A Sense of Doubt blog post #2674 - PUPPY REPRINT from 2018 #992 - National Puppy Day Blog 2018 - Two Dog Trips

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A Sense of Doubt blog post #2674 - PUPPY REPRINT from 2018 #992 - National Puppy Day Blog 2018 - Two Dog Trips

I was reminded today that it was time to do a puppies post BECAUSE some people, recent friends and followers on IG in particular, didn't even know I had dogs.

If you spend more than an hour with me, you surely learn that I am a nerd, I am married, I have two dogs, I am from Michigan, and I love it here at LCC and the PACNW.

And yet, I have not featured the dogs hereabouts in a while.

Here's the reprint of a post from March of 2018, which means this outing with the dogs was surely one of my first forays to explore my new environs after moving here in August of 2017.

Thanks for tuning in.

I am happy that you are here, and these dogs love you.

But then, these dogs love most everyone.

Blog Vacation Two 2022 - Vacation II Post #110

I took a "Blog Vacation" in 2021 from August 31st to October 14th. I did not stop posting daily; I just put the blog in a low power rotation and mostly kept it off social media. Like that vacation, for this second blog vacation now in 2022, I am alternating between reprints, shares with little to no commentary, and THAT ONE THING, which is an image from the folder with a few thoughts scribbled along with it. I am alternating these three modes as long as the vacation lasts (not sure how long), pre-publishing the posts, and not always pushing them to social media.

Here's the collected Blog Vacation I from 2021:

Saturday, October 16, 2021

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2433 - BLOG VACATION 2021 COLLECTED

ORIGINALLY FROM:

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #992 - National Puppy Day Blog 2018 - Two Dog Trips

Satchel and Ellory on the East Fork of the Lewis River
Paradise Point State Park - Tuesday March 20, 2018

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #992 - National Puppy Day Blog 2018 - Two Dog Trips

Hi Mom,

Dogs and nature today but first.

GO BLUE!!!

That shirt shows "Michigan" in Chinese. I am assuming Mandarin, but I don't really know.

I am late posting this one, so I already know that Michigan is in the Final Four. Yay!!

So, Monday, I took the girls to the dog park in Ridgefield. 

Satchel was immediately excited and started to cry and claw at the car door as soon as we pulled in the parking lot.

Ellory was less interested in sniffing as in running free off leash. I tried to get good video of her running full tilt and her amazing acceleration.

The girls enjoy some sunshine.

So, then on Tuesday, I took the girls to Paradise Point State park in Ridgefield.




These girls were VERY excited for a walk in a new place.

I like this photo because they're both so fixated and intense, but Ellory is so huge in the foreground.

This place is like a scene from Lord of the Rings.

I swear these woods are amazing.

Oh yeah. and there's a small waterfall.

So beautiful...

I know this next photo is blurry, but I needed a shot of this rock wall and the path. I will try to get a better shot in the future.

I am becoming a huge fan of moss and photographing moss.

This is East Fork of the Lewis River.

Just south of us here in Woodland, The main Lewis River turns west and empties into the Columbia. But there's an East Fork of the Lewis River that flows through this park and meets the Lewis River where it meets the Columbia River.

Awesome. Here's a visual of the map.

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Reflect and connect.
Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.
I miss you so very much, Mom.
Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
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- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.