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Riley & Mt. Rainier

{ 11:02, 2008-May-16 } { 1 comments } { Link }

It's so, so, so warm today! It's like 90* or something, that's unheard of! It's about time, I love it! I go outside and it feels.. nice!

My parents were here a few weeks ago to visit for spring. It snowed while they were here, which they found really disturbing. I found it a little odd myself, because it was mid April and all- but I still find it a bit fascinating. They're from Jersey, they didn't appreciate it at all, they were freezing the whole time they were here. I'm proud to say that I held up better than they did.

My parents came to visit, persuaded me to get 'my own dog' while they were here. Originally, the plan was to pick up the ones back home, but my dad's statement of "I just don't think it's the best idea, I'd prefer you look into leaving them with us and maybe getting... a new pet" changed that. If you don't know, my dad, to me, is the smartest man alive. I realize how much of him is me, and how much wiser he is for the added thirty years, so generally- I listen to him. That said- this is RILEY (an Roo the kangaroo):

So, a little about Riley- he is mine by way of a family that has a new infant kid, he is three years old, not well trained in anything other than waiting until I get home to potty (thank God!), he sheds like a bastard, he likes to chase his tail and he walks around in a circle before sitting down every time. Also, whenever I put on my shoes, or pick up a jacket, this is where he goes and he waits there until I take him out, even if it's taking me a while.

I still miss my other dogs, he's nowhere near as entertaining or awesome as them but- he tries, I guess.

Speaking of my dogs back home- I'm trying to put together a week long vacation for the 4th of July, but I need to find a dog-sitter. He's going to make vacationing a little bit more difficult. :)

Last weekend, I went on a road trip with the dog. We went down to Mt. Rainier and just hung out for a while. There's this little town/city called Eatonville on the way up there, and we stopped to walk around this little park they had for a bit up there.

It was a really weird place, I thought. It had a little lake in the back, and a huge playground, and a skate park. That's a bit much for a park compared to what I'm used to. There was this grass field with the whole wagon thing there on one end, and a trail in back with weird plants and flowers and a little creek or something. And then to the other side of the water there was this big ol' creepy looking metal contraption that.. I'm still not really sure about. It was a neat little place, there were bathrooms, and places for the dog to do some business, and that's what mattered most, at the time.

Mt. Rainier was interesting when we got up there too. The temperature there was was about 40*, so it dropped like twenty degrees in a half hour!

I didn't take too many pictures up there because it was cold. Also- with the little bit of snow on the ground the dog's feet were a disaster, my car soon became a disaster, and by the second time we got out of the car it was like- everything was such a mess I just kept forgetting to grab the camera. Plus, gloves make that kind of shit hard. I thought Mt. Rainier was pretty cool. We only stayed about two hours, it was kind of late when we got there and I was just hanging out with the dog. Maybe next time I'll be inclined to stay longer and explore a little more if I have some company.

On the way back, I passed this fantastic little sight of some deer hanging out on the road. I thought that was cool, it's not everyday you're little Phoenix dwelling kid gets to see something like that!

My favorite part of the whole trip was on the way home, through a little break in the trees I saw this awesome spot...

I have no idea what this place was, but I thought it was pretty awesome. It stole the whole trip! I guess it's just some other lake and that all the water was out so it revealed all the tree stumps underneath. I want to have a picnic there. It was really muddy, but it was a semi-wet day, and regardless, Riley and I had a great time running around down there just checking out the place.

:)

I think this weekend another trip is in order. I don't know where I want to go, but I'm sure that I'll come up with something. I was thinking going up to Canada. Gas is more expensive than it's ever been in my driving life, but it's worth spending the money on that compared to driving to the city and spending the money going out, as far as I'm concerned. Actually, I'm probably saving money just because going to the city always ends up being more expensive than it should be.

Also, it's my brother's birthday and I think that's cool.
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{ 11:45, 2008-May-17 } { Posted by LauriesAsylum }
Wow, your camera takes awesome pics! The last three are so weird that I almost felt like I was looking at a photo out of some fairy tale book.

Your new dog is so cute! Haha, I bet he's great company for you.

I love road trips, just love them.

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