Heidi and Hudo Sail the Panama Canal
Heidi and Hudo have sailed the Panama Canal and have now crossed Central America. Pictures on Instagram show the journey. The following picture shows the canal as it lives up to its nickname, “The Big Ditch”
Comet Falls – Mount Rainier National Park
If there is one waterfall that every visitor to Mount Rainier National Park should see, Comet Falls is it. Van Trump Creek hurtles from the lip of a lofty hanging valley, plunging in four steps flanked by lofty amphitheater cliffs of Andesite. The falls are usually cited as standing 320-feet tall, but have been measured by the Northwest Waterfall Survey as 462 feet tall if the lower pools are included.¹
The trail to Comet Falls follows a tumbling, churning, whitewater creek upstream as it thunders through a narrow gorge of glacier-polished rock on its way to a waterfall that drops 462 feet in three tiers. There are numerous small waterfalls and cascades and two significant ones to admire, all in less than two miles.
Doggone Cold
Mongo has a cold. He has been sneezing, and coughing. On top of it, he had laryngitis.
Mongo loves to talk. When Dad or Drewbie wakes up, or if Mom-mom or Kimi comes over, Mongo talks up a storm. He sounds like a real-life wookie as he hoots and warbles to tell everyone about his day. This morning when Dad got up, all Mongo could do was make little squeaking noises. The look on Mongo’s face said he was very concerned.
By the time they got home from their morning walk, Mongo could talk again. He ate well, (he is a labrador), but right after breakfast, he conked out on his bed again. Normally, he checks on Dad throughout the day. Today he just slept.
On any given day, Mongo pesters Dad unmercifully, the closer it gets to evening walk. He paws Dad’s leg while Dad is working at the table. He jiggles Dad’s elbow as he tries to type. Or he just gives Dad’s forearm a big slurp; all to try to get Dad to take him out early for evening walk.
But today, Dad had to wake Mongo up for evening walk. After dinner, Mongo immediately went back to sleep. With the winter storms rolling through Seattle, Dad turned on the gas fireplace.
Twice the News!
Mongo is a very clever boy. Just look at the number of ways he finds to counter-surf, or the number of non-foodstuffs he consumes in an effort to “eat more”. Eating is an obsession with Mongo. Kimi says his family motto should be “Omnia Nomnia Bene Est”, or “It’s all good!”.
But Mongo does not limit himself to raiding the counters and eating non-foodstuffs which might smell slightly food-like. He also uses a certain logic to acquire more treats.
He knows Dad loves the morning paper. In fact, Dad is so enamoured of these newspapers that Dad trades Mongo a dog biscuit every time Mongo brings Dad one. It really makes Mongo question Dad’s value system. (Click HERE to see video of Mongo fetching paper.)
Some times Dad is distracted and forgets to put away the paper, and Mongo can re-deliver the same paper twice. Dad always falls for this trick and gives Mongo another biscuit for the same paper! Clearly in Mongo’s mind, Dad is not the brightest bulb in the shed.
Today, after morning walk, breakfast, paper-fetching, and morning apple, Dad went into the bedroom for a couple of minutes to put on work clothes. As Dad was putting on a nice shirt, he never dreamed that he would re-emerge right into the middle of a Mongo Mystery.
Heidi & Hudo Hit the High Seas
Heidi’s Spot tracker now shows her off the coast of Cuba, heading south.
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Heidi is Looking for More Adventure. Next stop Lima, Peru?
Heidi has just finished a trip up to the very tony town of Palm Beach, Florida. Palm Beach has some of the most expensive shopping available in the U.S., and some of the most expensive real estate. One property on South Ocean Blvd has an asking price of $74M and boasts a master bedroom of over 4000 sq. ft. Even Heidi is not immune to the hype surrounding Palm Beach.
University of Washington Dawg Dash – 2015
Today was the big Dog Race of the Season in Western Washington – The U of W Dawg Dash. Mongo and Dad were ready. It was rainy this year, so that narrowed the field. Mongo was taking the races more seriously this year. He did his business before the start of the race, and only stopped for a small drink at the halfway point. Mom-mom kept Spork occupied for the duration of the race, since a two-dog race did not work out well last year. (Click HERE for details of 2014 Dawg Dash.)
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- Lighter than air
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- UW Dawg Dash
At the finish Mongo enjoyed an apple, and several bananas.
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