To puppy or not to puppy

This weekend we went on a dog hunt. Unlike Oahu there are no puppies at the pet stores. We drove around to check at a few pet stores. There is one but often they just have "pig dogs" and pit bulls. We have a 25 lb. or less for this apartment. We went to the Humane Society after the pet shops. We did see two dogs we were interested in but they were already in adoption process. 

We then found a breeder of miniature schnauzers and visited them. These dogs were amazing. They were healthy, strong and nearly house trained. The parents we on site and these guys were quite well behaved. Naomi was ready to run home for the checkbook right there. I said we needed to think about it more. We went home and really tore ourselves up on the issue. I like the breed, but I want a short hair dog right now because we want a dog to take to the beach and hiking. So we had to pass. Now we have a better picture of what we have in mind. The odds are that we will have to go to Oahu to get our dog. 

On another note, we had Guri Guri ice cream. (Big thumbs up) Then, we headed up into the Iao Valley. That is some drive to start out in the desert like conditions into this rain forest style valley. We did not stop to do the hike because it was packed. We will go back later to take our time. This pic was taken at a turn off before the park at the top.