By Very happy birthday to my favorite adventure dog! She never quite connected with the warrior side of her name but she’s always been a princess.👑
Thanks for being my motivation and inspiration to stay active, healthy and explore every day.🐾
Thanks for being my personal security guard. Because of you, solo travels are less solo.🚗
Thanks for protecting the house (from the mailman) when I am at work.📬
Thanks for making sure our Roomba has something to do (how do you not have a bald spot w/ all that hair loss?)😩
Thanks for convincing me that you can be a portable heater at night. You are surely warm and cuddly. But I am still not sure if that was for me or more for you the way you move into my space as the night goes and I have to fight to keep the blanket on.😈
Thanks for fighting the bathroom rug middle of the night couple times a week. I didn’t realize it came alive at night.👀
Lastly, thanks for being patient when I stop on our walks to take photos. Lots of them. I will try to remember that better this year when you stop to investigate scents on our walks. Frequently. Even though you already sniffed that spot billion times during our earlier walks.
Love you very much.❤ Happy 4th birthday!!!! 🐶🎂🎉
Hiking Girl with Dog 
Haaa haaaa haaaa. I loved reading this post. Happy birthday Xena! One of the most luckiest living thing on this planet cause you belong to Jamie! 😊
Best wishes to you too Jamie cause this is a very special day for you too!
Aww Thanks, Achu!! ❤️ Happy New Year!
Happy birthday, bathroom rug wrestler! Ha ha! This is so sweet!
Yea. . I have no clue what’s that all about. Never a dull moment with her. .even at night! Ha ha. Thank you for your comment! 😊
Happy Birthday Xena! Hike on little one!!
Thank you so much!! 😄
Happy Birthday, Xena!!!!
Thank you!! 😊
Happy Birthday Xena! Lots of imaginary dog biscuits your way:) Such a cutie!
Awww thanks!! You know, I actually baked biscuits for her birthday and I was nicely surprised that I can bake! Ha ha.
I’ve been away and just catching up with everyone again. It’s lovely to read through your blog posts again and see your happy dog and lovely hiking scenes. I hope 2016 brings you many more enjoyable walks in the outdoors with Xena. 🙂
Jane! Welcome back!! I thought of you many times and hoped you were ok. I wish you all the best for 2016 as well. Did you post something recently? I miss your writing and impressive depth of knowledge. Not to mention the beautiful photos of yours. Good to hear from you! 😊
Thank you! I had a long break from blogging and reading blogs due to illness and family activities. While visiting relatives I did make a trip to one national park though which I eventually wrote a post about recently. It was a wonderful place to unwind. Like you, I don’t enjoy the heat as much and will probably not post very regularly until the weather cools down. Thanks for your good wishes! 🙂
I see.. Hope you are feeling better. I forgot it’s summer over there right now. I will have to check out your trip! Stay cool. 😊