Pinnacles National Park

September 13, 2014

Soundtrack:

• Islands -- A Sleep & a Forgetting
• Opeth -- Pale Communion

If you've been camping with Pongo the picture above will look familiar even if the specific campsite doesn't.  There's Pongo's purple camping blanket where he'll spend most of the evening after he's done exploring as far as his leash will let him go.  He's got his leash wrapped around something again.  That never gets old.  He's got a big goofy grin on his face.  After the Grand Canyon trip, he's got this camping thing down.

Cattle -- San Benito County, CA

I didn't take a lot of pictures.  The pictures I did take were mostly of things Pongo finds interesting.  Well, I find the animals interesting, too.  He's really into cattle, maybe a little more than I am.

Horse -- San Benito County, CA

Pongo hasn't had a good look at a horse yet.  They're always either too far away or I can't get him to look in the right direction.  I think he's going to be a big fan of horses once he meets one.

Silly Colombian Black-tailed Deer -- Pinnacles National Park, CA

Colombian Black-tailed Deer

Pinnacles is noisy with wildlife at night.  The birds and crickets are loud in the early evening, and the crickets don't stop until the sun comes up.  Pongo woke me up in the middle of the night because of a dog barking nearby.  We got up and took a little walk.  The dog didn't start barking, and then I realized that bark sounded a little strange and it was moving.  When it started it was in the direction of some campsites, but it moved into the hills that aren't open to people.  It wasn't a dog, it was a coyote.  It even got off a few good howls at the end.  Needless to say, Pongo didn't sleep until the coyote had finished its midnight aria.

Bull -- San Benito County, CA