Pearl

So, I had not been to the park in 2 days. that is just wrong. Today my person seemed to be having walking issues. I gotta give it to her she took me anyway. Hip, Hip, Hooray! We walked up the little hill right in front of the parking lot. She took us down the short cut toward the bench on the top of the hill with the view of the mountains. We saw little Buddy the Bichon Frise. He is a spunky little fellow and I enjoyed walking with him briefly. When we got to the river I saw my good friend Pearl. Pierre, Benji and little Trixie were also there. Pearl was in the water trying really hard to get a grip on this big 'ole stick. A small tree or tree limb actually. I invited myself to that party right away. Pearl ran back up onto the beach so I had to do a little Merlin shuffle to convince her to come back. Convince her I did and we were off to a running, mud flinging, splashing good time. I ran up to the beach and put on a show right in front of my person at leg level. She always stands in front of a tree and sort of holds on. I wish she, or any of the peeps, felt free enough to come and join us. Instead they act like a little roll on the ground would be a bad thing. Peeps, can't figure them out no matter how hard I try.

We walked back out with all of these dogs eventually. It was a really good time. I really, really like Pearl. She is one of my BDFF for sure. I hope tomorrow brings us to another trip to the park and a gathering of all the very bestest 4 and 2 legged beings ever,

PS: We did not see any bears today. We did hear lots of stories and told some of our own. Word has it that 3 bears were seen together the other day! It's a family! Hooray. I think.

Merlin