This week, I wanted to show everyone the great birthday presents my thoughtful Best Gal Mabel sent me! She has been VERY busy earning ribbons and extra letters for her name(her sister Hilda is also doing a GREAT job winning ribbons) so she hasn't had much time for blogging. BUT, she did have time to find me this most handsome sweater! It will be pawfect for keeping me warm while camping in CeCe!!
She also sent these tongue out good Full Moon treats. You won't believe it, but they taste JUST LIKE BACON!!
Thanks for the wonderful presents Mabel! You always know exactly what I like!!
SUNNY: Jakey, why does Mama dress us up in silly bandanas and costumes
and then take our pictures??
JAKEY: Well, little one, that's a good question and one I have been asking myself for many, many years. I have come to the conclusion Mama just needs to justify giving us lots of nommy treats by thinking we are actually "working"for them.
SUNNY: Sounds good to me, but it's not really work though, is it?
JAKEY: As far as Mama needs to know, it's REALLY hard work, but it is best job ever!!
Friday Morning we packed up our campsite at the Cloverdale/Healdsburg KOA and headed south! Our destination? The Santa Cruz/Monterey KOA!!
The ride seemed to take 87 hours!!
Oh Arty, it was only 5 hours or so, and we did stop and take a break for lunch!
Anyway...when we got to the campground, Daddy got CeCe ready and we did some sniff-axing!
That's a cross between sniffing and relaxing(in case you didn't know).
We actually used this campsite as sort of a hotel room. We spent the two full days we were here in two other locations. One we will be showing you this Nature Friday and the other we are saving for next Tuesday.
We did spend some time hanging out at the Campground though!
You wouldn't believe all the squirrels hanging around!!! One of the best activities about camping is the wildlife, right?? Well, we REALLY enjoyed squirrel watching.
Here is a little video of some morning squirrel watching we did!
(To answer a few of your questions..Yes, this was Dory's and then Rosy's stroller. We bring it on most of Arty's walks now. He really enjoys walking, but sometimes we(Rosy and pawrents) want go farther than he can go, especially if it's warm outside. So instead of cutting the walk short, Arty just gets to go "strollin'" for the remainder of the walk)
The last night at the campground we got to have a CAMPFIRE!!
The temperatures were pretty chilly, and there was a breeze that made it feel cooler so it was nice to have a fire that would keep us warm while we sat outside!
We just had to watch out for the smoke! It seemed to follow us where ever we sat!!
There were even campfire snackies!! The pawrents had s'mores while we had our favorite snack, Greenies, in front of the campfire.
What a pawsome way to finish up a great camping trip!!
But this isn't the end of our tail, so to speak
(Teeheehee)
Stay tuned on Nature Friday to see the first of the fun places we went while we were staying along the Central California Coast!!!
We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!
Arty took his stroller on this walk. Lately he's been getting tired a bit quicker and really enjoys "strolling" around.
But enough about Arty, let's get this walkie started!
First, we walked along the pretty pond we showed you earlier this week. We were thrilled when we got to stay in a campsite right across from the pond during our homeward bound stop!
We finally got to see this quacky duo. They didn't get too close, but did quack a quick hello! Daddy said he kept waiting for them to say "AFLAC"...silly Daddy!
(for our readers outside the USA you can click HERE to see where Daddy got that idea)
Mama and Daddy saw this cutie watching us at some point along our hike.
For some reason, they didn't tell Arty and I he was there! Can you believe it??
I mean SHEESH, we wouldn't have barked TOO loud, BOL!
After awhile, Daddy and I blazed the trail for Mama and Arty in search of some nature views!
We found these beautiful flowers, Mama thinks it might be Jerusalem Sage.
There were vineyards and farms both, in the valleys and the taller hills all around us.
We even saw the moon coming up over a vineyard!
But the prettiest sight we saw was the sun setting right outside of CeCe!!
We had Mama video to show you how beautimous is was, make sure to turn the sound up so you can hear all the different sounds of nature.
Make sure to stay tuned next week for more CeCe adventure !!
Show
us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a
picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see a link below, click HERE to go to our Hoppity Page.
Today I am thankful I get to be the first to celebrate National Donut Day!! That's right, while tomorrow is the actual celebration day, I get to celebrate today!!
There will be lots of playing with my squeaky donut....
WAIT
What's that you have over there Mama??
OMD...you saved me one of the special Bradsbarkery donuts?? It's even PINK, to match my hair ties and bandana!!
