We have "company" at the Ranch ...

[Cinder & Smoke]

Next stop onna Dawg Park Tour wuz da brandy New wun at
the City of Cleveland's Clark Fields Park in the South Tremont area ...

Crushed Stone Surface, 4 groups of 2 Benches on concrete pads,
security lights on tall poles, *pooh* baggies,
an a bunch of very Young not-so-shady-yet Trees ...
but not a Dawggie in site - cept us 4 ...







Smokey "crashes" onna bench, in Dad'z shadow,
using Dad's leg for a pillow ...






Mentor, Ohio - (East of Cleveland at rte 44) -
the Trail from the parking lot back to the Dog Park area ...





Gud GRIEF!!
Wunder iffin *Runnin* & *Barkin* are OK ??
Surface is 80% Bark and ground-up tree mulch wiffa few baldez
of grass here an there ...




Big Dog Side - Wun Picnik Tabul anna Bench;
Porta-Poddy fur da 2-Leggerz visible beside the entrance walk;
Lil Dog Side about half as large, wiffa bench ...




Mentor did a lot nicer job of Landscaping out by the road sign ...
but Hey - they HAVE a Dog Park!! More than some of us have! >







Off to "find" Lake Erie ...
Dad figgered she wuz diss klose; Heidi mite az well *dip a paw*
inna BIG Water! We headed north ...

Anna Phone ... "Herrow ..."
Heidi - it'z yur MOM!
Mom hadda hard tyme *buyin* we wuz about ta in Lake Erie ...
but den she "knowz" Dad ... she sed ta "stop by" wiff Heidi
when we gotz back in towne!

FOUND da Lake ... outta da Bus an walk down to da wadder ...
Heidi kept >a close eye< az da wadder came IN and went OUT ... ??





FAST Back-Up after she "followed" a wave out -
and it *chased her* back IN!





Smokey: "Where's the DOCK!??
I needa DOCK ta jump/dive off of - I don't DO just *wadin in*!





And that's just about when the BIG Rainy Dropz started fallin!
We all beet-feet back to da Bus, piled in ... anna rain quit!

Well, it wuz startin ta turn dusky; an we hadda hour anna half drive
ta get da Lil FurKid home ...
We sed G-Bye to da Lake anna durn *skeeterz* ...
an headed South ...

Heidi spent a kupple minnitz "fluffin" Dad's sweat shirt into a bed;
then spent mosta da trip home makin lil "Zzzzzz" noizez
beside Dad.

Lil while later we woke up to a Terribul <*Grrrowlin*> Noize!
Whut'z dat NOIZE??

Dad: "My tummy - wanna stop for a MickyD Burger??"

We *polished off* da furst Dubbil Cheeze affore we hit da street ...
Dad passed out half da sekund wun affore he realized he shudda gotz
THREE of em. He made do wiffa big Chawklit Shake!

We stopped atta Ranch fur a poddy break whilst Dad went in ta fetch
Heidi's Wicker Basket lil Bed an Buckit of Krunch ...
den it wuz over to Heidi's Howze!!

BIG FruKid Brudder Amos met us inna drive - He an Heidi seemed
REEL HAPPIE ta see each udder ...
Den it wuz INside ta see da Fambily!!

Mom *laffed* an sed "Oh Heidi - you're a Phred Dog now -
with your Bandanna on!!"

Heidi jumped up on Dad'z Lappie an gave a buncha "Thank-yew"
**KISSEZ**,
an then curled up wiff Big Skin-Brudder onna kowch an started
makin more "Zzzzzzzz" Noisez!!

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Durn-It ~ We'z ALL *missin* dat lil Shrimp-Dawg!!