Jacpot On The Mend

With Jacpot having trouble walking (see previous post) we have cancelled any adventures this week and are staying home relaxing, but he wanted to say hello to Coco and Toby in Alabama. :-)

One of the surprises of the weekend was Kim and Frank going out of their way to get a Carvel Ice Cream Cake. On their last visit to Palmdale Dave and Frank discussed the old commercials and found some on You Tube.

Below is the cake they brought along with one of the old commercials below.

Jacpot Has Too Much Fun

This Saturday on Memorial Day Weekend was full of fun, and yes, sometimes too much fun... we'll get too that shortly.

The morning started out with one of our usual trips to the nearby school for some exercise.

Kim and Frank arrived on Friday night and Kim G., Brandon, Joe, and Good Buddy Harley came up on Saturday. The local Hursts and Whites came over as well to round out the reunion.

Jacpot walks around with Harley for a while...

...and then catches up with Joe.

Jennie works on her diving skills...

Even though Jacpot loves swimming in the lake Harley could not get Jacpot to work on his swimming skills, while Jacpot learns that Chris needs much practice on his dancing skills!!!

What a great day it was and eveyone had tons of fun, but Jacpot learned today that running back and forth on the concrete all day long eventually wears down ones pads, and causes them to bleed, so he is now taking it easy and wearing his new booties. Yes Jacpot, sometimes one can have too much fun.

Jacpot Goes To Pismo Beach

Our good friends Kim and Frank moved to Pismo Beach recently and Jacpot was more than eager to visit their new place in Pismo for the weekend.

After arriving Friday, Frank, Jacpot, and Chris took a walk down along the beach, their place is just a block or two from the ocean. We played cards until well past midnight, but Jacpot turned in early in anticipation of a fun filled day on Saturday.


We started with a walk to Old West Cinamon Rolls to start the morning...




We spent the weekend in about a 20 mile span at San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach, Shell Beach, and Pismo Beach. The theme we noticed over and over again is just how dog friendly all the towns we visited were.


Jacpot and I were waiting outside while Cindy tried on some shoes and the shop owner invited us in.

Japot makes sure he gets the right size.

Later in the afternoon we headed to Avila Beach where they have a Dog Beach. On the first Saturday of every month Great Danes have a time they all get together and Jacpot joined in on the fun.

Afterwards we headed to San Luis Obispo and ate at Bel Frites for a snack. They serve only french fries with a wide variety of sauces. These are special Belgium French Fries that the whole process takes around 12 hours to make.

On our walk around San Luis Obispo we walked around the mission
and Jacpot wanted to pose like the grizzly bear in the sculpture....

After taking the picture, Jacpot thought he was so funny and couldn't stop laughing. I had to listen to him all day about how funny he thought he was....

Later in the afternoon when we got back to Frank and Kim's place we decided we needed a nap....

Before dinner we walked down to the beach for more play time...

Sunday morning we went to Shell Beach to eat breakfast at Zorro's. The food and service were spectacular...

Not only did we get mints with the check but Jacpot got a dog biscuit (again, dog friendly everywhere)...

They even had water bowls out for dogs.

After breakfast more walking around with beautiful scenery everywhere.

What's this? Dog drinking fountains next to the regular drinking fountains...

Jacpot and Chris take a break....

Jacpot and Chris take another break...

Jacpot off to his next adventure...

We had such a nice time at the Avila beach dog park Saturday we returned again on Sunday, but this time with plenty of sun.

Thanks for the great time Frank and Kim!!!