Meet Mr. Yakitory

Hello! Everyone!
I would like you all to meet Mr. Yakitory, my new stuffed friend!
Mom bought Mr. Yakitory for me this afternoon at Petsmart. She says that Mr. Yakitory instantly reminded her of The Autonomous Region of Tibet, where She spent a small part of 2004. When Mom saw Mr. Yakitory she remembered just how yummy Yak steak is, and how yummy Yak meat MoMos are and how wonderful Yak sizzler is. And she imparted all of these yummy memories to me!
After hearing all of her stories about how good Yak meat is I am tempted not to keep Mr. Yakitory around much longer...instead I may be forced to investigate just how yummy Mr. Yakitory's Yak meat is...if you know what I mean (I am going to rip him apart and eat him, just in case you didn't understand).
In other news, everyone who guessed that Mom and Dad are going to Alaska with Grandma Marlane and Grandpa Steve was correct! Mom and Dad are leaving for Juneau at the end of August and will meet Grandma and Grandpa in Haines, Alaska in the beginning of September. From there all four will adventure onwards to Skagway, Whitehorse, and Dawson City (which are both in the Yukon Territory) and from there back into Alaska for more adventures.
Mom and Dad are super grateful to have the opportunity to go to Alaska with Grandma and Grandpa but I cannot help but be a little bit mad at them all! Mom and Dad leaving me for that long! Grandma Marlane and Grandpa Steve encouraging it! Humph! I can't believe their behavior!
Oh well, I had better get used to it!
Love,
Jemima Jones

The Big Announcement

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here with a big huge uber special announcement. In a couple of weeks Grandma Marlane and Grandpa Steve will be leaving Colorado for one of their very favorite places in the world. And they have decided that at the end of August Mom and Dad will fly to the city pictured below to meet them for an awesome seventeen day trip! Mom and Dad are so excited, as this is a place that neither one of them has ever been before, and it is somewhere that both of them have always wanted to go...Can anyone guess where Mom, Dad, Grandma Marlane, and Grandpa Steve are going based on the photos included here?

Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Fridge MeMe and an Award!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.
Mom and I have been tagged with a MeMe and given an award by Life with Pugs and Too Cute Pugs! How nice!
First for the MeMe; Here are the Rules:
1. Show us a photo of the front of your Cold Box (or fridge, as it is known here)
2. Tell us about at least one thing on it and one thing you keep inside of it
3. Tag your friends and remember to stay COOL!
Here then is a picture of our fridge (our kitchen is designed in such a way that it is impossible to get a picture of the entire front, or the entire side of the fridge, so we will have to make due). On the side you can see a picture that Mom took of Grandma Andrea and Leo on their wedding day, a picture of Bon and some Las Vegas magnets. You can also see where Mom keeps my food and vitamins!




Here is the top front of the fridge (there is nothing on the bottom anyways...)
And here is a close up of the front of the fridge. You can see a picture of me (in black and white), pictures of Mom and Dad from their Junior and Senior Proms and a picture of Mom and Grandma Andrea at Grandma Andrea's wedding.



















Now for the inside; You can see that we have a LOT of water...Fizzy water, Distilled water, water in a glass bottle to keep it extra cold...as Mom works out twice a day she requires a lot of water. You can also see Mom's salad fixing's on the bottom shelf and Dad's Hershey bars on the middle one!
And finally the side door which contains the condiments, vitamins, and pain killers.














Now for the Award:
The rules for accepting the award are as follows:
1. Add the logo of the award to my site
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Add links to those blogs on your site
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs We are not going to nominate anyone because we can't seem to find anyone who hasn't been nominated yet! So, if you want to do the MeMe, you now have open permission to do so!
Mom and I are having some trouble getting the award to show up here in the post, so look for it in the side bar!
Thanks very much for the fun MeMe and award ladies! We had a ton of fun!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Ah...Camping

Hello! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. This weekend Mom, Dad, and I went camping. We had a super good time! Here are some pictures from this weekend...you can probably tell from the second picture that Mom fed me 5 hot dogs on our first night (note my hugely distended belly and over all "beached whale" look). Please also take note of the last picture which is of a fire that Mom made all by herself using her " former girl scout skills" and of which she seemed inordinately proud.
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Ah...Summer!

Ah...Summer! Those long, hot days when there is nothing to do but lay by your favorite window, snuggle your favorite cat, or eat your favorite treats.
Sadly, I have yet to have any of those long, relaxing days what with traveling and Mom dragging me around Sloan's Lake once or twice each day. I have already lost 3 puggy pounds from all of the exercise!
All that I currently have time for is what you see me doing here: recuperating. Poor, poor Me!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Weekend

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. I still have not managed to track down Mom's lost hair, but I do have some leads! Several people have commented with the news that their Moms have also lost hair in recent months. Clearly, there is a serial hair stealer on the loose. The search continues.
Just like most of you, I have had a very busy holiday weekend!
I went up to Grandma Marlane and Grandpa Steve's house and helped Mom and Dad babysit Sopek, the cat, terrorized the guests at Grandma Andrea and Leo's holiday BBQ, and helped Mom get REALLY sunburned at Sloan's Lake.
Since it has been a while, I thought that I would post a few pictures of our kitties doing what they do best (laying around).
In order here are Netty (showing his tummy), Wellington (looking angry), and Spork (lookin' furry).
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Lost: Most of Mom's Hair: If Found Please Email ASAP

Hello! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here with a very serious situation to report.
Today, Mom left the house looking like any of the following three pictures (please take particular note of her long hair):

But when she came home (see below):


















Clearly, there has been some sort of robbery or other malicious attack as Mom is now missing about 9 inches of hair!
If the average human grows hair at a rate of 1/2 inch per month, then 9 inches of hair vanishing is basically like the last 18 months suddenly disappearing in a puff of smoke!
Since Mom spent 18 months growing that hair which, is a very serious investment in time and energy, I have decided to do a most serious investigation into it's disappearance; if you have any idea what may have happened to Mom's hair, or if you have any information that may lead us to the thief, please, do not hesitate to comment immediately!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Toes

Hi! Everyone!
Jemima Jones Beck here.
Mom spent the day yesterday with Grandma Andrea at the Tall Grass Spa in Evergreen, Colorado where they both got a manicure and pedicure, and then lunch!
I went for a walk with Dad - it was way more fun then having my claws clipped and manicured!
Silly Mom and Grandma Andrea!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

At Dad's Feet

Hi! Everyone!
Jemima Jones Beck here.
Well, I am right back where I am supposed to be after our little trip, as you can see from the first picture included here (that's me sitting at Dad's feet, worshiping him for all of his Dad-ness).
Mom has been taking me for walks around Sloan's Lake every day, and spends the majority of her time that is not devoted to me either at the gym, doing yoga, reading Jane Austen (Jemima's Mom's Note: I have decided to reread all of Jane Austen's work. The last time that I read all of it was in 2004!) or cleaning.
This weekend Mom is going to spend some time with Grandma Andrea but I am not invited!
Can you believe it?!? I have been hoping to see Grandma Andrea for the last two weeks and I am not to be one of the party! Apparently they are going to some place called the Spa and this Spa just does not allow people like me (IE: dogs).
Oh well, hopefully I will get to see Grandma Andrea soon!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

The Last Day

Hi! Everyone! On Monday Mom and I decided that it was time to go home.
We were tired of camping, tired of cooler food, tired of driving, and we wanted to go home and take care of Dad and the kitties.
So, we took the longest drive of the entire trip all the way from Show Low, Arizona where Grandpa Al lives, through Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico into Colorado and home!
We left at about 6:00am and got home at about 7:00pm.
Along the way Mom listened to her favorite podcast, Cast On which she had been saving specifically for the drive on the last day.
I did not appreciate the Cast On because, as you can see in the second picture, it kept me awake!
When Mom and I got to the border of Colorado we stopped and Mom tried to get a picture of all three of us (Mom, Me and Tabatha), standing under the Welcome to Colorado sign - you can see her best attempt below (notice her hair? Yeah, that little lump on top of her head is totally hot!).
Mom and I did get home a few days early - the original plan was to be home on the 21st of June - but the drive that we had planned just went a little bit faster than we thought that it would, and there were some days when we couldn't find camping and had to go farther than planned.
Since we have been home Mom has been doing major cleaning on Tabatha and the house, as well as laundry and other errands. I have mostly been sleeping, as a pug should!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Grandpa Al

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.

Mom and I spent Father's Day with Grandpa Al, Mom's Dad.

It was really great to see him - the last time that I did was when I was 12 weeks old at Mom's college graduation!

Grandpa Al lives in Show Low, Arizona (which Mom and I both think is a very very pretty town) and is the Foreman of a construction company there.

While we were in Show Low visiting Grandpa Al we went to the Hon-Dah Casino and had a really great Father's Day brunch and Mom won $23 dollars on a slot machine! Woo! Go Mom!

We also went to an arts and crafts show and had a really great dinner that Grandpa Al cooked especially for us! Grilled roast (which Grandpa Al made well done just because Mom likes her meat really cooked), fruit salad and key-lime pie! I even got to have some roast - a very special treat for me (can you see me under the pick nick table in the second and third pictures waiting for dinner? That was such a nice cool spot!)!

Grandpa Al also had a comfortable guest bed for Mom and I to sleep on. I was glad because I was not sure that I wanted to go back to camping after having stayed at Bon's house for a few days!

Today happens to be Grandpa Al's birthday so... Happy Birthday Grandpa Al! We love you!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

Bon

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here!

I am sorry that it has been so long since my last post but it has been a few days since Mom and I have had wireless Internet. Thanks to everyone who commented wondering where we are and if we are OK! We sure appreciate the attention!

We spent two days last week with Bon (aka Great Grandma Velna). Bon is Moms Father's Mother; Mom spent almost all of her summers when she was a little girl with Bon and Grandee (Mom's Grandfather) in Durango, Colorado at their ranch.

Currently, Bon lives in Globe, Arizona in a very nice park there, and is enjoying an active retirement.

While we were with her Bon took Mom and I on a tour of Globe to see some family history, including the home where Bon lived when she was only four years old (sorry, our photos of this part of the trip were mostly corrupted), to the Roosevelt Diversion Dam, and to the club house to play pool. Mom says that no one should ever play pool with Bon and expect to win because she is VERY good...Mom is decent at pool and Bon beat her by five balls! Whoop!

Bon really is an incredible older lady (She is 76 years old). When not entertaining Mom and me she can usually be found fixing her own roof or deck, repairing lawn mowers and doing EXTENSIVE and beautiful landscaping to her lawn and that of her neighbors. Mom has always, and continues to, find Bon to be an inspiration.

Two of my favorite things about visiting Bon were her indoor water fountain which, she let me use as my own personal water dish, and her incredibly comfortable couch and spare bedroom. After camping for most of three weeks I was really ready to sleep on something other than the ground! And so was Mom who is rather remarkably bruised from all of the stones, tree roots, and grass clumps that we have been camping on.

Tomorrow, Grandpa Al!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

Disneyland

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Mom spent today at Disneyland and really enjoyed herself! She says that she prefers Disneyland to Disney World because Disneyland is much less crowded, is much smaller (and thus easier to navigate), and is much cheaper.




















Mom thought that this family was cute...the back of the man's hat says "Daddy".























This is where Mom ate lunch - the Blue Bayou .













Mom's dessert - three types of Creme Brule and an edible treasure chest filled with golden sugar cookies!















The castle at the center of Fantasyland...



















King Arthur's sword, which a cleaning man valiantly attempted to pull out of the stone for the benefit of Mom's camera.


















Mom's fortune as told by Esmeralda







The one bummer of the day was that a few of the rides were closed including Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Mom's favorite ride - It's a Small World which, is going to be closed until November 29th! Mom had planned on riding Small World at least 3 times since Dad would only let her ride it once at Disney World...

Mom did get to ride her second and third favorites - The Teacups and The Haunted Mansion!

About halfway through the day Mom realized that her face was really sunburned and was forced to buy herself a hat - don't worry, she is aware of just how AWESOME she looks in that totally NOT DORKY hat and is going to take appropriate action soon (IE buying some sunscreen and finding a dumpster for the hat - Mom says that she thinks that she looks like one of the Witches of Eastwick on vacation in that hat).

And this is what I did all day! Tomorrow, we are leaving Anaheim for Sedona, Arizona! Love, Jemima Jones Beck

Oooops...Sorry San Francisco

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.
When we did our post yesterday Mom and I forgot to mention that we drove through San Francisco in the morning on the way to San Juan Bautista.
Mom loves San Francisco and really wanted to stop there for a few nights, but it turns out that finding a hotel that has parking for Tabatha and will accept me for less than $300 per night is harder than you might think.
So, Mom and I just stopped at the Golden Gate Bridge and took the scenic route through town, and Mom will come back to San Francisco as soon as she can, probably without me or the car, so that she can take advantage of some of the wonderful hotel offers that are out there and see some of the sites!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

San Juan Bautista and a Lemon Tree

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.

Yesterday Mom and I visited the San Juan Bautista Mission. It was sooooo hot that we spent most of our time hanging out in the shade by the huge cacti and other plants.

As we were walking down main street a nice man popped out of a restaurant and invited both Mom and me to the patio to eat lunch...Mom had a wonderful lunch - chile relanos and iced tea (her favorite drink) but I had an awful time thanks to a little girl named Olivia.

Now, I normally adore children. Love them, can't get enough of them, but little Olivia really stretched my love to it's very end.

As I was laying under the table tied to Mom's ankle, Olivia came up to Mom and asked her for a tortilla chip to feed me. Mom obliged and handed Olivia a chip, Olivia gave me the chip. I, not liking tortilla chips, politely took it in my mouth, and then spit it out. Olivia picked it up, and put it in my mouth commanding me to "Eat DOGGIE"!!!!!! I spat the chip out, Olivia picked it up and put it in my mouth, I spat it out. This continued through Mom's entire meal, through Olivia's Mom calling her away, through Mom telling Olivia that she thought that I might be full and didn't want a chip, through Olivia's parents leaving Olivia with Mom for "a few minutes" so that they could look at a nearby liquor store, it continued for so long that the chip became soggy and deformed. It only stopped when Mom handed Olivia an ice cube which Olivia promptly wedged into my forehead wrinkle (along with about 20 other ice cubes which Mom continued to hand Olivia despite my piteous looks at her).

Anyways, about the time that Mom paid her bill Olivia's parents came back and took her with them...I was so relived and so glad that the tortilla torture was over.

Currently, Mom and I are in Anaheim, California staying at the Lemon Tree Hotel.

Mom really likes the Lemon Tree. It is Australian themed, air conditioned, and only about 3.3 miles from Disneyland, where Mom will be spending the day tomorrow. Their wireless Internet is a bit spotty, but that is only because Mom and I are staying in their brand new building that is a little further from their main office (and thus their wireless transmitter) than some of the other rooms.

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

Sonoma, Napa, and Some Jelly Beans

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Today Mom and I drove through Sonoma and Napa, into Fairfield and finally to Petaluma, California where we are currently camped.
Mom absolutely loved Sonoma. She thought that the whole Sonoma/Napa area looked like Colorado but with neat California twists (such as vineyards and palm trees).
Mom and I did stop at one vineyard on our little tour through the area. I had to stay in the car so Mom just ran into the tasting room really quickly and tried several white wines (the weather was so warm today that Mom felt uncomfortable leaving me in the car for very long).
After driving through Sonoma, and then Napa, we drove to Fairfield, California which is the home of the Jelly Belly factory headquarters.
Mom says that if she was being honest she would tell you that the Jelly Belly factory tour was a bit of a bust. She wasn't allowed to take pictures, had to wear a hat to keep her hair from getting in the Jelly Beans, couldn't understand the guide who did not speak English very well, and the factory wasn't running so she didn't get to see much Jelly Bean action anyways. BUT the Jelly Belly factory does provide a dog walk for their four legged visitors which Mom and I both enjoyed after her tour.
Currently, we are camped in Petaluma, California at a KOA there.
Mom says that not only is this the most expensive KOA that she has ever stayed at, but it is also the dirtiest (Jemima's Mom's Note: Scott, you might remember this campground from our road trip...We tried to stop here on July 4th and they asked us if we were insane trying to get a campsite on the 4th, remember that?). As you can see from the pictures we are literally camped about 15 feet from cows (can you see the cow in the background of the second shot of our camp site?). This is only the second campground that we have stayed at so far that has had other tent campers, and it is no wonder...Mom couldn't find any other camping within about 100 miles of here!
Tomorrow, Mom and I are planning on driving through San Francisco and heading to Santa Margarita, California, where we will camp before heading to Anaheim and Disneyland on Tuesday.
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck
PS: This was our 300th post! Go us!
Love,
Jemima

Trees of Mystery

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.

Yesterday Mom and I discovered a wonderful roadside attraction that is completely dog friendly! I was allowed on the hiking trails, on the Gondola ride, and in the gift shop!

The Trees of Mystery park is located within the Redwoods National/State Parks and contains a number of very large/very weird trees (some of the trees in this park have even been featured in Ripley's Believe it or Not), as well as a tree wedding chapel -where there was a wedding about to start - the groom petted me and told me about his pug, named Gup - and a Sky Trail.

The Sky Trail was the highlight of the Trees of Mystery for Mom and me; we rode it twice! The Sky Trail is a gondola ride that takes you to the top of some very very tall redwood trees. At it's highest, the Sky Trail reaches about 300 ft! Mom and I rode it alone so we weren't able to get any great pictures of us on it - but I am sure that you get the idea from the pictures below.

Mom and I also spoke with Paul Bunyan when we arrived at the park...The statue of Paul Bunyan that you see in the second picture here was made out of a solid piece of redwood and is about 97 feet tall. When Mom and I entered the park Paul Bunyan said "Hello! How are you today Ma'am"? Mom thought that he was just repeating a recorded message so she ignored Paul and kept walking. At that point he said "That's a real nice little dog you've got there - Hey pooch!" Mom and I talked with Paul for a few minutes during which time he demonstrated that he really could see Mom and I by asking what type of gas mileage Tabatha the Black Beetle gets (apparently, he watched Mom and me drive up and get out of the car), and commenting on Mom's purple shirt.
We also met one of the owners of the park, who scratched me for about 1/2 an hour while discussing Anthropology with Mom, and stood for a picture in front of The Brotherhood Tree.

The Brotherhood Tree is 297 feet tall and 19 feet in diameter and is about 1,600 years old! Wow! What an old tree! Apparently, that's only middle age for a Redwood though, as they can live to be about 3,000 years old!

Today, Mom and I are probably headed for Napa and Sonoma, and then into San Francisco tomorrow.

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

I Dub Thee Smelly Beach

Hi! Everyone!
On our last day in Oregon Mom and I went to a beach just before the border that we will here dub as Smelly Beach.
Smelly Beach smelled. Bad. Really really really bad. Mom said that to her it smelled like each of our three kitties had eaten a can of rancid tuna, and then a pile of three week old goose poop, and were all now laying on her chest huffing their breath in her face. I thought that it stank as well...but I am not sure that there are words powerful enough to describe it's smell...it made me sneeze and rub my face in the dirt.
Needless to say, we were not at Smelly Beach for very long.
Instead, we headed over the border into California and camped at a very nice KOA about 5 miles north of Crescent City.
This KOA had an off leash dog park that I took full advantage of by sitting on the decorative tire for the entire hour that Mom and I were in the dog park.
Today, Mom and I are once again working our way down the coast. We are currently at a Whole Foods Market in Eureka, California which offers free WI-FI to people who buy over priced coffee at their Deli.
We have some really awesome pictures from our adventures today at The Trees of Mystery inside Redwoods National Park where I talked with Paul Bunion and rode a gondola 300 feet up into the air, but Mom can't seem to find her camera cable so that post will have to wait for another day!
Onward!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Beverly Beach

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. For two nights this week Mom and I camped at Beverly Beach State Park, just 6 miles north of Newport, Oregon.
Beverly Beach was beautiful but so so so COLD.
It was cold enough that Mom and I could see our breath, and so windy that when Mom went for a walk in Capri pants on the first day, the beach sand blasted into her legs and actually made them bleed!
That's some powerful sand!
After weathering two days of really bad storms at Beverly Beach, Mom and I were able to move on down the road, but not before stopping to do some laundry, and to dry our sleeping bags and tent.
At the laundromat, Mom met a really nice old lady who gave her some laundry detergent after the soap dispenser ripped Mom off on a box of Tide...meanwhile, I was in the car eating the muffin that Mom had bought herself for breakfast...I ate the entire thing (plastic wrap and all)! Now Mom is concerned because the muffin was a pecan-brown sugar muffin...how was I supposed to know that I am not allowed to have pecans? I've never had a nut before so that just wasn't knowledge that I had! Oh well... I seem to be perfectly OK so no harm done!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Cheese!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. On our way down the coast of Oregon, Mom and I stopped in Tillamook, home of the Tillamook Creamery Association, makers of Tillamook cheese and ice cream.
Inside the factory there were cheese and ice cream tasting stands and a really cool factory tour....those big blocks of cheese that you can see in the second and third pictures are ten gallon blocks weighing about 100lbs! That's a lot of cheese!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Arcadia Beach

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here!

A few days ago (on the 4th maybe??), Mom and I went for a walk on Arcadia Beach in Oregon.

As we were walking along Mom was thinking to herself "hmmmmm... wouldn't it be cool if I found a sand dollar"?

All of the sudden BAM! (As Emeril would say), Mom found a half of one! Then another and another and another until finally...BAM! she found two whole sand dollars sitting together on a rock.

Mom decided that the two sand dollars sitting on the rock had been left there specifically for people like her (people who want sand dollars but can't seem to find whole ones) and selected one to keep for herself.

Cool huh?

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

Ruby Beach and Westport, Washington

Hi! Again everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here with our last post of the evening.
Today, Mom and I went to Ruby Beach, which is in Olympia National Park in Washington and ended the day in Westport, Washington.
Ruby beach was truly beautiful, as you can see from the pictures included here. And the sound of the beach was amazingly loud - as Mom and I hiked down towards the beach (it turns out that going to the beach in Washington often involves a hike of a mile or more) the sound of crashing waves became so loud that I couldn't even hear Mom when she yelled at me to sit so that she could untangle my leash from a ginormous fern that had reached out and grabbed it.
On the beach itself Mom and I found lots of weird and cool stuff including a half eaten crab (which Mom wouldn't let me finish off for some reason), a HUGE (it's WAY WAY bigger than it looks - about as tall as mom standing up) rusty old canister, a rock with two funky holes, and some really cool drift wood, which Mom thought looked like a fairy hut or something.
After Ruby beach, Mom and I continued our drive down the coast on HWY 101 to Westport, Washington (which is actually about 19 miles off of 101 on 105 but whatever).
There we walked along the beach trail for about a mile until Mom got so cold that she couldn't feel her nose anymore.
After that, I waited in the car while Mom ate at a restaurant called The One Eyed Crab, which is the first restaurant that she has eaten at on this trip - apparently it was a nice break from "cooler food".
The One Eyed Crab has floor to ceiling windows that look out over the marina at Grays Harbor, on which Westport sits. So Mom sat at the bar right in front of these windows and was able to watch boats coming in and out of the harbor, men throwing enormous fish off of boats, and other tourists walking by (and me staring at her from the car - she parked right in front of the windows so that she could keep an eye on me).
For supper Mom had 1/2 of a whole crab, salad, garlic toast, and fries - of which the crab was the only thing that she was able to finish because the portions were so big.
After supper, Mom and I went for a walk along the marina, looked at the boats, and spotted a dolphin who was swimming in the marina sort of checking out all of the boats and whatnot. He was a pretty darn cool dolphin if I do say so myself!
Currently, we are camped at the American Sunset RV and Tent Resort. Mom really likes it here because it is only $1 more than a State Park campground and we get free showers and WI-FI. She also really likes the people who own the place - they were really helpful and made Mom feel very comfortable when she checked in earlier this afternoon (they also have a cat named Oreo, which I think made Mom miss our kitties at home whom I do not miss at all - nope, not even a little bit...sniff sniff cry cry). We are so close to the marina here that we can hear the Sea Lions barking!
Well, we had better get off to bed...it is finally getting dark here and the storm that was projected to come in appears to be breaking right over our heads!
Tomorrow we go to Astoria, Oregon!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Sequim Bay State Park

Hi! Again! A few posts this evening to catch us up to where we should be (or rather, to where Mom and I are).

On Monday night Mom and I camped in Sequim Bay State Park.

Sequim Bay is a really popular destination with people who are boating because the State Park actually extends out into the water, letting people moor their boats in State Park waters while heading up (or down, like us) the coast.

In order to get to the beach at Sequim Bay State Park Mom and I had to hike through a rain forest! Isn't that cool? On the way to the beach we saw a log all covered in really weird mushrooms, walked over a VERY rickety bridge, and met a squirrel that was so unafraid of me that he came to within about 2 feet of my face (we think that he is eating some bread in that picture).

In the second to the last picture included here you can see some boats that are moored just off of Sequim Bay's Oyster fields. At Sequim Bay State Park people can dig/catch up to 18 oysters per day to eat...Mom and I did not partake in the oyster fest that was going on when we were there as neither one of us likes oysters!

Mom and Dad have two identical sleeping bags which they normally zip together to form one super sleeping bag. Mom and I had been using the super sleeping bag until two nights ago when it got so cold that Mom had to take the sleeping bags apart, re-zip them individually, and then put one inside of the other for us to sleep in. The last picture shows what Mom saw when she woke up this morning - me, wedged in between the wall of the sleeping bag and her tummy, trying to keep warm!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck