This is the first Memorial Day that I've spent at home since I started living with humans. I wasn't sure what sorts of things folks do on Memorial Day, so I decided to ask some of my friends.

Fiona said, "Memorial Day is a great opportunity to lay out and get my summer coat in:"

Doogan said, "Memorial Day weekend is a great opportunity to go fishing with my grandpups." Here is a picture of them getting ready - Doogan is showing them how to bait a hook.

And here they are fishing. They had a professional guide who helped them to find the fish:

Then I asked Josh what his plans were. He said "I think Memorial Day is a great opportunity to go visit some old friends and co-workers." So that's what we did:

L to R: SGT Bryan McDonough (2-136 IN, 1/34 BCT), SGT Nicholas Turcotte (2-135 IN, 1/34 BCT), SSG James Wosika (2-136 IN, 1/34 BCT)

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As soon as I got home, the first thing I wanted to do was take a bath! In this picture, Milkshake is helping me get the bath water cold enough:

Here I am relaxing in my nice, cold bath. Boy, did I ever get dirty in Iraq! Polar bears are very clean animals. It’s important for us to keep clean because if our fur gets dirty, it can’t keep us warm! Unfortunately the showers in Iraq were not big enough for me, so I had to go without for most of the tour.

A few days after I got home, my friends put on a parade for me! Here we are getting ready for the big parade. You can see Snort and I are riding on the hood of a car so that we can wave to the crowd. My friend Toby, the Beagle, is walking ahead of us carrying the flag, and also serving as an honor guard are an Eagle and another Bear from the Minnesota National Guard. Milkshake got to ride inside the car.

Here are some of my friends getting ready to watch the parade. From left to right are Big Owl, Doogan, Reba the Golden Retriever (hidden behind the flag she’s holding), Tiger, Owl, Fiona the Irish Setter, Harry the Spider, and Red Rover:

Amy got to drive the car in the parade!

Amy loved driving the car and waving her banner!

Hooray for parades!

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