Treasure Hunting

I was looking through some old photographs just now and came across this one of Pete that I had taken a couple of years ago.  Although he sleeps like this all the time, this was one instant when I was able to get a decent picture of him before he realized what I was doing and set out to thwart me.

He looks pretty sweet and innocent in this picture, but don’t let that fool you.  He’s exceptionally tough and is willing to stand up to anyone in order to get his way.  That is, he’s willing to stand up to you if he knows you.  If he doesn’t know you, he’s quick to run in the kitchen, open the cabinet under the sink, and hide until he thinks it’s safe.

Oh, and I found this photograph, too, that still makes me laugh.

Several months ago when I was up near Gerlach-Empire, I noticed that the giant Shrek that had been welcoming cars to that area of the world for so long was missing.  After scanning the area a bit more, I found him in this bin.  I was told that the high winds had blown him over, but it sort of looks like he just wanted to take a nap, too.  I wonder what Pete would have done if he saw that.