Rocky

As in I'm up on a rocky ledge on top of a mountain.

And Frito's hanging with his buddy Dan.  Godfather actually.

On Pack Monadnock if I remember correctly.

Visiting Dan in Portland

After leaving Eugene, OR we took a trip to Portland to once again see my dog God father, Dan.


Since it was a nice day when we arrived, we decided to take a hike on the Marquam trail, a beautiful rain forest-like oasis right in the middle of Portland. Here is one of Dan's hiking buddies B.J.


The next day we walked through the city. Here in the Park Blocks, I got to walk with honest Abe. (Hee, hee.)


Finally, near a local museum, I tried making friends with one of Dan's favorite statues. The fact that it is a coyote and not a dog was not lost on my keen instincts ;-)

We had a good time in Portland. Thanks a lot for showing me a little of your home town, Dan!

Run, Alpha, Run

Guess who just finished his second marathon? Woo-hoo Alpha!

Alpha ran in the 2nd annual Eugene, Oregon marathon, and did pretty good (4:11), and a notable improvement over his first marathon (4:28). He had hoped to do even better (sub-4:00), and ran a very fast (for him) half marathon (1:51), but for anyone that knows distance running, that's a recipe for a crash and burn at the end. Apparently so!

But we're proud of him anyways ;-). And being his training partner, I intend to enforce some discipline in preparation for his 3rd marathon in Lowell, MA this fall.

Perhaps you can see the entry name he used for this race ... "Alpha". And he's wearing his running shirt that Alli gave him with pictures of moi on it, that says "Run, Alpha, Run." Anything I can do to help!


Oh yeah, and it looks like there were lots of people. Well, not like Chicago, New York, or Boston, but still about 5,000 I'm told.

Oh yeah, and do any of you remember Dan, my Dog God Father? He ran the marathon also. He's even faster than Alpha (3:46 for what I believe is his 12th marathon), and not to proud to wear his finisher's medal either, is he? (Hee, hee) I liked seeing Dan!

Gotta say Hi!

Continuing our hiike up Pack Monadnock, my God Father, dove-into-the-river-to-save-me-Dan, was taking a respite at the top of the mountain on the picnic table. Or is he dead? ;-)

So of course, I just have to go up on the picnic table to make sure he is alive, doncha think?

And once there -- gotta give him kisses too, right?

Hey, he's my God Father, ya know? Thanks for taking me hiking Dan!!!