June 11: Bakersfield to Arroyo Grande, CA
Today, miraculously, Joan and I slept in until 8:00 AM - that's our latest so far on the trip! I guess all that swmming tired me out. Rosemarie and Ian were already awake and Ian likes to play with me.
They put me in the kennel again and left me in the house for awhile. I still don't like it, but I laid there fine for the hour or so they were gone. When they returned, they were eating food from a bag that had that same yellow arrow and "In 'N out burger" on it. They didn't give any to me, though.
We tried to take a picture of this family, dogs and all, and this was the best we could do. I'm not even visible because I was behind Nestle. Joan says there is another guy (dad) in this family but he wasn't here while we were here.
We got in the car - I was very excited as I love my spot in the car! We drove a couple hours through some mountains - and we saw the fog - I guess that means cold clouds, Joan says. Bakersfield was hot but where we were going had this white cool fog.
I was whining a bit but we very quickly ended up at another house! We got out and this guy came out that I remember visited us in Minnesota (I ate his cookie from the countertop, as I recall!!). I was so happy to see a friendly face. But then Joan put me out in the backyard patio on my leash and left me there. I felt like it was forever, but really it was only 5 minutes. But in that 5 minutes, I was so concerned about Joan not being with me and me being at this new place, that I threw up. As usual, Joan says. We are at our final destination - most westerly location - it is called Arroyo Grande - that's Spanish for "Big Ditch" Joan says. This is the patio in the back - something called the ocean is about a mile away but it was getting dark so we didn't go there or see it really.
When Joan came and got me from the back, we went into the kitchen with the tile floor. It's a big room and I spent some time sniffing every nook and cranny though it seems these people are pretty clean - didn't find any good things to eat. Then I saw another room and started to step in there, but Joan said "No, Back" and I went back into the kitchen and then she said "Good girl." We did this a few times and I got the sense that they don't want me in that other room, so I have to lie on the tile or my bed in the kitchen. It's not so bad!