Roscoe-A Street Fair and The Colorado River

Here he is our little street urchin who likes to get his nose into everything. This was the before picture, before little Roscoe became so ill that we thought we were going to lose him. He started throwing up last Tuesday and it continued constantly until Wednesday when we took him to the vet. The poor boy was drooling and looked just awfully sick...he was awfully sick! We were lucky to find a seemingly good vet who did blood work, Xrays etc only to find nothing amiss, no foreign object lodged in this tummy and no organs shutting down. I guess that was good news. Figuring that somehow he got into poison they kept him overnight to give him constant fluids. When we picked him up Thursday he was no longer drooling or vomiting but had also not eaten or drank anything. We did entice him to eat later that day with canned dog food, his bladder and bowls worked but still not drinking. Out we went to get an eyedropper so that we could force at least some water in him...very little but we did get some. It took two days before he could take a walk and after that walk he came home and drank water-insert huge sigh of relief. As of yesterday (Saturday) he is finally back to normal, eating, drinking and finally terrorizing Peeko. I think Peeko missed him as well. I wont even mention the vet bill!
We hit a street fair in Southern Cali on a very nice day. Lots of stuff at those street fairs/flea markets/swap meets.
This one had an entire row of food-Breakfast Tacos, Gyros, Coffee, Lemonade etc etc etc. David and I can personally vouch for the breakfast burritos.


There were olives and canned 'things' for sale
And brussle sprouts on a stick. Or maybe it was a stock....
And art galore
There are dresses for those of us that think it is warm in Cali this time of year

And coats for those that live here and dress like this when we are running around in our shorts and flip flops.
There are colorful hats
And knitted kids sweaters
And garden art....well someone must like this stuff the guy had a huge display of them.
And husbands waiting for wives to return with the Visa card
It was a fun morning and I was able to get our grands a few Christmas gifts. Nah they will never last that long, may have to be birthday gifts:)

The Colorado River is where one of our new parks is located and it is wonderful. Friendly people, great RV sites, two pools and a hot tub, a pool bar and grill, a mile of sandy white beach and loads of things going on.
These are the riverfront sites, nice, very nice.

And further upstream running through the mountains
David wondering how in the heck he is going to get a boat out here next year. Good fishing on this clear as a bell river we hear tell.
Around here the signs tell you to beware of Burros as opposed to deer.
One of our parks is located about 40 miles across the AZ/MX border on the Sea of Cortex. We hope to spend some time there next year. Dear family...we are allowed to have you join us in one of the rental units for pretty cheap....think about it.

A Day Trip

My son, the connoisseur of beers and at home garage brewer, asked us to hit a micro brewery store to get him some 'You can't get em in MN' beers. Off David and I went to Orange CA, a pretty nice drive along the coast. The town of Orange is a nice little artsy fartsy town that would be fun to spend a day in. Our mission was the beer supply and this is where it started
It is just a small little shop with their brewery beers on tap that you can taste by ordering a flight...impressed Len?

The store window is quite inviting
And inside is as well. There are beers with names like-
De Proef Van Twee
Xbeeriment #44

.	Provision Series - Workman's Friend

Green Flash Double Stout

Some were in coolers

With wine on racks
And many on shelves with snifters and glasses as well
Just a neat little shop that had David and my mouth's watering! We would have loved nothing more than to order a flight and do our own little tasting party!
Just a small sample of what we picked up for Len
On our way home we stopped at a wayside rest to let the dogs stretch their legs a bit. David was walking the two dogs when all of a sudden Peeko jumped and there they were not three feet from a rattle snake who had his tail rattling! Thank goodness for Peeko or who knows which one of my 3 boys would had gotten bit. David convinced me to take a picture of the damned thing. It is the first one that he and I have ever seen and hopefully will be the last. Barry oh Barry where in the heck are you when I need you!

Dog Beach

No it's not a big huge tidal/Tsunami wave, although it looks like it. It is a 'marine layer' that is covering Point Loma. We went to Dog Beach the day after the devastation in Japan and the waves here were no worse than any other windy day. We suffered no ill affects thank goodness.
We have found a few great dog parks on our travels this year. This one has to be the most fun not only for the dogs but for us as well. It is in Coronado at the end of the beach by 'The Del'. Dogs run off leash here while the people that belong to them enjoy the surf, the sun, the dogs and their people. Most are very responsible 'people' picking up after their dogs as well as assuring they do not bring aggressive dogs to Dog Beach. However there is always the exception. On one of our visits we had just put our chairs down, I was still holding Roscoe and Peeko was saying hello to a HUGE basset hound that came up to us. Next thing we knew that fat blob of a dog was on top of poor Peeko and Peeko was screaming in fear and pain. I separated them to find poor Peeko had a tear in his ear and was afraid to be on his own that entire afternoon. Poor passive Peeko. The basset hound's problem was that he had rotten people who did not watch him and did not care that he just ripped open another dog's ear. No worries, I gave them a piece of my mind and they left the beach. That, thank goodness, has been our only negative experience so on with the positive.......

The minute Roscoe hits the beach he goes looking for people that will love him. Never mind that he is there to socialize with dogs, nah he wants people and makes no bones about jumping on whoever he seems to think is jumpable. Thank goodness he is cute as can be and is able to get by with this behavior! Here he is weaseling his way between a dog and his 'people'.


And then
There are dogs that care about other dogs (these big guys are sniffing Peeko's torn ear)

And dogs that care only about themselves and their hair
There are old dogs of the sea
And young dogs loving the sea
And a pack of dogs
Their are dogs that glisten
And those that do not listen
Dogs that look like rabbits


And those that would love to chase rabbits
There are big dogs


And brand new little dogs
And dogs that look like this
And those that look like that
Dogs that steal toys
Those that bury toys
And those that fetch toys
And those that look like they SHOULD fetch toys (badly needing exercise)
And those that just like to kick back and relax

There are flowers growing out of the sand
And beach art in the sand

And then there are our dogs
Yep, Dog Beach, a great way to spend an afternoon.