is a pointing Labrador. That means not only does he retrieve, but he will find birds and hold a point over then too. But how many people had actually considered the impact on dogs when people point. Mongo is pretty good at interpreting human finger pointing, which seems easy. But according to the article below, the ability of dogs to interpret human finger pointing is a major accomplishment.
When Life Hands You Sand, Then Go Off-roading!
Heidi landed in Dubai, and was amazed at all the sky scrapers.
Dubai at night (41 deg C)
In only 13 years, Dubai has transformed skyline from flat to ultra-urban.
Key West – Day 2
Day Two
Dad was up early. He walked to a coffee shop on Duvall St. For a establishment that was almost empty, the two baristas were extremely busy. The Mystery of the Missing Tourists continued. Read More…
Packing up for Africa
Hudo and Heidi have packed up from Sout America to head to Africa. The ordinal route of Clärenore and Axel
would have been from South America to South Africa, but as Heidi explained in her Instagram, modern airline fares made it cheaper to fly a different route. Read More…
Key West -Day 1
Dad spent most of February in Atlanta this year. Mongo does not get to go to places like Atlanta with Dad. In fact fewer and fewer airlines are even accepting big dogs for carriage. So Dad goes on these trips solo.
At the beginning of the month, a snow storm was forecast for the weekend. Dad saw no good reason to stay in Atlanta if it was going to snow, especially, since he could get to the Florida Keys very easily. So he made the easy decision to take a quick hop to Key West.
On Friday, Dad jumped a flight heading south. The flight into Key West was almost empty. The lack of passengers on a Friday evening struck him as odd. He know there had to be a reason.
The plane arrived in Key West just after sun down. The few passengers walked out in the open towards the terminal.
Kachess Ridge Trail
It was now noon. Dad needed to figure out how to burn off some of the massive amounts of sugar Mongo had recently consumed. (Click HERE to read about Mongo and molasses.) Poor Dad had run errands for Mom-mom all morning as penance for leaving the molasses and corn syrup out where Mongo could find them.
Now he needed to get Mongo moving before all that sugar turned to pudge. He studied his copy of “Best Hikes with Dogs”
“Kachess”, he said aloud to Mongo. We’re going to hike the Kachess Ridge. It was exceptionally warm for the first day of May, but that shouldn’t be problem thought Dad. There was plenty of water along the route and he would carry some extra water and doggie nom-noms just in case.
The various guides Dad had consulted promised,
“The trail to Kachess Beacon is steep much of the way, but it is easy to get to, well-shaded, and less than three miles long.”
It seemed like a good choice. It was a bit closer than Dad’s favorite hike to Snoquera. And since it was already noon, they did not have a lot of time to spend in transit. It had a 1500 ft climb, so they would get a good workout, and it looked like a fun hike… Read More…
Mongo’s gallery
Mongolope 
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