Charlie and I are adapting well to the whole working-full-time thing. Luckily for him, Elizabeth has been working from home now and then. Last week, Elizabeth was out of town for work, but Charlie spent most days with Montana and Ralphie at Eileen’s. We’re gonna look into daycare this week.
Today’s story and some fun photos:
It was a beautiful southern California day today and I wanted to take advantage of the weather by spending as much of it outside in the sun as possible. After an early morning bike ride, Charlie and I took another trip to Griffith Park.
We had planned on going to the Laurel Canyon Dog Park, which is much closer to home, but for some reason the section of Mulholland Drive near the park was closed, so I called a quick audible and we trekked over to Griffith Park. Our first stop was the dog park on the eastern edge of the park. We’d never been to that park before. There’s are separate areas for big and small dogs. The small dog area seemed a bit lame today, so we went to the big dog side. The park is much smaller than Laurel Canyon, but it’s plenty big enough for an 8.4* pound dog and today it was nice and mellow.
Typical of Charlie, after exploring a bit and smelling a few dogs, he found a shady spot underneath the table where I was sitting.
Once Charlie decided he’d had enough of the dog park – he always makes it very clear when he’s had enough of the park by barking at me – we went for a little hike on the trails. We hit the same trail from a few weeks ago. Today, we only “hiked” a small section of it.
(this look from him always makes me think he’s smiling)
After all that time in the car and the exercise in the hot sun, Charlie was exhausted and slept the whole way home. And pretty much the rest of the evening since!
*Official weight from the vet last Wednesday.
