OUR HOUSE
But once I closed escrow on our current house, about a good 45 minutes drive out of the way, we hardly have time to take him out on the weekends, so we tried to discover other places that are in the greater LA area that will do, but we always try to go to the HDB whenever possible. Today, we did just that. We always love HDB; it's our favorite ever, and as much as we love discovering new places, there is a comfort in normalcy. If something's not broken, why fix it, right? If you have a dog and you live in the OC, this is the place to be.
Here's a few photos of the boys settling in. This is how we usually do Saturday nights.
LONG BEACH DOG BEACH
Since we moved in the early February back to LA, we have found the Long Beach Dog Beach - it is an off-leash dog beach just around the corner from the famous Belmont Shore/Naples area. When you head east on Ocean Blvd, keep right, and take Ocean Blvd all the way, which is behind Alamitos Bay. We have not gone back there since the first time, since it does not have a barrier between the parking lot and the dog beach area. And Tico is a little bit on the wanderer to keep him off-leash the entire time. Otherwise, it's a great beach alternative to HDB. It was still winter time, so I am wearing my jacket. Here is Tico trying to catch bubbles (he loves them!).
SANTA MONICA, CA
March was a particularly busy month for the three of us. Here are some of the best photos of Tico and the gang. He was on the fence, trying to see if he could join me a few of our friends at the Main Street Farmer's market in Santa Monica's lawn area, while we shopped for fresh vegetables and ate lunch before we headed to cheer on our friend D, who's in the LA Marathon, where the finish line is on Ocean and Broadway in downtown Santa Monica a couple of miles north of us.
PACIFIC PALISADES (MALIBU), CA
Here we were on our botched day in the park on Los Liones, in Pacific Palisades, just south of Malibu. And it said "no dogs". So we just walked back downhill, and found a dog-friendly park just down the hill.
WRIGHTWOOD, CA
Later in the month, we figured we'd go to Wrightwood, a snow resort community about 1 1/2 hours of LA. We have found a near-frozen lake area called Jackson Lake, where we found slopes, and bought a plastic disc, and had a great time playing in the snow. This photo is just above Snow Summit Ski Resort. He didn't know what to make of the snow for the first few minutes, and kept digging his head in the ground. But he loved taking pictures, so he finally sat up for this shot.
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