Saturday, August 8, 2009





















Here is Goober fearlessly attacking Tiger Bunny, who is about 3 times his size. They wrestle arouond like this for hours every day. The kitchen is just off to the left (Tiger never strays too far from the groceries!)





Posted by PicasaCarrel giving Tedward a ride on the lawn mower on his last night in Texas. The goal had been to ride the four wheeler but there was a problem with the battery on it, so the lawn mower was a good stand in. I think Teddy is liking the experience....it's a little hard to tell. Toby definitely loved it because he loved anything to do with Carrel, but Harley jumped off after just a few feet.






The travellers loaded up the morning of our departure. No kennel in the back seat...we broke it down and stowed it in the trunk, the idea being that there would be room for all three dogs in the back seat. It worked out pretty well, except that Toby almost always situated himself in what my sister called the "lower bunk", that is, the floor behind the passenger seat. And we drove another 1200 vomit-free miles!


Many, many houses, farms, ranches and businesses fly a Texas flag out front. This one is at the LBJ Ranch and Park, our first stop. It was beautiful and quite spacious and there were very few people about. We saw three deer when we first drove back into the park area. We decided to let the dogs run around without leashes; big mistake. Teddy and Harley were great: came when we called and jumped up in the back seat. Toby took one look at the car and headed off at a brisk pace in the opposite direction. I got a box of dog cookies but he wouldn't come until I walked up the hill and away from the car, at which point I grabbed him, the little devil!

This is the back of the Grape Creek Winery just outside of Fredericksburg, Texas. It turns out that Texas produces quite a bit of wine, and the hill country around Fredericksburg was full of vineyards and wineries. I bought a couple of bottles at Grape Creek, one for me and one for my neighbor Ric. Here is a shot of the vineyard there at Grape Creek (I thought they made that name up, but a few miles after leaving this place, we crossed "Grape Creek"). The Texas hill country is just beautiful...check it out if you ever have the chance!

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