DOT -- Dogs on Vacation

I think it's great if you can take your dog on vacation with you. Or more precisely, if we can take our dog on vacation with us. We're active people and our vacations are usually active, rather than centered around a city. So it's good to have Lucy with us for walks and hikes.

We spent this past weekend in the beach town of Rockport, TX. We found some cute dog-friendly cottages to stay in so of course Lucy went with us.

One activity (but not dog-friendly) that we looked forward to was a whooping crane tour on this boat called Wharf Cat.

I think this is the real wharf cat!

Our tour did not disappoint. We had a great narrator who knew so much about the geography, history, industry, and of course birds of the area. We saw many dolphins on the way to the Aransas National Wildlife Preserve. Once there, we saw lots of whooping cranes. Here is a family of them. The baby still has some brown feathers but he's nearly as big as his parents.

Since blogger lets me put only 5 photos per post, a couple more bird photos will follow.


Our cottage had its own private dock. This is me and Lucy posing in the sunshine and wind. She really is a big girl, isn't she?

We had a great weekend!