They'd be wearin' their baggies; huarachi sandals, too...

This guy put on our afternoon floor show.

We have been having a great time today in Brookings.  This morning we exercised Pogo on the beach.  We walked as far south as we could, and Pogo did her usual running lickety split up and down the beach. She is a different dog on the beach.

We met two couples during our walk.  The first couple is visiting their daughter in Grants Pass.  They are from Illinois, and they told the daughter, "We are this close; we're going to the ocean.  Meet us there." She is expected to arrive later today.  The other couple is from Shady Cove, Oregon.  We stopped there yesterday for gas.  It is a beautiful area along the Rogue River.  We felt pretty proud that we could tell them we know where Shady Cove is.



We visited the harbor area, which has a lot of places to eat and gift shops.  We did buy one gift, but I'm not going to tell you for whom!  We didn't have anything to eat, because we were too full from the breakfast of cheesy mushroom eggs, cinnamon rolls and fruit that my lovely bride presented to me this morning.

After exploring the harbor area, we took a drive "uptown," which amounts to a few blocks on Hwy 101.  Then we decided to do one of our favorite things in a strange town: exploring the residential areas.  We discovered some really nice areas of beautiful homes.

When we came back from our drive, a surfer boy was busily trying to catch a wave and be sittin' on top of the world.  So, I made a bowl of popcorn and we sat down on our patio to watch. This guy put on a floor show for us for a couple of hours this afternoon.  I felt sorry for him because the beach is so steep here that as soon as the waves stand up enough for surfing to be possible, they break.  He did get a few rides that, perhaps, made all of his efforts worthwhile.

I could grow to like this life!