Play Day at the Beach

San Diego Metro KOA
Chula Vista, CA
January 15, 2015

Looking left you see the historic Hotel del Coronado...

and looking right you see the hilly peninsula known as Point Loma...

and in between you will see happy puppies flying over a wonderful stretch of sandy beach. 

This is Cooper...he belongs to Ronnie and Carol who we have the great pleasure of living next door to for the next couple of weeks!

  Our destination for the day was the Coronado Doggie Beach. Joe, myself and Dover were invited to join The Bledsoe's for a puppy play day. The doggie beach area is at the most northern end of the beach. It is wide and sandy and today the waves were rolling in. With highs in the mid 70s and not much of a breeze it turned out to be the perfect puppy play day.

 To get to the beach you have to walk along a path lined with Iceplant. This very unique plant is found along the California coast under 500 feet in elevation. Iceplant was brought to California from South Africa to stop erosion along railroad tracks in the early 1900s.

We had a couple of very happy and worn out pups when we headed home. What a wonderful first day in sunny SoCal.

So, until next time, take care and...

happy trails!

Oh Happy Day!

Tucson/Lazydays KOA
Tucson, AZ
January 12, 2015



 It has been far too long since my last post. I didn't have anything to really write about and haven't even been out with the camera so there weren't any pictures to share either.

I think I see a puppy nose...

I did a fun project on Christmas Eve while Joe was at chemo. I covered all the sofa pillows. I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was. I have never really liked to sew. I found it very frustrating to have to undo stitches when mistakes were made. Sewing these covers is the first time I have actually sewn anything in too many years to know exactly how long it has been. I was pleased and Joe had a nice surprise when he got home. We picked out a machine washable fabric and I used an envelope pattern I found on the internet...easy on, easy off!

A huge thanks to Lisa of  www.metamorphosisroad.blogspot.com fame for letting me know Verdins like oranges. Oranges are in abundance around here and what a treat it has been to watch these little acrobats maneuver on, under, and all around. I stuck orange halves on as many tree branches as I could.

Shortly after Christmas and his last chemo treatment, Joe got pneumonia. No fun! He had a chest x-ray on Dec 29 and a PET scan on Dec. 30 and another chest x-ray on Jan. 9 after a round of antibiotics.



Dover and Jack waiting patiently...

Well, today was the day we have been waiting for...Oh happy day! Joe is cancer free and the pneumonia is almost gone...so much so that Dr. Chen said she wouldn't worry about him. But a promise was made to call her if anything doesn't "feel right". So, tentative plans to go to San Diego for a month are now a go! We were really busy when we got home getting things in order to pull out in the morning. Yippe!

So, until next time from sunny Southern California, take care and...

happy trails!