Friday, October 17, 2008
October 18, 2008-
No one ever told me how much I would get to sleep here in out new condo!! The new bed is so comfortable, I just cannot bring myself to get up. Of course the walks through the hotel gardens are so exciting -so many new scents every day. Carol and I start our walk about 7:00 am right after we wave bye-bye to Barney as he drives off to work (he is finishing up the handrails on that beautiful, cliff-edge home up the mountain). I have developed my own walking routine and I don't like it when Carol wants to change it up-so she rare does!!
We spend more time these days on the sunny trails during the noon walk because it feels so good to sit on the big rocks and hold our face up to the warmth. The flowers in those gardens are still real pretty and the pink roses seem to bloom constantly!! I like to watch the ducks swim with their tails in the air-I can't figure out why they do that though!!!
The wind and weather has been so calm that we have been taking long walks at night when they return from dinner -seems there are so many wonderful places to eat in Hood River that they go out often, especially to Nora's-where Carol always gets to order food that Nathan prepares. -last night he gave them cherry and almond cookies he had just baked-but did I get one? of course not!! (but Carol is baking fresh biscuits for me today!! ) They took pictures on our walk last night, but the ones of the lighted boat parade on the river just would not turn out. It was awesome watching the little colored lights float along on the water-kind of spooky!!
Today starts the annual Harvest Festival on the riverfront!! Yea!! lots of walking and associating with the other Gorge dogs-as a new Gorge dog, I get many curious looks and sniffs as I seem to be cleaner and better groomed than some (maybe when I learn to swim in the river and take more walks in the rain/mud I won't stand out!) There will be fresh apples, pears, pumpkins and berries (they have huckleberries here) and many tents filled with arts and crafts. At 7 the festival shuts down till Saturday morning but the polka dancing and micro-brew beer drinking begins!! Good fun for them-I have to stay in my crate in the car-that is where all Gorge dogs go during festivities!! Hope they don't park near a barker!-last time a rat-looking dog in a Range Rover screamed at every thing that walked by!! Carol says she is going to get Barney dancing on the polka floor-maybe after a pale ale, he will volunteer to go!-yeah, right !!!
They will probably go to church Sunday morning (they skipped out last week to go for a autumn drive with Nathan and Jenny) and if it is still nice out we will drive up to Mt. Hoodafterwards. We drove Nathan up a Washington mountain last Sunday and he rode his mountain bike all the way down. We met him at the end of the trail and boy!! was he going fast!! Carol and I started walking up the trail to get a better look-and all of a sudden she saw him and we barely got out of his way!!! She didn't get to take a photo, so she made him go up the trail a ways and re-enact his return! but he didn't mind-he really loves to ride. ( I would to if I was a human boy!!-don't know about that helmet though and all those pads on your legs-the gloves were nice though).
Well, it is almost time for the noon walk and it is another nice, sunny day-the river is still calm, no white caps yet. We can actually see the rain and clouds from Portland come down the gorge, but they always stop and tumble over each other before they get here-leaving half the river sunny and the other half all rainy looking-weird!!
So, Carol has her new red hoodie on (hunting season is still going on, so ya gotta stand out in the woods!!) and she coming at me with that harness-I AM SO MUCH A GROWNUP DOG NOW-wish she would realize that!!
Later, friends-
love ya gobs
Jackson, Gorge Dog
No one ever told me how much I would get to sleep here in out new condo!! The new bed is so comfortable, I just cannot bring myself to get up. Of course the walks through the hotel gardens are so exciting -so many new scents every day. Carol and I start our walk about 7:00 am right after we wave bye-bye to Barney as he drives off to work (he is finishing up the handrails on that beautiful, cliff-edge home up the mountain). I have developed my own walking routine and I don't like it when Carol wants to change it up-so she rare does!!
We spend more time these days on the sunny trails during the noon walk because it feels so good to sit on the big rocks and hold our face up to the warmth. The flowers in those gardens are still real pretty and the pink roses seem to bloom constantly!! I like to watch the ducks swim with their tails in the air-I can't figure out why they do that though!!!
The wind and weather has been so calm that we have been taking long walks at night when they return from dinner -seems there are so many wonderful places to eat in Hood River that they go out often, especially to Nora's-where Carol always gets to order food that Nathan prepares. -last night he gave them cherry and almond cookies he had just baked-but did I get one? of course not!! (but Carol is baking fresh biscuits for me today!! ) They took pictures on our walk last night, but the ones of the lighted boat parade on the river just would not turn out. It was awesome watching the little colored lights float along on the water-kind of spooky!!
Today starts the annual Harvest Festival on the riverfront!! Yea!! lots of walking and associating with the other Gorge dogs-as a new Gorge dog, I get many curious looks and sniffs as I seem to be cleaner and better groomed than some (maybe when I learn to swim in the river and take more walks in the rain/mud I won't stand out!) There will be fresh apples, pears, pumpkins and berries (they have huckleberries here) and many tents filled with arts and crafts. At 7 the festival shuts down till Saturday morning but the polka dancing and micro-brew beer drinking begins!! Good fun for them-I have to stay in my crate in the car-that is where all Gorge dogs go during festivities!! Hope they don't park near a barker!-last time a rat-looking dog in a Range Rover screamed at every thing that walked by!! Carol says she is going to get Barney dancing on the polka floor-maybe after a pale ale, he will volunteer to go!-yeah, right !!!
They will probably go to church Sunday morning (they skipped out last week to go for a autumn drive with Nathan and Jenny) and if it is still nice out we will drive up to Mt. Hoodafterwards. We drove Nathan up a Washington mountain last Sunday and he rode his mountain bike all the way down. We met him at the end of the trail and boy!! was he going fast!! Carol and I started walking up the trail to get a better look-and all of a sudden she saw him and we barely got out of his way!!! She didn't get to take a photo, so she made him go up the trail a ways and re-enact his return! but he didn't mind-he really loves to ride. ( I would to if I was a human boy!!-don't know about that helmet though and all those pads on your legs-the gloves were nice though).
Well, it is almost time for the noon walk and it is another nice, sunny day-the river is still calm, no white caps yet. We can actually see the rain and clouds from Portland come down the gorge, but they always stop and tumble over each other before they get here-leaving half the river sunny and the other half all rainy looking-weird!!
So, Carol has her new red hoodie on (hunting season is still going on, so ya gotta stand out in the woods!!) and she coming at me with that harness-I AM SO MUCH A GROWNUP DOG NOW-wish she would realize that!!
Later, friends-
love ya gobs
Jackson, Gorge Dog
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
October 7, 2008-
Oh! the wind! Oh! the mud! Oh! the rain!! But, WOW the beauty it all creates!! I have never had my paws cleaned as much as I have since I arrived in Oregon. I actually dread going outside because of all the fuss Carol makes when we get back indoors! I mean I can get all that rain/mud/pine tar off on that big rug you bought for me and the chair and couch-didn't you go to all that trouble to cover it up for me to use??!!?? Get a Gripp!!
Today, we were up before sunlight! The trail we usually take up to the hotel was totally different to me. The foliage was smashed in ways I have not noticed before-the smells were fascinating-like nothing I have ever known before! I could of stayed alot longer, but nature called and I went to my "special " place in the "white garden". Carol likes for me to go there because the trash can is nearby (remember, Oregon is the place where dogs rule-their owners are ordered to pick up their poop and throw it away-so cool). Afterwards, we go into the hotel and Carol gets a cup of coffee in the room with the fireplace and sometimes we sit by the fire and I get to watch the flames pop out at us. When we leave, I like to go to the west garden to smell around the sumac tree-whatever lives there has an intoxicating aroma and the leaves keep changing colors-everyday it looks like a different tree!!! Carol likes the pink/purple garden-she just noticed the hydranges-she says she sees a different plant everyday even though we walk the trails everyday!!
She let me off-leash today and I ran and ran-then I saw the ducks!! whoppee! off I went-I chased them all back into the water-I'll show them quackers who the boss is around here!! Carol looked a little scared, but I came back-eventually! Hey! she isn't the only free spirit around here!!
Barney came home for lunch today!! two days in a row!! what a treat for all!! He is working on a handrail up in the mountains just 5 minutes from here-he is amazed that the house has a deck made of mahogany (wonder if that has piggy in it?) anywho-HE was impressed!! I think he likes working for the Bull Dog-they seem to like him-they just tell him what they want him to do and he does it and they leave him alone!!
A washer and dryer arrived last week, and that made Carol so happy-said she didn't have to ever leave the house to go to the laudromat if she didn't want to-especially on Saturday when we all like to go on scenic drives!! We went over a big green bridge last weekend to the state of Washington! I have been to 15 states now, and boy it was nice there!! They went to Dickies-a local produce market and Carol just loved it-lots of apples and blackberries-the pumpkins were of every size and color!! Looks like we will have pie soon-MY personal favorite!!
When we got home, I was just exhausted and one of my little pleasures is to stretch out all over their clothes -teach them not to hang up their stuff!!!
Well, the wind has been howling down the gorge, but now it has subsided a bit-Carol is coming at me with my harness, so it is time for me to run (just a little stimulus game I play with her, bless her heart!!) Gotta get......................love ya'll-jack
Oh! the wind! Oh! the mud! Oh! the rain!! But, WOW the beauty it all creates!! I have never had my paws cleaned as much as I have since I arrived in Oregon. I actually dread going outside because of all the fuss Carol makes when we get back indoors! I mean I can get all that rain/mud/pine tar off on that big rug you bought for me and the chair and couch-didn't you go to all that trouble to cover it up for me to use??!!?? Get a Gripp!!
Today, we were up before sunlight! The trail we usually take up to the hotel was totally different to me. The foliage was smashed in ways I have not noticed before-the smells were fascinating-like nothing I have ever known before! I could of stayed alot longer, but nature called and I went to my "special " place in the "white garden". Carol likes for me to go there because the trash can is nearby (remember, Oregon is the place where dogs rule-their owners are ordered to pick up their poop and throw it away-so cool). Afterwards, we go into the hotel and Carol gets a cup of coffee in the room with the fireplace and sometimes we sit by the fire and I get to watch the flames pop out at us. When we leave, I like to go to the west garden to smell around the sumac tree-whatever lives there has an intoxicating aroma and the leaves keep changing colors-everyday it looks like a different tree!!! Carol likes the pink/purple garden-she just noticed the hydranges-she says she sees a different plant everyday even though we walk the trails everyday!!
She let me off-leash today and I ran and ran-then I saw the ducks!! whoppee! off I went-I chased them all back into the water-I'll show them quackers who the boss is around here!! Carol looked a little scared, but I came back-eventually! Hey! she isn't the only free spirit around here!!
Barney came home for lunch today!! two days in a row!! what a treat for all!! He is working on a handrail up in the mountains just 5 minutes from here-he is amazed that the house has a deck made of mahogany (wonder if that has piggy in it?) anywho-HE was impressed!! I think he likes working for the Bull Dog-they seem to like him-they just tell him what they want him to do and he does it and they leave him alone!!
A washer and dryer arrived last week, and that made Carol so happy-said she didn't have to ever leave the house to go to the laudromat if she didn't want to-especially on Saturday when we all like to go on scenic drives!! We went over a big green bridge last weekend to the state of Washington! I have been to 15 states now, and boy it was nice there!! They went to Dickies-a local produce market and Carol just loved it-lots of apples and blackberries-the pumpkins were of every size and color!! Looks like we will have pie soon-MY personal favorite!!
When we got home, I was just exhausted and one of my little pleasures is to stretch out all over their clothes -teach them not to hang up their stuff!!!
Well, the wind has been howling down the gorge, but now it has subsided a bit-Carol is coming at me with my harness, so it is time for me to run (just a little stimulus game I play with her, bless her heart!!) Gotta get......................love ya'll-jack
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