I think I've mentioned Billie a few times (she's the owner of Maggie, the little spaniel that Pepper adores). Billie used to live right across the street from us. Unfortunately (for us, not for them) Billie sold her house here and Rod sold his condo in Portland, to finally buy a new house for both of them. They found a great one not too far away (about 10 minutes driving) on 2 acres. Gorgeous! I'm happy for them, but I will miss them nevertheless.
Anyways, this year they invited us to join them on the coast where they had rented a house for Thanksgiving week. How could we say no!
After arrival, Billie, Rod, Jan, Mag, Pepper and I headed out to the beach for a nice long walk. The weather was actually kind of nice (and that after a lot of rain and high winds only a few days ago). Pepper and Maggie had a blast, of course.
Maggie then found this rock. Looks harmless, right? Just a tiny puddle around it, right? Well, she found out that that puddle is actually quite deep (she LOVES to swim, so she had a blast). Pepper, on the other hand, does not enjoy swimming that much. But he had to follow his girlfriend to sniff out that rock! So he walked casually up to it, and -plop- down he falls into the water. What a shock (for him!). We were laughing of course, and he was utterly confused. Poor bugger. He made it up on the rock eventually (again, following his girl who had discovered a somewhat dry path to it).
Love the ears :).
After all this water, he had to RUN (in his goofy style with legs flying all over the place). And every time Maggie got close to the water and the puddles (and sometimes jumped into them) he hit the brakes. Not again! Haha.
When we got back to the house the turkey was almost done. Billie's sister, Terry, and a good friend of theirs, Maryann, had been watching it and preparing all those tasty dishes. So good! I especially loved the turkey and the sweet potatoes.
And after dinner we headed to the beach one more time. This time, Terry and her dog (forgot her name :( ), and Maryann and her two dogs Bianca and Sienna joined us as well. It was so cold, but the dogs had a blast. We even met yet another one (as if 5 dogs wasn't enough ;)!), an cute Italian Lagotto (they're bread to find truffles!).
After the walk we cuddle up in front of the fire place for a while before Jan and I drove back home. What a great day!
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