Hollywood-Doggie wood

So today was Hollywood sign park day, off to the big huge monumental sign that proudly shines over the mountains bringing the true-ness to glamor and stardom. The weather this morning was amazing and beautiful, a little chilly, but so clear and fresh smelling, I knew this would be a great park day for us. Charlie and I ventured off to Wholefoods, grabbing snacks and goodies, not forgetting the Buddha with his treats, we played some great tunage in the car as we drove to the 110 to the 101 to Hollywood. Honestly, I love Hollywood to begin with, its filled with so many fabulously unique souls, each one different than the next that just driving down Hollywood was exciting for us (can you tell I don't get out much haha). Going up the windy small side streets we gazed at the amazing houses and beautiful views, and Buddha got more and more antsy as we oohhed and aaahed in our sightseeing modes. We arrived all the way at the end of the park, which seemed nice and pretty, I didn't see a dog park of sorts, but I figured we may have to walk a bit first to check out the surroundings. Buddha bounded ahead, with his goofy and puppy like stagger and we met quite a few dog owners on the way up the hilly walkway, Buddha was in sniff heaven at this moment, bounding from one patch of grass to the next, and Charlie and I were just leisurely enjoying the beauty of it all, taking it in,  of course with an 11 year old in tow, one will come to realize that any time soon this glorious nature adoration will fade away and the whining of hiking will set in. Ok, between you and me, it was a hike, and in my mind "notebook", I enlisted it as a total "to do" hike, but Ugg boots and sweats were not the things to be wearing during a heart raising workout. We came to the top of the first hill and while Buddha was loving the water falls and muddy puddles, Charlie was becoming a tad grumpy, so asking a few folks walking by, I discovered that at the other side of the park was were the dogs roam free. Aaahh I motioned to Charlie, so we turned around and drove about 10 minutes more up a very windy high and steep hill and over the top, there was the sign, right there in front of us, maybe 300 feet away (forgive my estimations, they could be pretty inaccurate) but anyway, it was awesome!! 20 some years of living here and I haven't been this close in ages, it was pretty darn cool, I must say. So then we parked and found a nice vast area of beautiful grassy heaven, Buddha joining the cute labradoodles and Boston terriers galloping around, the wind blowing their ears back, slobber flying everywhere, aaahh it was a gorgeous sight, until of course the park ranger came and informed everyone that dogs must be on a leash at all times and that this was not, I repeat, this was not a dog park...aaahh alas, sorry Buddha, the secret park that was supposed to be awesome, turned out to be beautifully forbidden for you :( , but don't fret Buuds, we shall go back to the trail and walk but the flowing waterfalls, so that you may get your thirst quenched and perhaps chase some tennis balls in the picnic area....so stopping at Gelson's for some more snacks we went back for our hike trip, this time happily continuing on, as Buddha made friends with an Australian Shepard whom he played ball with for quite a while and then he got a "what for" from a really cute Husky, all in all he had a blast, and he slept like a baby on the way home, and I'm pretty sure Charlie enjoyed himself too...and for the perfect ending to a perfect day, it started ice snowing a little as we were walking back down...how cool is that!!!  Till next time...can I get a woof woof :)