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Great Adventure

Mom's brother, Alex, and his wife, Cheryl, are visiting us this week. All five of us began our trip at Mom-mom and Pop-pop's house. You can see that we were very excited to start our adventure.

On the first afternoon of their visit, Mom took me, Alex and Cheryl to the big park in Richmond. Byrd Park. We had a good time walking the paths and viewing the sites. I really liked the little lakes. I wanted to go swimming but Mom wouldn't let me.

Here I am leading the way. Mom always jokes that I'm an "alpha" dog. I have no idea what that means. All I know is that I feel like I should be the guy in front.

Me and Mom at a water fountain. Once again, I tried to jump in for a short swim. As my friends in Barclay Park know, I have a thing for swimming in water fountains.

Alex read this sign and told me that I was not allowed to dig in the park or we would get in trouble. It's too bad; my super sensitive nose told me that there was lots of interesting stuff under the ground. Oh well. I try not to question the humans' silly rules.

Me, Alex and Cheryl in front of the bell tower at Byrd Park.
Me, Mom and Cheryl on the base of the bell tower.

Yesterday, Wednesday, we went on a really big adventure. Early in the morning, Alex, Cheryl, Mom and I jumped into Alex's big truck and drove for an hour to a place called Colonial Williamsburg. What a great day. It was sunny and cool. We walked throughout this historic site and visited some old buildings and learned about the history of the town and how people lived back in the 1700s. I didn't hear much about how dogs played a role in daily life back in those days but the people dressed in period costumes were very happy to see me. I even got a few treats from them. We had a really fun day and I would love to go back there.

Me and Mom on some old door steps.

Me and Cheryl and a colonial lady.

I like sitting on boxes.

Me, Alex and Cheryl in front of the old capitol building.

Me and Cheryl behind the governor's palace.

We have strong ties to Philadelphia so we're super excited that our Phillies baseball team is in the world series. To celebrate our team, we dressed up this statue and took some pics. I even gave him a little kiss.

Weekend Visit

Last weekend, Mom, Dad and I drove up to visit my grandparents. After a day or two, Mom and Dad left. I was pretty upset when I heard that they went on a hike without me. Turns out they traveled to Woodstock, NY for a wedding. The had a little time to hike Overlook Mt.

Near the top of the mountain was the ruins from a old 1920s hotel that burned down years and years ago.

Views from the top of the mountain and 90 foot fire tower that they climbed.



Meanwhile, I had a really nice stay with MomMom and PopPop. MomMom even cooked up some sweet potatoes for me. I have no idea how she knew that was my fav food! I enjoyed nice walks to the little river (I loved peering over the bridge to look for fish). At night, I did get a little lonesome for my parents so I jumped up on MomMom and PopPop's bed and slept with them. They are warm and cuddly. When Mom and Dad came back from NY, we had a nice visit with more family before heading back to Richmond.

Daisy-sitting

A couple of weekends ago, I got to hang out with my new friend Daisy. She stayed with us for two days/one night. She's a sweet dog. I didn't even mind when she curled up on my bed even though her bed was sitting right there. We spent most of Saturday snoozing on the couch while Mom watched college football.