Odie the Roadie: (Not) Sleepless in Seattle

Oh my...where has the time gone? Mid-February already? In dog years that would mean that almost a year-and-a-half has flown by since I last sent out a post. My bad. I blame it on two things: 1.) The rain. It rains a lot and that causes me to want to sleep a lot. And when it isn't raining it is drizzling and that causes me to nap a lot. And when it isn't raining or drizzling it is cold and wet outside and that causes me to lay around and dream of sunshine and beaches. And when I am busy sleeping and napping and daydreaming it is difficult to find time to sit at the computer. 2.) The latitude. Seattle is right on the 48 degree latitude line which means it is really, really far north - farther north than Maine even and parts of Canada. At that latitude there is limited daylight and what is the point of getting out and about in the dark? Seriously, the 'daylight' starts mid-morning and is gone by mid-afternoon. What kind of place is this? The limited daylight causes me to have severe writer's block, so I can't really blog when it is dark all the time. Those are my excuses and I'm sticking with them.
As a dog, there are some great things here in the greater Seattle area. First, the 'Bone-a-Fide Dog Ranch'. Yup...it is a five acre paradise, a doggie disneyland, a dream come true and my people take pity on my at least once a week and take me for a playday at the ranch. Sometimes they even let me stay for a sleepover! There is mud and shrubs and trees and creeks and dozens and dozens of dogs and stuff to dig and places to run and endless opportunities for trouble! I love the ranch!

Second, there is the Redmond Dog Park right down the street from Microsoft. It is a 40-acre dog heaven. Absolute heaven. Third, the Samamish River Trail is just about the best place in the world to go running with my people when they let me tag along. It is a trail that goes for miles and miles and miles and there are geese and salmon and eagles and so much to sniff...

Those three places nearly make up for the fact that it rains so much and I have to wear a stupid raincoat when I go out. How humiliating.

I did get to ride on a ferry, but I wasn't even allowed to go up on the deck, so it was pretty much like riding in the car.