This is a tribute to Ally’s rescue dog HERO . Because we (family) have a lot of photos it will be BLOGGED in Two Parts. HERO was ALLY’s companion, protector and best friend. Wherever Ally went, there was HERO. When HERO was a puppy, he lived next door to my oldest daughter Nadia. His owners did not take care of him and left him in the backyard while they were gone all day…
This is the first photo of Hero taken by Nadia…
One day, Nadia noticed the HERO was no longer in the backyard next-door and left a note on her neighbor’s door that HERO was missing. After a day, she went back, in the evening and asked where HERO was. The occupants feigned ignorance and stated that HERO must have run away. Nadia didn’t buy that explanation and went looking for HERO …
She found him here, at a nearby pound/shelter…
HERO was not a happy pup…Nadia called her sister Ally and asked if she would be interested in fostering HERO, until a permanent home could be found for him. Ally was all engaged in that suggestion and went through the process of adopting HERO. Fat chance that HERO would not become Ally’s shadow and a fixture in her life…
A young HERO…
HERO at home in Simi Valley with Gabby…
HERO beside himself after ALLy’s trip to China and the Philippines with NICK in 2018…
HERO was the best fed dog…
HERO loved sunshine…
HERO basking…
By the pool with Gabby…
HERO & Ally…bed mates
Stylin’ O’Pop’s Stetson…
Ally’s favorite photo of HERO at home with a bandana…
HERO’S daily view…
HERO was an outdoor adventure kinda’ guy. What follows are his trips to various locations here in CA before he moved up to Pullman, WA while Ally got her degree in Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University. HERO may have had something to do with Ally’s choice of profession…
With O’Pop at 6AM along Lone Pine Creek 2013…
Ally & HERO Symmes Creek in the Owens Valley along the base of the Sierra…
Water dog…
Taking care of BIZ near Manzanar in the Owens Valley – 2013
Near Lone Pine Creek…
Sunset at Lone Pine Creek…
In the sagebrush at Goose Lake, Dec. 2013…
Goose Lake…another favorite of Ally…
In the Owens Valley…2013
Ready for my close up…
Hand out at Georges’ Creek Sandtrap…Dec.2014
Downtown Lone Pine with Michael – Dec.2014
HERO also enjoyed his visits to urban areas like San Francisco with Ally and sometimes the family…
In the marshes with Ally – 2012
Ally & HERO on the beach in Carmel, CA – 2012
With Liz Tran in September 2012
Up in SF for Michael’s graduation – May 2013
Some of HERO’s favorite places in the Eastern Sierra:
Bridgeport Reservoir – 2014
Hiking with Ally above Little Virginia Lake – 2014
On the trail with Ally –
Cooling off…
Hugs at Virginia Creek Settlement – 2015
Boat snooze with Ally & Nick, Little Virginia Lake – 2015
Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery …
My favorite photo of Ally & HERO …at the summit – 2015
North Lake Trout…
Upper Twin Lake Bridgeport, CA – 2015
Lanark Lake, Eastern Sierra – 2016
Smokey snooze lakeside…
North Lake above Bishop, CA – 2016
Sierra Road Dog…
Long leash …
Above Kernville in the Southern Sierra…
Kern River – Dec. 2016…
Kern River Dec. 2016…
Cabin in Northern CA – Dec. 2016…snoozer
Alabama Hills Sunrise…
Alabama Hills and Mt. Whitney…
Bishop,CA and long gone Culver’s Sporting Goods…
Long Valley in the snow…
Malibu Beach, September 2016…
Somewhere out beyond Joshua Tree…
Death Valley, CA…
Just another dry lakebed…Death Valley, CA – 2016
More dry lakebed…with bumps…Death Valley, CA 2016
Agua Dulce hike…2016
Red Rock Canyon – 2017
Looking for Flash Gordon – Red Rock Canyon…
Up there…
Goose Lake with Dad looking for small, pointy, black stuff…
Alabama Hills with Michael…Dec. 2017
Alabama Hills, above Lone Pine, CA…
Mt. Whitney Portal waterfall…Michael, Liz Tran, Ally & HERO…Dec. 2017
Northern CA…first trip to Pullman, WA to recon WSU…
With Kyle and Liz in the redwoods…
Big trees…
With the family at Virginia Lakes – August 2017…
Family hike into the backcountry…
The last phone booth, Bridgeport, CA August 2017…
AM snacking at the Jolly Kone in Bridgeport, CA…
Taking a break in the parking lot a Little Virginia Lake…
Pleasant Valley Res., Bishop, CA – November 2017
Sandtrap Lone Pine Creek…November 2017…
NEXT: HERO Part II…Pullman, WA, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada and home…2018 -2023
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