Ripley goes on vacation too

This past weekend, we all went on a vacation, with my wife and I taking a cruise to Cozumel, and Ripley visiting his foster mom and dad in Riverview, Florida. Ripley was her first foster, and she loves him as much as we do. She has two other beagles, both female, and I'm sure Ripley was the perfect gentleman. At least, that was the report, however Lori may be willing to fib so we bring him back again when we go for our next cruise.

Now, while he was visiting, Katie and Mollie taught Ripley some new tricks, including climbing trees. Ripley loves squirrels, and he chases them along with birds of all feathers (up to significantly larger Swans). In a prior blog, we watched Ripley find his inner swimmer, and now he's perfecting his inner beagle tree climber. When we came to pick him up after the weekend, he showed us this new trick. All I had to do to encourage him to show me his new skill as to say "get that squirrel, Rip, Mr. Squirrel is up the tree".

Lori has a wonderfully large back yard, and Ripley looks forward to visiting her two girls again this Fall. The large picture was taken through the back sliding glass door, showing three tired dogs asking to come in. Ripley is so photogenic, or maybe I'm just so much enamored with him that I take far too many pictures of the boy. Next to the Ripper, my digital camera probably is my favorite toy...........I'd say my Corvette, but I'm not allowed to think of a new one until our condo sells. So, lots of Ripley stories, and picture essays for a while. Mexico was nice, and we figured this was our 6th trip to Cozumel. Pancho's Backyard was, as always, very good and the margaritas this time around had us stumbling back aboard and straight to nap time. I'm told Ripley got less sleep, but then he only was served water.