Memorial to a hiking pal ... Feb. 16/2013

Recently she hasn't been well enough to hike with us ... we enjoyed it when she did. She had to be helped over the ditches and creeks but she was always game to go. She was pretty old, with very short legs, she couldn't see well and she couldn't hear ... but she was gentle with us all. She loved chocolate and sometimes even helped herself!

So we went to Tlell today in separate cars thinking of our friends Aeriel, Bruce and Maureen ... and knowing we wouldn't get to see little Aeriel any more.

So we walked the beach thinking of her ... it was a beautiful day but there were polk-a-dot rocks ... so tears were shed for Aeriel ... our hiking pal, a miniature dachshund with a big personality.