Been a while

Hi! It's me the Moxy dog and no, I haven't given up blogging entirely. Just taking a break. I'm a pretty busy dog so I've just been working on hitting my stride now that I'm back in Oregon. I've been spending quite a bit of time helping my peeps shop for a house which has made them both a bit crazy. We've also done some traveling and spent some time with my grandogrents lately. One of these days soon I'll share another adventure with you but for now I just thought I'd say hi and let you know I'm still alive! We're good, just busy!

Strange Human Activites

My people do odd things when they don't have me around. Take for example, this photo of Anna. In the back ground you'll see a strange device that levitates humans and takes them half way up a mountain. Then, they slide on those odd sticks back down the hill at high rates of speed, and do it all over again. Sort of reminds me of our friend's pet gerbil running around it's wheel. Despite the obvious wierdness of this activity, there are a lot of other people who seem to find it very exciting. And, as you'll notice, there is a distinct lack of canine representation because we're all sitting in our peoples cars enjoying the smells of the parking lot and barking loudly at each other.


(Photo-Scott Frey)- Scott, nice shot!

Musical Peeps or maybe it's a musical house?

That's the best way of describing things in the life of this dog's brain right now. First the short one left for a week of lobbying in Washington DC. Personally, I don't see the draw of a place where mud is nearly non existent but she was quite excited to experience DC, meet with Senators, Congresspeople, old friends, new friends and promote cycling and access on a national level.



Here she is with her friends Chris and Jill on the steps of the capitol just after meeting with Senator Reid's staff in that second story office just above her head in the photo (courtesy of Chris). She didn't mention anything about dogs, smelly stuff, or food so I'm not very interested in that story.



This was at the reception after a day on Capitol Hill enjoying a beverage with a cyclist from Hawaii. There were people from all over the country at the Bike Summit, but still, no dogs. I wonder if they have a national dog summit?



This is a group of Californians meeting briefly with Cogressman McClintock in his DC office to talk about mountain bike trail access in NorCal. The short one was not expecting to get to meet him as they had made the appt. with his staff so it was a pleasant suprise.



This is inside a building on Capitol Hill that is hard to escape because, apparently after the reception they closed all but one exit and there's about 50 of them so it was difficult to find the right one. Anna's in this photo somewhere.

Eventually the adventures of pavement and city came to an end and my people and I were reunited for a few brief days in our little cabin home in Hood River. Then the other one left! What is this? We go from living in a Subaru for two years to living on opposite sides of the country? I didn't sign up for this! Anyway, the tall one headed off to North Carolina for the Proffesional Trail Builders Association Conference where there was no shortage of mud, dirt, and dogs. I think he won the cool trip out of the two but hey, I'm a dog, what do I know.



Here he seems to be making up for the lack of his small person by riding around on a small person's bike.



And it seems as though I almost ended up with a new sibbling but they were all just a bit too big to fit in the carryon bag. At least he was in the company of four leggeds!



Here's Jill again! She gets to spend more time with my peeps than I do since she was in DC with Anna and in North Carolina with Jason at the conference. I think she's stalking them... It's ok though. I think she's rad and clearly she's a good person cause those puppies LOVE her.



And for your entertainment, here are two small people getting their ninja on during girlcation in Bend. And I'm off to play in the dirt with the tall one and the small one because they are finally both here! For a few days anyway. Then Jason heads to South Dakota for a month of more.

Workin Hard

The largest one in the family has taken it upon himself to build a new mountain bike trail in his spare time and I have been recruited as his assistant. Not only must I diligently keep an eye out for any ferocious forest dwellers (squirrels, butterflies, and sometimes deer) and chase them away should they come close to our trail but I am also responsible for destroying or eating any sticks that may fall onto the trail after it has been built and guarding the chainsaw as seen here.



After all the toil I have to work even harder just to get a crumb to eat by looking painfully pitiful (which comes quite naturally) and wiggling the very tip of my tail so that my adorableness and pitifulness are overwhelming and he is forced to share his lunch or feel the guilt all day.



I'm happy to say that the trail is going to be AMAZING! Can't wait till it's done so my peeps will take me riding on it!

A Vacation Without a Dog... I know, it doesn't seem like fun to me either.

The small one ditched Jason and I for a few days of hanging out with my Grandogma in Bend. Despite the fact that I was left out of this exciting adventure and didn't get to see one of my favorite and most loved people, I agreed to post a few pictures of stuff I missed out on.



This is my awesome Grandogma taking a quick break while skate skiing at Virginia Miesner Snow Park outside of Bend. They had a great time skiing but the snow was a little sticky and they had to work pretty hard.



The view of Mt Hood from 197 made for a nice drive south... really though, without a dog in the car, it must have been horribly boring.



Martinis and Beer at the Kennedy School polished off a good day of skiing and shopping. Luckily Anna returned from the fun mini vacation carrying plenty of tasty treats so I have forgiven her for leaving me at home.

Pretty Mountains in the Mist

This is a photo that Anna took yesterday of the view of Mt Hood from near Mt Adams. I live right between them. It's pretty here.