Final day at the BBB

Not going to write, letting the pictures do the talking. Great time was had by all..

Decker Creek B&B&B

DECKER CREEK BB&B 

Today we took it slow and easy, breakfast and then stayed for two plus hours just talking. Took dog to a city park near the river for a walk, then back to the cabin for a movie, dinner and the final walk of the day. The weather is getting colder only in the 40's today for a high. Clouds coming in and it almost looks like it could snow, but the forecast is just for overcast and cold.. 

Decker Creek B&B&B

Another great day at the Bed&Breakfast& Biscuit. As normal my day stared with an early morning walk just before the sun came up, then it was off to breakfast. 

The dogs love to visit with the owners, I think Shelby looks forward to being petted by Byron and getting treats from Pat.

 

After breakfast it is outside for social hour for the dogs. This is good for Shelby and Spencer who get very little interaction with other dogs. Shelby does very well for the most of the time, Spencer on the other hand stays close to me, even the six month puppy is three times his size. He is so cute trying to hide next to me most of the time.

Once social hour was done I took the dogs out on a ride. Plan was to go to PetsMart then an outside Cafe. Afternoon temps did get into the mid 60's but we did not find the Pets Mart and ended up at the McKinney Falls State Park. 

The dogs and I ended up hiking around Williamson Creek and doing the Homestead Trail. At the time I did not know it was a loop trail and when it started getting late I was just about ready to turn around when I noticed the old McKinney Homestead ahead, that was our starting point. 

The dogs loved the stops at the water to drink and rest, by now Shelby is more then ready to lay down and take a nap. 

However we still had just over a mile to go to get back to the Truck. Once back at the BBB both dogs were ready to call it a day, We had dinner watch some television, read a bit and off to bed. 

Time is flying for me and I am haveing a good time and relaxing.

Day two at BBB

Day two at the BBB started off with an early morning walk, it was that time of day when the Sun is not yet in the sky and the moon has not yet gone down, yet it is light. 

 

After the walk we went to breakfast with the owners. At the moment I am the only guest here so breakfast turned into a two hour visit. The food was excellent, but the best part was being able to have the dogs with me and having them interact with the owners dogs.  I only wish I had taken my camera with me so I could have had 

photos of all the dogs together.

After breakfast I took Spencer and Shelby on a long walk around the fifty areas that the BBB is

on. Both dogs were given time to explore without me concerned about cars,trucks,other dogs, or other people being around. IT WAS GREAT!!!!

The day ended watching a movie as both dogs slept, poor babies were exhausted, not used to two hour walks. The last walk of the day was just around the cabin to allow them to relieve themselves before it got too dark to go out. 

Tomorrow I hope to go to town and visit one of the Cafes that allow dogs on the patio, it all depends how cold it is..

Taking a large dog on vacation

Have you ever tried to travel with a large dog? If so then you know just how difficult it can be to find a place that will let you have one that is more then 50Lbs..  

Anyone that may have read my blog before knows I work on a boat for four to six weeks at a time  and live in a small room ( about the size of a large closet ) , so when I get off I like to go some place to unwind and relax. That is when having Shelby our 90LBS Lab becomes a problem. I have been looking off and on for a place I could go that is far enough away from the SKP park to feel like I am free. 

I think I may just have found such a place It is a B&B that is set up for having your pets along and is run by people that used to try to take they large dogs on vacations with them. 

I arrived yesterday at noon and so far have found taken the dogs out is really nice, no cars or trucks to worry about, dogs can sniff and play without me having to worry about what someone is going to say. 

The cabin ( not just a room ) is wonderful. I even have a small kitchen and made myself some real soup. Days are predicted to be on the cool side so the soup will be really good.  

Guess that will be all for today, will try to post a little something each day. Until tomorrow.

Merry Christmas From Geco Snapper

Guess this will be my last post for the year of our lord 2008. I will be spending the Holidays restricted to the boat, thanks to a crew member that got into a fight when in town. Thing is he was not even working for the same company that I work for and has been dismissed from ever working on this boat again.

The good news is when crew change takes place I should get home in less then five hours, bad news is I am less then a three hour drive from home during the Holidays.




Before we got restricted to the boat we did get one day out as a crew. Went to a place called the Spot for lunch, unfortunately it had to be a dry lunch ( no beer ) . Still it was a nice break from the normal on the boat lunch and longer too. We are all hoping that the powers that be allow us to take another lunch off the boat Christmas day.

I was also sent to a small boat course to learn water rescue using a FRB ( Fast Rescue Boat ). As luck would have it the entire time spent in the boats was during three of the coldest, wettest, and foggiest days we have seen so far. At least I still had my winter coveralls from two years ago. We do not have any on the boat because all were turned in last yea, when told we would not be in cold weather. I kept mine just because, and glad I did.

Thats about it for me, will soon be time to go to work on this the 24th day of Dec. 2008. You all have a Merry Christmas now...

At Port Galveston

Returned to the Snapper Dec. 1st this time for five weeks, opps five weeks and a day. Lucky us we had the day of crew change moved just in time for us to stay and extra day, this after we are already scheduled to be here for X-mas and New Year.

Have to say one thing about being in Port, we get to work day shift 6am to 6pm so we are on an almost human schedule. Down side is it is hard to get into a grove so the time goes by slow. We are trying to get the boat upgraded and ready to go back out around the end of Feb or early march. We all hope to be back in production soon staying in Port is costing us money, no production no bonus.

Photos are all taken from the Snapper at pier 41 Port Galveston Texas, lovely place to spend time.

I have not been traveling lately except to and from work because I have been the pet sitter while Kay goes to Mexico to learn Spanish, think she may really want to move they. Really not sure I want to live in Mexico. So will have to look for some land or small home this next time home. Would be nice to also find work that does not take me away all the time.

That is about it from me for now, not sure when I will post again... All depends on how I feel, this is more for me to vent then anything else. I still do not think it is read by many, only know of two, three counting me. LOL... Enjoy life and stay safe, life can be fun...

Took another GPS road trip today and the photos show what was found. DID NOT find what the GPS said I would but came across several interesting places that to me made up for the error???

Beach Day

Today I took a drive down to Galveston to take a walk on the beach. First Shelby, Spencer, and myself took our morning walk then took a drive. Stopped about 30 miles down the road for fuel for both myself and the truck. Then back on the road to the South. 

Once in Galveston I drove around looking for an RV park that was still open and did not look like just a paved parking lot.  Found two RV parking lots open, but nothing that I would want to stay at. During the drive I saw several things I wish I could have gotten photos of but I never have figured out how to drive and take photos at the same time. The one photo I really wanted was a sail boat sitting at a gas pump. Funny things was the station was open, the boat just had not been moved out yet. I drove past several times looking for a spot to stop but luck was not with me. Not even able to pull into the station because it was so busy. Maybe next time????

When I gave up driving around I found a section of the beach that was still open and had parking places so I pulled off and took the dogs for a walk along the waterfront and even on the beach. Both dogs loved the walk on the beach, and tried to catch some of the birds.