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Traveling West on Route 66 With Pepper

May 9, 2012 by Pat Bean

This is how Pepper spends much of her time as we drive Route 66, her chin on the co-pilot arm rest staring at me. I actually snapped this picture as I drove down a lonely stretch of the road. Any guesses about what she is thinking? — Photo by Pat Bean

The Dog

I lie belly-up
In the sunshine, happier than
You ever will be.

Today I sniffed
Many dog butts—I celebrate
By kissing your face.

I sound the alarm!
Paperboy—come to kill us all —
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!

… Sleeping here, my chin
On your foot—no greater bliss—well,
Maybe catching cats.

Look in my eyes and
Deny it. No human could
Love you as much I do.

I came across the poem above and it made me laugh. I don’t know who wrote it. Do you?

Bean’s Pat: Joy http://jmgoyder.com/2012/05/06/joy/ Very true words. I loved this blogger’s thoughts.

Posted in Adventures With Pepper, Dogs, Travel | Tagged dogs, joy, pat bean, postaday, Route 66, Travel | 35 Comments

35 Responses

on May 9, 2012 at 1:46 pm | Reply newsferret

Great pooch that!
- on May 9, 2012 at 1:58 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  Thanks. She picked me.
on May 9, 2012 at 2:02 pm | Reply FeyGirl

“i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you gotta treat?”
- on May 9, 2012 at 2:05 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  Belly laughing. You are so right on FeyGirl
on May 9, 2012 at 2:05 pm | Reply Deb Platt

I loved both the photo and the poem. If I were to guess what was going through Pepper’s mind, I would say that she was busy adoring you.
- on May 9, 2012 at 3:06 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  She does seem to do that Deb. Maggie, by beloved previous companion, expected me to adore her. It’s nice to be on the other side of the fence for a change.
  - on May 9, 2012 at 3:26 pm Deb Platt
    
    When you have a dog adoring you 24 by 7, it’s hard not to adore her back at least a little bit. 🙂
on May 9, 2012 at 2:23 pm | Reply lenleatherwood

What a perfect new companion. Adorable.
- on May 9, 2012 at 3:01 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  Thanks Len
on May 9, 2012 at 2:39 pm | Reply aFrankAngle

At least he has one eye on the road.
- on May 9, 2012 at 2:56 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  Nope her eye was on me. It was me who only had one eye on the road. My camera’s a point and shoot so I only had to aim it in her direction.
on May 9, 2012 at 3:47 pm | Reply Marcela

Pepper looks adorable. What a wonderful traveling companion to have:)
on May 9, 2012 at 4:38 pm | Reply docchery

Pat what an awesome little new travel buddy- great poem too- happy travels to you and Pepper!
chery
on May 9, 2012 at 4:38 pm | Reply docchery

P.S. I find myself shooting pics of Chipper while driving too ;>
- on May 10, 2012 at 4:44 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  That’s a first for me. But I just couldn’t resist that adorable face and those eyes staring at me.
on May 9, 2012 at 5:19 pm | Reply readytochangenow

Love it! What a great companion you have 🙂
- on May 10, 2012 at 4:42 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  Thanks.
on May 9, 2012 at 5:58 pm | Reply Deborah Lee

Look at just how cute I am!!
- on May 10, 2012 at 4:38 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  And she is, too
on May 9, 2012 at 7:10 pm | Reply Wazeau

So much love in those eyes. And such a beautiful girl with those red highlights in her hair!
- on May 10, 2012 at 1:03 am | Reply Pat Bean
  
  That beautiful little girl just chewed her leash into two pieces. But yes. she makes me feel loved.
on May 10, 2012 at 1:41 am | Reply Terri from Albuguerque

Hope to see in in the Canyon. Baileysmom10302@aol.com Pepper is beautiful
on May 10, 2012 at 3:45 am | Reply EllaDee

Thank you for sharing. Pepper is such a cutie. She is thinking “I am the world’s luckiest dog” 🙂 And, I love the poem.
- on May 10, 2012 at 4:32 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  Her mistress is thinking she’s lucky, too. Thanks for commenting EllaDee.
on May 10, 2012 at 5:42 am | Reply barb19

“Are we there yet?”
- on May 10, 2012 at 12:37 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  That’s a good guess Barb. Thanks for sharing.
on May 10, 2012 at 1:26 pm | Reply dou dou

Love the poem – it’s true too

“happier than
You ever will be.”

There is no joy like the joy of a happy dog 🙂
on May 10, 2012 at 1:27 pm | Reply dou dou

And Pepper is a total cutie!
- on May 10, 2012 at 1:51 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  Thansk Dou Dou
on May 10, 2012 at 7:25 pm | Reply morganmandel

Funny poem! Pepper looks very content. She knows she’s got it good!

Morgan Mandel
http://morgansbooklinks.blogspot.com
- on May 10, 2012 at 11:05 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  She has truly bonded to me, that’s for sure. I can’t walk six feet into my bathroom that she doesn’t follow me.
  
  Keep writing … Pat Bean https://patbean.wordpress.com
on May 11, 2012 at 5:07 pm | Reply Dani G.

She adores you – no question about it. Probably because you allow post-butt kisses. LOL.
- on May 11, 2012 at 5:13 pm | Reply Pat Bean
  
  It only crosses my mind afterwards Dani
on May 12, 2012 at 1:39 am | Reply marianallen

Your dog is charming.
The poem is selections
Of dog haiku. Click:
Dog Haiku
MA
on May 12, 2012 at 10:34 pm | Reply pixilated2

I looks like adoration to me. 🙂
~ Lynda

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Pat Bean is a writer, avid birder, hiker and passionate nature observer with wanderlust in her soul. She spent nine years living and traveling in a small RV. She now lives in Tucson with Scamp, a rescue who was supposed to be a Schnauzer mix but turned out to be a Siberian Husky-Shih Tzu mix who is as stubborn as his owner, her granddaughter says. She was also a journalist for 37 years, and can be reached at patbean@msn.com
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