Dory and Arty's Road Trip - Part Two

Arty here today to tell you all about Day Two of our Road Trip!! 

I awoke nice and early, you know like 2:30 am, and was ready to get going!! Mama and Dory said it was WAY too early tho, so after getting a drink of water I went back to sleep until 6am. Then it was time to wrangle the girls out of bed and get ready to go!

Dory, flashy beast alert!!

Mama got us dressed first, and took us out for a short morning walkie. 

I'll just keep you company while you get ready, Mama!

 After we got back I decided to eat a bite or two of breakfast. While I was eating,  Dory kept Mama company while she took a shower and got ready.

Don't worry Dory, she won't turn the water on. Right, Mama???

Then Mama thought it would be cute to put us in the spa tub for a photo shoot. Sometimes, you just have to humor the Mamas, right??

All ready to go back here, Mama!!

Finally we were ready to hit the road!! Unknown to us, Mama had recently downloaded an app for her iPhone that tells her where EVERY LIGHTHOUSE IN THE USA is. As soon as we realized this, along with the fact we were driving along the ocean the whole way home, we KNEW we were in for a day of silly lighthouses!!

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse

  This lighthouse was very close to our hotel, and Mama stopped here to drink her coffee and eat some breakfast before hitting the road!

Rocky Coastline

 This part of the Oregon coast is famous for it's beautiful scenery along Route 101!!

Walkie Time!

We stopped at Heceta Lighthouse for our big morning walkie!

Let's go THIS way!!

The trail was just a little over a mile  (1/2 of it up hill)  to the lighthouse, so we knew it would be great exercise for all of us, and not too much for Miss Dory!

Beautiful Views

Such beautiful coastline views along the way!

Hey Arty, I think there is a squirrel down here!!

 There were lots of good smells and very interesting peemails to read!

That sure is a big lighthouse, Mama!!

 Finally we made it to the top of the hill and saw the very cool 

Heceta Lighthouse!!

Mama, you better have treats!!

We made our way back down the hill and posed for another photo shoot before hitting the road again!

Umpqua River Lighthouse

 Before we knew it (there might have been a short nap or two), Mama was pulling over at the next lighthouse!

Mama has visited this lighthouse with Daddy before, so she just hopped out and took a quick picture and we hit the road again!!

Cape Arago Lighthouse

Mama drove and drove to find this lighthouse.  The road that led to it was blocked off, lucky for us (or not) Mama has a lighthouse magnet in her head and got lucky found a place to take a picture of it! This ride taught Mama to read the information about the lighthouses BEFORE taking a one hour ride to try and find them.

Coquille River Lighthouse

By now, it was getting to be the middle of the afternoon and we got to the next lighthouse just in time for our next big walkie! After morning clouds and fog, it turned out to be a beautimous afternoon for a walkie!

Mama...I don't even thin that is a REAL lighthouse!!!

 We had a wonderful day full of pretty scenery and WAY too many lighthouses, but we finally did make it home and were soooo tired we went right to sleep!! Lighthouses can get VERY tiring!!

Boy, road trips sure are fun

and I can't WAIT to go to the BAR in June with Mama and Dory!!!

We will have all the particulars about our Practice Road Trip over at the BAR Blog on April 19th as part of our Fourth Pee of Traveling With Your Human post!

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Dory and Arty Hit the Road - Part One

 Happy Monday!! Today, I, Dory, am going to tell you all about the

road trip Arty and I took last Thursday and Friday. 

You see, Mama reallllllly wants to be able to take Arty with her and I to the B.A.R. in June. In order to do that, she wanted to make sure of a couple of things. First of all, she wanted to make sure Arty and I could get along in the car for long periods of time (like 87 hours a day!). The other thing she wanted to make sure of is that she could handle us both without getting totally frazzled.  I tried to tell her she totally could do this!! You know pawrents tho, they never listen and always have to find things out by themselves!

Come On Mama!!! Let's get this pawty started!!

We got underway and headed north!  It was a beautiful day for a ride!

Arty was jealous that I got to meet the Doodz and he didn't!!

Our first stop was the Battery Point Lighthouse! I know, BIG SURPRISE (for those who don't know, Mama needs to join Lighthouse Anonymous). Anyway, Arty and I had a nice walkie. I showed Arty all the places Murphy, Stanley and I walked and even showed him the tree where we thought up the whole BAR idea!!

He may have been a tad bit jealous...cause he was giving me a raspberry when Mama took this picture (and yes, that is a lighthouse in the background.....big sigh).

Are we there yet???

After Mama took like 87 more pictures of the lighthouse (that she already has 87,000 pictures of, silly Mama). We were back on the road!

It's not always the destination, Arty. The journey is totally FUN!!

We drove east and away from the lighthouses ocean and spent the rest of the day driving through beautiful forests and rivers! 

Here is a picture of Arty and I by the beautiful Umpqua River. 

We spent most of the afternoon driving along this river. 

I am "working" the Camera Mama!!

We made sure to stop bunches to enjoy the scenery.

You know, the journey can be more important than the destination.

This was very true for this trip!

Arty, you need to smiley more!!!

We had lots of photo shoots and, although he needs to learn to smiley more, Arty did great!! It was actually great to have another pup along for the ride!!

Beautiful Umpqua River!

We took lovely walkies without getting Mama tangled up too much and we didn't argue at all!!!

Turn here Mama, turn here!!!

I kept a close eye on Mama and she really seemed to be enjoying herself!! Just as she was starting to get a bit weary we saw our #ho-tel!!!

We're HERE!!! Hurray!!

We picked a nice LaQuinta Inns and Suites to stay in Newport, Oregon!! Let me tell you, if you are ever in Newport, Oregon with your peeps, this is the place to stay!! The staff was super friendly and so were all the other pups and their peeps. 

We like "upgrade" Mama!!

When Mama checked in, they told her we had been UPGRADED!!

We weren't sure what that meant until we saw that we had our own fireplace AND spa!! We brought in our luggage (OK...Mama brought in our luggage) and sniffed everything out and ate some dinner!

Pretty sunset!

Then it was time for our evening walkie!!!

Sunset Walkies

There were tons of great smells, and Arty and I had a blast catching up on our peemail!

 Fiery Skies

The foggies in the sky helped make it a beautiful sunset walkie!

Looking regal by the fire

When we were done with our walkie, Mama unpacked and I relaxed by the toasty fire.

Chillaxing before bedtime.

Then we all stretched out to relax before bedtime!

Nighty Night!

Before I knew it, Arty and I were fast asleep!

It sure was a fun-filled first day of our Road Trip!! 

Mama was very happy about how well we had gotten along, and was relieved that it wasn't too much more work for two pups than just me. 

Join us tomorrow when Arty tells you about Day 2 of our Road Trip (also known as the day of un-ending lighthouses!)

We will have all the particulars about our Practice Road Trip over at the BAR Blog on April 19th as part of our Fourth Pee of Traveling With Your Human post!

Want to learn more about the BAR??

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BWSS - BFF's....Well, Kinda

Arty and I got along really well on our road trip

but, as you might be able to tell from this raspberry he made while I was trying to take an "ussie", he is still such a little boy sometimes!!! 

We are joining Nola and Sugar for Black and White Sunday this week!!

 

We are also joining The Cat on My Head this week for Selfie Sunday

Sepia Saturday - Weary Travelers

 Arty and I were so worn out after our first day of travel, that we fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow...

Road Trips are hard work!!

Read more about our fun road trip next week!

We are joining Ruckus and Earl for Sepia Saturday

this week!!

Flower Friday

Welcome to our First Official Flower Friday Blog Hop of 2016!!

Before we start looking at this weeks selection, Jakey wanted to make sure we said thank you to everyone who stopped by to wish him a Happy Birthday, we also got a very sweet birthday card from
another Birthday Boy and his sister. 

Thanks so much to Hailey and Phod for the pawsome card and we wanted to say....

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHOD!!!
Make sure you stop by to say Happy Birthday to  Phod his Mama is having a Comment-a-thon
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Now...on to this week's flowers! This week we have some tree blooms 
and one flower that is found by the trees....

This is a Western Trillium Flower. Mama found this one on the ground under of a grove of Redwood Trees.

Here are cherry blooms from our very own cherry tree!!

 We were worried all the trees might be confused about what season it was, but an tons of sun after bunches of rain have all the trees remembering it's Spring, yay!!!

Mama wants to say this is some kind of lilac, because they smell so good, but she doesn't know for sure.

Mama found these on one of her country drives and they look kind of like our cherry tree flowers.

What do you think??  It could be some kind of apple blossom too (they grow wild around here)

Thanks for joining us for our First Flower Friday of 2016 and please join us for the Flower Friday Blog Hop by posting some of your flowers as the appear in your corner of the world,  and hopping aboard!!