Two Days off - continued.....

Carmel

is

my favorite

place

in the world!

Yup!

it surpasses

my fave cities in

France,

Germany,

Switzerland,

Belgium.

It surpasses

San Francisco

and

New York!

I love Carmel!

We arrived on a

perfect

summer day-

no fog.

The

sun

was heading

down

towards

the horizon

We looked at our watches..

and

noticed

that it was

"Yappy Hour"

..

time for

a cocktail

at

The Cypress Inn.

We love

the interaction

of

people,

their dogs and

cocktails..

always a fun

combo...

plus,

the setting

of the

Inn

is warm,

friendly

and charming

inside and

out.

Back home

Huckleberry was waiting for us...

(Nottie and Phinn were asleep)

Nights in Carmel are almost always cool...

aaaahhhhhh such a good night's sleep..

next day

Huckleberry

and Phinn

are seven months old...

Nottie's job

was to show them

the beach.

Carmel's beach

is

very

VERY

dog friendly

(plus, good dog

owners know the

importance

of picking up

their dog's pootie).

Off the leash

Nottie

took off

after

a seagull...

..

followed by Huck

Poor Phinn, he ran through a big sea puddle, got a snout full of salt water and

then, hoping for relief, ran his nose though the sand.

need

I

say

more?

TRAUMA

That little voice that

says

"flee"

screamed loudly

in Phinny's

ear

and they ran

and ran

and

ran

..

.

Tired

and

happy

we headed

back

home

and

rested by the

fire

(can't get rid of the underline)

It was a relaxing

and fun

two days off.

Thanks, John, for the GREAT Huck, Phinn and Nottie pictures!