Kite Flying & Service Dogs

The plan was made, an overnighter, just me and my Alex the Service Dog, well that was the plan anyway... It didn't work out that way, things change ya know...I had just found out the Monday prior that my young Dobe, Alex's girlfriend, Joan, has cancer of the bladder...That sucks and its brain tweak time for me...The plan was to get away and sort some things out, it turns out that when you drive 4 hours, one way, that is to much time to think...I had a great time with Al, a guys day out but after I found that a motel room was 94 dollars and the outside weather was foggy and cold, precluding roughing it, we did our thing at the festival and drove 4 hours home, back to the girls who appeared happy with the decision...The festival and the ocean were very nice but the best part was watching Alex during the drive, he saw everything I think...Next time it will be all of us in a motor home...Bob, can I borrow..........

	<When we got there Alex did the pose thing> for the camera on the beach, he does it very well, don't ya think???
The winds were light but the Flying was great... As were the visitors... Lots of people had their dogs with them and they were all on their best behavior...		< Notice the Fog :-(
	< This series of pictures was very funny... Turns out when a tangle of kite string gets drug along the ground it looks like a squirrel.. you can see the "squirrel" to the left of his ear on the right picture... >
		< The "squirrel" is at the inside base of Al's left ear...

But Then its also important to watch where >

your going at almost all times, thus, nose

prints on the window...