We went camping at Penrose State Park near Gig Harbor WA.

We met Suzi’s parents at the campground.

Though there were lots of people, we were able to find a spot to let the pups run on the beach for a moment.

Saw this Heron while on the beach.

Saw this Buck over by the RV pad today.

I have not see a buck for several months.

Today was special, Louis brought in a live snake!

ok, I have never had outdoor cats before... Louis and Natasha have been bringing moles, squirrels, mice, well you get the idea… sometimes live, mostly dead. I am not sure what to do… I used to have the same problem with Samantha. I guess they are trying to take care of us… Oh by the way, the cats are eating more cat food now, I guess they don’t eat what they catch!?!?!

We took a quick trip to Montana to introduce the puppies to everyone.
Our first stop was Keechelus Lake on Snoqualmie pass. The water has gone down quite a bit, but we still cannot access our normal camping spot.
You can see the island on the left side of the photo. That is where the boat ramp normally is.

The dogs got to stop by the field in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.


We got them all tired out for their visit.

Caron made sure to teach the puppies lots of bad habits. Here Gator is enjoying eating at the kitchen table!




For some reason Gator thinks if I kneel down it means that she is supposed to run thru me, not up to me… I was cleaning up after a pup, and Gator knocked me over. Suzi would not help me up until I gave her the camera…

We were shooting a bb gun, this barrel was our target… We did not realize the chipmunks had made it a nest until they started piling out of the barrel…
All the chipmunks are fine…

This robin was cute taking it’s bath…

Then a bunch of wood peckers decided to drop by.

On the way home we stopped for lunch near the Idaho Montana Border.

On the way home we decided to head for Banks Lake. It was real windy, and we ended up going really slow, occasionally having low visibility due to blowing dirt. We were glad we had a camper and not a trailer. When we got to Banks Lake we dropped all 4 jacks and that made us nice and stable in the wind. Poor Sammy, it was quite the thunder storm.

Ginger and Gator were adorable in the morning.

Gator and Bailey did a little fetch in the lake, we got so excited we forgot to take pics of them in the water...

They look like they had fun! All 4 dogs are good travelers! Yeah!!!

This is Joe's dog Bear, and Bailey.


The puppies always race over to the gate so they can go see Bear when we arrive. Bear gets really excited to see them too!

Puppies are getting HUGE!!!


Last week Gator weighed in at 20 lbs, and Bailey at 22 lbs.
This week Gator is up to 25.3 lbs, and Bailey 26 lbs. Gator is catching up!


(Above: Bailey Below: Gator)

The Fawn and her mom are still around, but are more illusive than past years. But then we have had more coyote action this year than past years too...

The Cat on the portch is IttiBitti. Louis' Mom.
(Natasha is by the bumper of the car)

According to the neighbor we got the cats from Natasha and IttiBitti have the same Mom, but are from different litters.

We were struck by how similar these 2 are in looks and movement.

We had never seen sand dunes like this at Pacific Beach.

The sand was blowing good while we were there.

Suzi took the kids for a walk on the beach.

This is what happens when you play on the beach. Fellow campers were making coments about her, such as wow, that dog is sure zonked out...

Meanwhile this is what the inside of the camper looked like.

Gator and Bailey got to have their first trip to the ocean! The outside shower came in handy. I think they had a bit of sensory overload when we arrived. They forgot everything they learned, and ran from one neat smelling thing to another. Broken crab parts were their favorite.

Ginger and Sam had fun too!

We went to Pacific Beach State park.

This is Natasha's new hobbie. She cases her pet crow into the tree. Then the crow gets back on the ground so it can be chased by Natasha again. What fun...

This is Joe and Carisha's newest family member. It is a water dragon named Velcro, because it sticks to everything.

Velcro was sick, not eating, and had so much cruddies in it's eye lids that they were sealed shut when she/he arrived. Carisha has nursed Velcro back to health. at 2 1/2 feet Velcro is about as big as she is supposed to get they are supposed to be 2 1/2 to 3 feet long, the length is mostly tail.

We took the puppies (all 4 of them) for a quick overnight camping trip last weekend.
We stopped at one of our favorite spots on Keechelus Lake. Much to our surprise the lake was higher than we had ever seen! The road ended near the picnick area.



We took the little ones on their first short hike.


The lake behind our camper is normally dry with old growth cedar stumps from logging. (this is the lake that I-90 goes along at the top of Snoqualmie pass)
Gator and Bailey had a great time!

All the puppies settled in and slept well that night.


Ginger has her special spot on the top bunk.

The puppies have fun in the back yard.

They catch a mole, then play keep away using the log in the yard as a climbing/balancing device.