More Pictures From Canada

Here are more pictures from when we visited Banff National Park in Canada with Ellen, David, and Walter.

The car in front of us broke down right as we got to the entrance to Banff. David is pushing, but Andrew is along for the ride!

Here I am taking a break before we climb up a hill to sit in the hot spring pool.

We soaked up all the good minerals and were ready for more Banff.

Walter and Ellen in front of the great RV at the waterfalls.

The waterfall.

Our view as we leave the park.

Those Canadians sure do know how to make beautiful mountains.

We've Made It To Canada

Andrew and I attended the tail end of one family reunion. It is so great to see where Andrew's mom grew up for the first five years of her life. A thunderstorm is rolling in so tomorrow should be a bit wet. The lightning is great because it is so flat and seems to be so close to the horizon.

Photos will follow I am sure. There were two dachshunds at the reunion tonight. I guess Walter (Andrew's Grandpa) started the trend when he brought dachshunds back up to Canada. Now everyone has them! Teenie is missing out.

Moss Landing Camping

Shannon and I drove down to Moss Landing to meet my Mom, Dad, Grandpa, and Nick and Mia (oh and of course Peggy) for camping. First trip out in the new RV!

Shannon and I slept in the Prius, but not for lack of room in the RV. That thing has tons of room with the pop-out. We just put a blow up mattress inside the Prius and inflated it when all the seats were laid down. Lots (ok, well some) room. But it was comfy.

We went to the beach a lot, took the dogs around, and finished up by going to another beach on Sunday where we could (attempt) to surf. The water was pretty choppy though.

More photos.

Shannon and I's birthday cakes (with matchstick candles)

Shannon and Mia in the Prius with the mattress blown up.

Moss Landing sunset

Walking to the beach

Mr. Beer

Please forgive the horrible pictures, for Andrew loaned out his camera to a co-worker for a week (yes, you read that right) so I had to use our old, tiny digital camera.

Andrew has started the new hobby of beer brewing. He absolutely loves it (we haven't tasted his first batch though) so if you have any fresh hops in your backyard let us know!

Now, our home improvement projects consist of tapping mini fridges and making room for all the supplies in the garage. I told Teenie to stand on her hind legs so she resembles a beer bottle and then maybe her daddy will pay attention to her.

Traveling in NYC

I'm in New York this week (6/10 through 6/16) for work, and have been having a blast. I'm staying in the Google apartment, and working at the Google office in Chelsea (at least I think thats the name of the area).

I'm here to work with some teams based here, and generally just hang around, but how much work can you really get done with all there is t do here? ;-)

So far I've been to an irish pub, a steakhouse, times square, and a tiny pizza place. I went to Times Square last night after a couple co-workers and I went to a steakhouse. I got to Times Square at about 11:15 pm, and it was still super busy. People everywhere, lights flashing, it was amazing. I spent about an hour just hanging out looking at the lights and taking photos.

The Google apartment that I'm staying in is great. 2bdr, 2 bath, a kitchen, living room, Direct TV, and internet access. That is all great stuff, but all I do is sleep there since I'm online all day at work and off doing things at night.

Tonight I plan to go to the top of the Empire State building (open till 2am) and take some photos of the city. They don't allow tripods though so I'll have to get a little creative to take the shots.

Well, looks like a Drum Band is starting up outside, so I better wrap this up, put on some headphones, and get some work done.

Oh yeah, pictures. (You can see all of them here: http://picasaweb.google.com/hurstdog/NYCTrip.)

The apartment

The view from my building (not my window though)

Three photos from Times Square

Work Out

This morning Bear helped me do my exercise ball workout dvd. I would be flat on the ground with the ball over my head and Bear and Teenie kept dropping toys on me to get me to play with them. By the end of the dvd the dogs were doing "downward dog" positions and loving it.

Bear has been to the dog park two days in a row now. On Saturday, Teenie, LuLu, Bear, and Barley will be meeting up at the dog park at 2pm in Dublin and then we are all going to BBQ back at the Ballands'.

It is going to be tough to give this doggy back!

Baby Bear

We are pet sitting for our friends this week so Teenie and LuLu love their new roomate Bear. Bear wanted to go to the library today so of course we obliged. He loves to read. We love to read to him.

Teenie has finally given up on trying to constantly dangle from his mouth. The poor guy was not amused, but all is well now.

More of Bear to follow.