Silent But Deadly/Ice Box Canyon

... was on a trip out west to visit 'buddy Matt' a few years back - we had just arrived back at his place after retrieval at the airport - was walkin' thru the house to stash my gear when I noticed he had a wood 2x4 or two nailed across the interior front entrance door and that the interior door frame had apparently been broken from the outside in... "... what's up with your front door?" - he replied that some asshole had broken in while he was out of the house two days earlier and he was waitin' for the insurance company to investigate the damage... "... they take anything?"..."No"... said he didn't even notice until he saw blood all over the floor of the foyer - the door was shut... apparently whoever entered was unaware of  the presence of Desert Dog Koda, M.D....

Koda holdin' the high ground

... she definitely had this punks number.. retracing the scene of the crime, she had probably been snoozing at her usual spot at the top of the stairs when the "perp" broke in - she never ever barks, so ya'd never know she was around unless she's in sight - the creep must have gotten a big surprise when she came charging down the stairs and went for his throat - the blood on the floor was his - drove him right back out the front door which he apparently slammed shut in his hasty retreat...

... she's always pretty easygoing and docile, unless threatened apparently - Matt said that the only visible disturbance to her was that her chest fur was "soaked with slobber" like she was really goin' at this creep...

... said that she earned a steak dinner that night...

... Koda hangin' out with Matt along the 'Ice Box Canyon' trail, a short 2.6 mile out and back at 'Red Rock Canyon'...

... view looking back along the narrow canyon trail ...

... rock solid canyon walls...

... located at the back of the short canyon is a pretty nice waterfall and cascade which feed some tiered pools - a pretty popular spot on a hot day in the desert...