The trail behind our house

So since Dean and I have been without the car I decided to take him for a walk on the paved trail behind our house instead of just around the neighborhood like I usually do. I've never been on the trail before for more than a couple of feet. In one direction the trail goes to the train station (which is how Kevin rides his bike to the train) and I had no idea where the other direction would take us so I decided to try it out. I figured I could always turn around if Dean was fussy as it was pretty hot out. I didn't realize what I was missing! Part of the walk was rough as it was all uphill, but what a view! Here are some of the pictures I took.

As you can see Dean liked the walk a lot. You can see the Golden Hills behind him (that is why they call California the Golden State). In the winter they will be green so it will look so nice. We have a view of the hills from our house. The couple we bought the house from did warn us not to take the dogs on the trail after 6pm because there are coyotes so I don't intend to take Dean at that time either. Unfortunately it is cooler at that time and would be a beautiful walk. I saw so many squirrels and rabbits on the trail that I don't think our dog Lexie will be able to come with us because she would be trying to chase all the animals and I wouldn't be able to hold onto her. It's too bad because she needs the exercise. Although lately she has been chasing this one squirrel around the backyard. It stays on top of the fence and goes back and forth from one end of the yard to the other to the tree that it lives in. The squirrel is seriously teasing Lexie. Poor Lexie is dying to catch it or play with it and it's standing on the trunk of the tree just staring at Lexie who is only a few feet away.