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DAY 6 OF MAXS FIRST AND HOPEFULLY LAST ROAD TRIP
max 8 months ago |

Well day six is here, when does this trip end? I am missing my sofa bed.
We get in the rig and head to the old Napa general store; my people are going for breakfast. BIG WHOOPIE! I HAVE TO STAY IN THE CAR AGAIN!
Well lookie here there getting me out of the rig! Don’t get too excited. Just a pit stop, for me, and then back in the rig, I’m sure.

There is some hesitation by my people; I don’t know what is going down. My lady person just left us outside this joint; for what?
She comes back and tells my male person, that YES! I can sit on the patio with my people at breakfast; YES! SCORE!
Oh, yes I would like a California omelet with extra Bacon on the side; please and thank you very much.

“Max.” “You get to be with us, not eat with us.” Doggone sanitation concerns protocol!

OK, so I get to, be with you, COOL!

Patio is not too crowded, so were are the other people to tell me what a beautiful Golden I am? I need my adoration fix! (Were do I get these 2 cent dime store words!)

“Max, lie down and behave your self.” “We do regard you as part of the family, so we let you come along, so we could all be together.”
Ah, gee, thanks guys, I would still like that omelet. That’s it just ignore me! There is a nice spot of shade to lie in.

Breakfast finally arrives, my people give me a very, I repeat, very small morsel to eat. Yea, I can see my pecking order in this family!

Now what plans do we have for this day, hum? “Wine tasting.” What’s that? They won’t tell me and I just don’t know. I hate not knowing! Oh, yea, I’m a dog, I wouldn’t know, nor understand.

I can tell you that from my perspective, this just sucks!
Stopping every 5 min. so my people can do what! “Wine tasting.”
I don’t get it! My people keep coming back with stuff, every time we stop. I mean I get potty breaks, and water, and a chance to stretch my legs, but they are filling up the storage area in back pretty darn fast! They better not think what I think there thinking!

All-right! That’s it! I have put up with the inconvenience of moving from room to room, town to town, strange place after strange place! BUT I WILL NOT SHARE MY BACK SEAT SPACE WITH THIS STUFF! They put stuff in, I push it out!
“MAX! STOP IT, RIGHT NOW, OR IT WILL NOT BE PRETTY FOR YOU!” Well I don’t like to share! “To bad.”
“Max, why don’t you lie in the shady area of the back seat; instead of in the hot sun? You just want to give us that pathetic look; and hopefully someone will feel sorry for you. Your People are so mean to you.”
“The stuff is on the floor board, not on your seat.” I don’t care! Sharing, of any kind, is not my strong suit.

Well my people knew I would get over it, and move on to other adventures. They were right.

We are finally done in this Napa valley place; thank God and greyhound, we are leaving this place behind!

Were to now, people? More stuff that I must share with! Well WHAT!

San Francisco, never heard of the place, but I will hold my judgment till later.
It sure took us while, but I sure don’t see what is so great about this San Francisco place. OH, this is Sausalito. Nice view of the WATER! I spy WATER; I like this place all of a sudden a new appreciation for this place grows within! Darn! They didn’t stop!

Over the bridge and Bingo! We are in San Francisco. Were from the tune I just heard someone left there heart here. Poor guy that must hurt, no heart!
Looks like my male person is not too fond of this place; Rush hour in downtown Frisco; does not make him happy at all.

We haul out of that place like it was on fire, or something.
Daley city sure came up fast. We are thru Daily city and headed for the coast route.
The clouds are starting to move in, and it is getting late, very late in the day. Are we going to find another place to stay, or drive all night back to my home? My bed, My view, My world that I love.

We reserved a room in a place they call Half Moon bay.
Looks to me that we should be mooning this place. What a dive!
From some of the signs, my people have seen, this is supposed to be a vacation paradise. I don’t think so!
Yes we are on the beach, but the wind is howling off the water, and it feels damp, and really cold. Nice motel, but this feels more like not such a fun place for my people.

People, I say people, I’m hungry, feeling faint, and you don’t want me to faint?
Man! I must be good with that trick, cause the next thing I know, we are off to find food!
No place open, hope someone finds our malnourished bodies.
Oh, good, a fast food chicken place. Eureka! My people won’t let me have chicken bones, but I sure love the meat! Let’s get back to the room while this here stuff is warm!

Oh, man! Let me tell ya; that had to have been some of the best good eats I have had on this journey; I vaguely recall something about a Lake Tahoe, but I can’t remember.
Ah! Time for a rest. One more night and then we are home SWEET home, BABY!

This is part 6 of MAX the Golden Retriever’s First and Hopefully Last, Road Trip. Max is the fun loving companion to Stacy and Buddy, proud members of the CoTradeCo family.

Read more of MAX’s adventures:

• Day 1 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Day 2 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Day 3 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Day 4 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Day 5 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Day 6 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Day 7 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Day 8 of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip
• Postscript of Max’s First and Hopefully Last Road Trip

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