Worth the trip

Seeing our trip to Portland turned out to be pointless (literally as well as metaphorically), we decided to do something to make the trip worth it after all. Since moving out here in 1996 I've wanted to go see Mt. St. Helen. My mother was with me on this trip and she also wanted to see the mountain up close, so we made a day (and night) of it. We had a great time taking the northern driving tour and visiting all four visitor centers along the route. The 7 hour round trip wasn't enough... we then took the southern route to see the difference on that side of the mountain. We arrived home safe, tired and with lots of photos at 2am. Good thing I have today off of work!

Headed to Portland

Today we took a drive down the Gorge to go to the Portland dog show. The whole plan was to go so Willow and Romeo could have their hips x-rayed, and I decided that if we were going anyhow, I might as well show Romeo and Bow. For some reason, BVS never got back to me and when we arrived we discovered that their x-ray equipment was down and non operational this weekend. (This photo is of Willow, Bow, Romeo and The Dalles dam in the background).

Water Lilly

I was too slow getting the camera out to capture Lilly laying in the doggy pool splashing and playing in the water. Lilly truly loves the water and always looks forward to arriving at the creek four miles down the road from us (a destination we make frequently). It's been in the high 90's and 100's again around here, so the dogs enjoy their pool in the backyard when it's too hot to go for a run.

Lilly comes home

Today was a sad day... Lilly didn't work out and had to come home. In two weeks of being with her new family, she just couldn't figure out how to get along with their Chihuahua. She also had issues with their youngest daughter, although they said she was getting better with her. We are very happy that this family is considering getting a puppy from us when we have our next litter, so they are still hoping to end up with a Dalmatian some day. Lilly on the other hand, was very happy to see us as well as Chip (our 6 pound Rat Terrier), and merged back into the swing of things quickly once she arrived home.