Bellingrath Gardens and the FERRY RIDE, by Keakyfht

Man and Carol have kinda been ignoring me lately.  I can tell you, they have been a bit busy with family stuff.  Some of the other places they visit (cemeteries for cripes sakes!!), well, lets just say, I am happy to stay in Big Butt and sleep!  Will say, I was a bit disappointed they did not let me go to the Fairhope Art Festival tho.  The weather that day was outstanding, and I had to wait all day long on the dash of Big Butt.

The other day they made a trip to Bellingrath Gardens with John and Donna and ALL THOSE DOGS!!! I did a bit of whining to Carol, and even though she said there was no way she was toting me all through the gardens, she would get a photo of me outside in the parking lot. OK, beggars cannot be choosy, so they say, so, I grumbled a bit more, and agreed. She did surprise me a bit, by getting John, Donna and Man to pose with me! Yaaaa, that was not tooooooo bad, and note that live oak and all that really snifty spanish moss:

So, I took another nap in Big Butt, enjoyed listening to Man and Carol while they had their lunch break, and tended to THOSE DOGS!!  They went back into the Gardens for a few more hours.  Back in the truck after all that garden stuff, I could tell they were tired and hungry and we still had a long ride home.  They did have a surprise in store for me tho, a ride on a FERRY!  My first!  Gotta say, that was pretty neat stuff, and I got the photographic proof!

There I am, resting on the dash of Big Butt, on the ferry, and in the far middle background you can see an oil rig, looks as if it is actually 2 rigs, connected by a walkway??  Is that possible??

I hope it is not quite so long now between my reports on my 2009-2010 tour with Man, Carol and ALL THOSE DOGS!!

*That ferry ride, must have been boring to THE DOGS, they slept the whole time, while I was having the time of my life - - bout time!

Lambert's, ALMOST MADE IT, by Keakyfht

They FINALLY remembered Keakyfht was along for the 2009-2010 Winter Tana Tour.

Yesterday Carol and Man went out to run errands.

"Is this the best I get? Errands?", I asked.

"Sorta", answered Carol, "but, I will let you see where Man and I are going to have lunch."

Above, I am wayyyyy off to the right, hanging, for cripes sakes, on the rear view mirror of Big Butt.  Through the windshield you can see where Man and Carol had lunch, and you can see the URL for the web site too!

That is as close as they let me get!  I missed the huge amounts of food, I missed the dinner roll throwing, I missed the waitress playing jokes on Carol.  I am soooooo sorry I missed that, cause Man said Carol jumped pretty good and let out a small sound sorta like a yelp, when the cute little waitress pretended to spill ice tea all over Carol!  HAHAHAHA  Guess it was all fake. 

Here is a look at most of the huge mural painted on the outside of the building.  The people represent the owners and family.

Wonder what I have to do to get INSIDE the next neat place like this Carol and Man go to.  Hey, what do I have to do to just get OUT of Big Butt?

Meet our newest travel team member

Meet Keakyfht.

Keakyfht came to the WO's Xmas party on November 1st, and decided to stay with Man and Moi.  Keakyfht begged, "Please take me with you on your 2009-2010 Winter Tana Tour".  Man and I agreed, so watch future posts for Keakyfht's stories here at Reflections From the Fence.