Tulip Festival - Mount Vernon, WA
Easter 2006

On the way up to Vancouver, BC, we stopped to take a look at the Tulip Festival

More pictures from the Tulip Festival. We didn't bother paying the entrance fees (since we didn't have any cash on us, which came back to haunt us in Vancouver). Never go cashless! Especially when you're in another country.
We basically drove around the block and took pictures from the car (hence the blurriness). Also, we couldn't really stop since they had police herding people along (see police car in the side rearview mirror).

There were other colors of tulip as well. Dan's favorite were the dark purple ones.

Of course this was Easter so we had to do a little celebrating. Loki gave Christy kisses as she tried to get back into the car. And being the cruel, and fun-loving dog owners that we are, we made him wear bunny ears. He didn't mind, really...

I feel bad, because these large tulip fields surrounded private residences. And people were parked every which way on their property, tearing up their lawns, etc.

The tulips look pretty fake, especially from afar.

Adventures in Vancouver, BC 2006
More accurately, I'd title them Misadventures in Vancouver. We didn't take many pictures in Vancouver, sadly.

We took the tourism center's advice and went to Stanley Park. And because of the aforementioned lack of cash, we were worried we couldn't park. Alas, their parking meters in the park took credit cards, but we couldn't find any meters that were in working order. We also decided that we weren't going to the aquarium (which we heard was really nice), since we didn't want to spend the money, nor did we want to leave the doglies in the car for too long. In Stanley Park, they also had these touristy totem poles, so we took a few pictures to prove that we were in Canada. My dad has pictures in front of these totem poles from more than 20 years before.

We took a walk around Beaver Lake (it was kinda a dinky marshy lake). Then we drove down to Chinatown and did a little shopping there.

Misadventures? why? well, Dan took Christy's new car down a one-way street IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. Just so we could go to a restaurant that was already shutdown for renovations. So we decided to go home hungry. But on our way home, we stopped by Granville Island. It's a bit hard to find, but it is truly a hidden gem. We had some dinner there.

Our Dogleys: Loki and Thea
Notice how they're sleeping in the exact same position.
Loki's older and has a bit more hair.

More pictures of Christy's new car.

 

Dan, Loki, and Thea model off Christy's new car.
It's a spiffy, sporty, little 2006 Corolla (with moonroof, oh yeah!). As you can see, it seats two sheepdogs in back with room to spare!


 

Thea post-haircut
After 3 arduous days of cutting, (flea bites and scissor blisters included), Thea was slimmed down a bit. We still didn't know that she was pregnant until we got her spayed.


 

Thea's First Day
We got Thea from a breeder from down near Olympia. She was very shy and quiet. We later found out that this was because she was pregnant. You can see how naughty she is by the first photo - she was already trying to chew on the counter.

She was also really dirty. Dan shaved her down a bit (with nearly a trashbag full of hair at the end). She also had lots of fleas and passed them on to Loki, Christy, and Dan. Thanks, Thea...