We were looking through our pictures and discovered we had one more story from our beach trip to tell. Ok, and we did not have any more pictures from this week because hu-dad was doing all his busyness stuff after the holidays. These pictures are from before Christmas when we visited with our friends Kody and Nia at Charles Towne Landing in Charleston, SC. Queen Natasha, of course, appreciated how Nia has trained Kody on how things work.
Kody and The Herd are patiently waiting. What could they be waiting for?
Kody knows the wait can be a while, so he settles in and gets comfortable.
Finally, Nia emerges from her explorations (she insisted on dragging her human over to this exhibit).
Nia had no doubt that every pup would wait on her.
But now Nia, and every other pup, is ready to continue the walk.
What would a beach week be without a video of the dogs at the beach, particularly a video of Frankie with his first ever impression of the ocean? Hope you enjoy.
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The Herd and Herd Annex have thoroughly enjoyed their beach week vacation and, today, we pack up for the beginning of our journey home (we have a Christmas Day stop scheduled along the way). But what better way to show the end of a vacation, then to show how relaxed everyone is?
Only Queen Natasha is awake and on guard duty (looking from the hu-dad's RV over to the hu-grandmom's RV).
Tartok says it has taken him most of the week to get his "sleeping hole" just right.
The Red Team shows their extreme sleeping skills.
Cheesewhiz in her most innocent look.
Frankie is dreaming about all of the good times on hist first beach trip.
Ruby decided she could help with guard duty by watching the road in front of the RVs.
While Natasha and Kiska maintain feral cat / squirrel / rabbit patrol behind the RV.
We really like Huntington Beach State Park for a number of reasons, but one of those is the wide, spacious campsites. As you can imagine, when you are traveling with a number of dogs, it is great to have a little room between RV’s so everyone can enjoy their vacation. Still, you will always notice what your neighbors are doing.
One of our many neighbors in the campground.
Though we really do not think that Natasha is bird watching this intently.
This feral cat seems to be the object of her attention.
Not sure who, but someone had set out some food for one of the feral cats who lives in the area. The Herd was very distracted by these particular neighbors.
With sunset just after 5 pm, we arrived at the beach a little late to be able to take any pictures. But at sunrise Sunday morning, our temperature is expected to be 34 F (1 C), perfect Siberian weather for a stroll on the beach. So let’s take you back to our beach vacation two years ago and one of our all time favorite beach pictures – and what we plan to do on our first morning.
Sunrise stroll at Huntington Beach State Park (South Carolina) - December 2009
There is something about unplugging to take a vacation. Since we got a good bit of reaction to our song choice yesterday, we thought we would include another video for today. Our song is from the Zac Brown Band along with Jimmy Buffett – Knee Deep.
By the time you read this post, the RV will be loaded with supplies – and The Herd – and we will be on the road to Huntington Beach State Park for our annual Christmas week at the beach. We will take you along throughout the week with our adventures and lots and lots of pictures.
When you think of beach songs, you may not think of country music but we, well, always think of country music. And this song captures the spirit of WHY everyone wants to get away for a bit better than any I know – Blake Shelton and Some Beach.
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