Vacation

Well, it's hard to believe we are back from vacation already. Time sure flies when having fun. :o) Tim & I went down to FL to visit mom on Sat. the 24th. We had a really good time. On Memorial Day we went to dad's grave site at the Bay Pines VA Cemetery. It was nice to see all the little American flags on each grave. After that we headed over to Ft. Desoto & went fishing off the pier (in the Gulf). We didn't catch anything for the first few hours, but later in the afternoon everyone started catching fish. It was great. We didn't catch anything big, but still had a lot of fun even though it was stinky from using squid as bait. LOL!!
On Tues. Tim & I went to the Hammock state park & got to see the alligators. Yay!! There were six in all. We told mom we would buy her a kitten for her b-day so later we went to the pet store to see if there were any kittens. They had six kittens available & after mom got off work we took her there to pick one out. She picked out the really cute female. (After a few days she came up with the name "Miss Muffin".) :)
On Wed. Tim & I got up early to drive over to Venice Beach. It was the first time I had been to that particular beach. We went there because we wanted to search for sharks teeth. Tim had been there as a child & collected a bunch of sharks teeth. We did find a few & got to enjoy the wonderful warm gulf water.
On Thursday we got up early to go back to state park. Mom went with us also. We got to see a wild pig, a hawk, raccoons, alligators & some really neat big white birds that we later found out were Wood Storks. They are beautiful when they are in flight...with a 5 foot wing span. In the evening we had a cook-out & mom made lots of good food. We went to DQ earlier to buy an ice-cream cake since all three of us have b-day's in June (the 4th, 7th & 8th). :o)
On Friday we left for the airport & got home around 3:30pm. :o) We both feel really rested & I was able to get a lot of work done today.

Agility class

Rocky finally graduated from Beginner Agility class! Yay! These past eight weeks have been a lot of fun. He learned to jump multiple jumps in a row, jumping through a tire, running through a tunnel, walking on the dog-walk, going through the chute, walking up the teeter-totter (sp?) & going through the weave poles. Wow! All that in just beginner agility. (Our instructor said that most schools don't teach a dog how to do the weave poles until the third 8 week session.)
Rocky did as good as can be expected for a beginner. He really had his moments though. The seventh week he decided to be a clown & after jumping a jump he would throw himself on the ground and roll around. He is a goof.
You will notice in the pictures that he is wearing a white "drag" line. I had to put this on him because during the last two classes he decided he wasn't going to do the obstacle course in the correct order. He just wanted to go through the chute where he remembered getting a treat the week before...LOL!! Anytime he would start to head off in another direction I would step on the drag line to stop him. It was really hard to put on a serious face & make the dog understand that I meant business while running & laughing really hard at the same time!!




Waiting for a treat.




Cindy, my mother-in-law comes & watches her grand-dog. :)