Beach photo

The weather is getting drearier. It's time for a beach photo. This one is from our most recent trip in October to Carmel-by-the-Sea. Tomokee was thoroughly enjoying himself.

Sign sign everywhere a sign

This sign was spotted on the front door of a shop in Truckee, CA.

This one was in the lounge of the Cypress Inn in Carmel-by-the-Sea.

So, this dog walks into a bar ...

These photos were taken in the lounge of the Cypress Inn hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea. The lounge is called Terry's Lounge, and the bartender wears a vest, as it should be. This was near closing time, so Drago, the bartender on duty, let us perch Tomokee at the bar. And no, Tomokee did not get to enjoy any of the alcoholic beverages.

Are you starin' at ME?

Tomokee hates being stared at. This includes being stared at by inanimate objects which look like they are staring at him. In this case, the object is a stuffed bison that we encountered in downtown Jackson, WY. If we walk by quickly, he's okay, but if we pause, and he gets a chance to look at it, he goes berserk.

The Tall Tale of Giraffe Boy

So, our stay at Salt Lake City's very pet-friendly Hotel Monoco (part of the Kimpton group of hotels) provided us with this very nice suite-sized room. When we first got there, we both noticed that the bathroom vanity was substantially higher than normal, but chalked it up as a fashion statement (and it kept Mr. Soap-Snaffler away from the hand soap).

We also discovered these two XXL-sized robes, in giraffe print, in the closet. Now I'm a little lost in mine (see the giraffe-boy photo below), but Betty looked like a 5-year-old in parents' clothing, trailing a giraffy train after her like Morticia Addams.

Betty asked Tage (a friendly bell-person who took a liking to T-dog and vice-versa) why they would only have stocked two such huge robes (and they had a teddy and a couple of pairs of subtrou for sale hung in the closet) and, by the giraffe-print description, he said we had been given one of a select number of "tall rooms" the hotel has for very tall people. Normal rooms get normally sized robes in leopard skin print.

That explained the very high door frames and why my feet didn't stick over the end of the bed.

If you get a chance, give this place a visit.

Hiking

On the last day of the great 2008 road trip, we did a little hiking on the Castle Peak trail near Truckee. We got as far as Castle Pass, where Tomokee is enjoying the view.

A walk in the park

Liberty Park in Salt Lake City is a lovely and large multi-use city park. Tomokee enjoyed a walk through the park when we passed through SLC on the great 2008 road trip. Here he is posing by the lake.