Mr Putty Pants On Summer Vacation

My humans and I are off to Pointe au Baril in Ontario's Rainbow Country for a few days R&R. Here I am waiting...waiting...waiting, whilst my slow humans get the kayaks on the car...come on will you, I'm an impatient little fellow you know.

Ah finally, as a punishment for making me wait, Girly will have to sit in the back seat...ha, ha to bad! Being a safety conscious fellow I strapped on my seat belt and off we went.

We've arrived at last after a few stop overs at Tim Hortons. I ended up being relegated to the back seat after asking "Are we there yet?" too many times. Sheesh, humans can be so frustrating.

I scampered up the steps of our little cabin...hurry up slow pokes, open the door.

Once inside I clambered around and checked out the view.

Then I secured the area with a fly swat...

...and had a go on the high wire.

Here I am waiting for something to eat. Hurry up, all this fresh air and activity makes for a hungry fellow.

Since it wasn't dinner time they left a few chocolates on the table for me to hunt down. They were yummy and good for my stunning figure.

After rapidly finishing off my snack I grabbed the iPod and mellowed out to some cool tunes much to the relief of my handlers.

After a while New Big Friend and I had time to kick back and relax while waiting for dinner...come on Girly, chop chop with the grub.

After dinner New Big Friend showed me where we are kayaking tomorrow. Too bad Girly is coming with us, it'll spoil this manly bonding activity.

The next morning before everybody was up I wanted to have a better look at were we were going.

I poured over the map just to be sure.

Still no one's up yet! Do they think they are on vacation or something? So...being me, and that's hard to avoid, I took the car for a spin to check out some launch locations for the kayaks.

I parked the car somewhere to take a look around but forgot were I left it. Lucky for me I found my way back to the cabin where I woke up New Big Friend and made him go out and find it. Apparently I'd parked it on a big rock in the bush...oops.

After some finger shaking and threatening gestures in my direction we managed to get going. I ended up having to paddle with Girly since New Big Friend was mad at me...that's him up ahead.

We stopped for lunch at this rocky place...

...which we shared with this lovely snake. Hummm, I wonder if he's poisonous? Maybe I could put him in Girly's kayak.

We paddled all day and checked out some pretty cool spots. I was still stuck on Girly's kayak, so much for male bonding. We spent the rest of our vacation paddling around and relaxing at our cabin.

All good things shouldn't come to an end but here goes our relaxed state of mind as we head home a few days later...urg!

Mr Putty Pants At Point Pelee

One fall my handlers took me on a road trip with them to Point Pelee. It's a long drive but the weather was great and New Big Friend let me drive again. Girly's always worried I'm going to do something crazy when I'm behind the wheel. I do like to keep her guessing, and she might be right, ha ha!

Point Pelee is a big marsh, full of interesting wildlife.

Here's a shot of two stunningly handsome fellows found wandering around the boardwalk.

They let me loose in the marsh. I felt right at home rummaging through the reeds and communing with the wildlife.

Are you looking at me? I must have been up to something here, I've got that naughty bad look on my face.

Here I am clambering out of the swamp like a great scary creature. Girly could at least give me a hand instead of pointing the camera at me and laughing.

New Big Friend and I take a stroll along the boardwalk. We're the best of buds. Girly is somewhere behind us struggling with all the bags and camera gear, kind of like a pack mule, ha! ha!


The next day we stopped by another part of Pelee so I could have a look around.
Hummm, I wonder what's in here. Maybe a skunk I could flush out in Girly's direction.

A great place to sit for a photo opp. Come on Girly, get that camera snapping.


Later on that day Girly and New Big Friend locked me in the car and went kayaking on Lake Erie.

They didn't even crack a window for me...urg!

I should be with them. Look at this cool green carpet of plant matter on this estuary.

New Big Friend styling in his "yak". They are having too much fun without me. I'll get Girly, I'm sure it's all her fault I wasn't included.

Kayaking in Algonquin

One of my first overnight car trips with my humans was to Algonquin park were New Big Friend took me kayaking on Oxtonge Lake. Girly was on her own stuggling to keep up with us manly men as we glided along the water. Ha! Ha!

Here I am, a rather sporty shot of me.

I think we left Girly somewhere on the lake. What a shame we can't wait, it's lunch time. She might show up by the time we're finshed.

After a day of hard paddling we stayed in a motel in Huntsville. Girly had found us by then, darn it. The next day we toured the town and lunched on a patio. When it started to rain we decided to head home to Toronto.

New Big Friend let me drive. It's lots of fun playing chicken with oncoming traffic but Girly stopped the fun and I wasn't allowed to drive anymore.