Thursday, August 13, 2009

Good Times

Daisy or Babe? You be the judge. We've discovered that if you take a real tight shot of Daisy, she looks like a pig.

Our one-month training session with Daisy cost $1750. This is what we got for it: she can sit and shake, only with her left paw. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, this dog.


Daisy and her first nose-to-nose encounter with a Cape Buffalo.



It's all about Daisy or daisies. Get it? This is in Santa Ynez, a small town north of Santa Barbara where we strolled around and had lunch.




Pinnacles National Monument in central California. It was too long of a drive into the park so we got this one shot with Daisy and got the hell out of there.





Then went to Monterey on a sunny summer Sunday afternoon. Beautiful but crowded. No place to park so we grabbed a shot on the fly.






These are our good friends George and Sarah in Monterey. And Paul scored this jacket/vest from George. Happy for any handouts along the way. Hint, hint, hint. When we left Arizona it was 115+ degrees so we didn't think much about cool weather. But it's been cool along the coast and as we move north we'll need sweaters and jackets. Thanks for sending.


Scored a delicious free lunch of roast chicken, potatoes and vegetables with George and Sarah. Wonderful and longtime friends, these two. And what a beautiful place they have overlooking Monterey Bay.


I'm about to fall out of my chair from too much vino. So what else is new?


A handsome couple, George and Sarah. But where's Daisy?


Our Thousand Trails RV park in San Benito, south of Hollister. A long way to go for few amenities but since it's free for us we're not complaining. Much.


The night we were there was the annual "Luau". Oh yeah. You might want to pass this one by.


Here's a souvenir I'll be bringing back to one of you. We were told it was a Cape Buffalo.


The staff went all out on the invitations...


....and the decorations.


The whole park turned out for the Hawaiian entertainment. Oh yeah.

Everyone dressed in their finest aloha attire.

The first things that come to mind when I think of hot, dusty San Benito are the sun-kissed beaches of Hawaii. Oh yeah.



I also think of hummingbirds. There must have been fifty swarming around this feeder.


Oh yeah.


Aloha! We are outta here.



But this camper is staying. Our next door neighbor at San Benito had her campsite and RV filled to the brim with stuff.

We've found quite a few hoarders at some of these parks. Oh yeah.


Entering Sacramento but as usual missed the iconic city sign. But we do have part of this watertower.

I once worked in a building behind this row of trees.



More good friends and more free food. John and Linda in their riverfront condo in Sacramento. What a spot.


The Sacramento River rolling by their deck. It really is a perfect place. And we had a lovely evening.


Daisy trying to get at that river.
















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