El Morro and The Big Fire

El Morro is one of the big forts near us where we go lots of times to run around with the dogs. On Friday morning there was a big fire at a refinery across the bay. El Morro offered a spectacular view of this terrible fire. We live very close and we could see the horrible huge cloud of smoke but it wasn't until we were at the grounds of the fort that we saw the flames. They were HUGE!
This was what we could see from our roof deck...

And this was the view from El Morro....


There were lots of people just hanging around watching the fire but we decided after a few photos, it was time to get away from everyone and go for our stroll. Lilly had to stop and take one last look before we got down to the business of FUN!


So we headed up the hill. Roxy and her Dad got way ahead of Lilly and me. The grass was getting tall and very pretty.




Geez Mom, would ya hurry up!

Lilly kept running up towards Roxy and than back towards me. Silly girl, she confuses herself!



Aside from the big cloud hanging over us, we had a great time running around. I took some more shots of the clouds and smoke which luckily wasn't blowing in our direction, but was really interesting looking.




Luckily no one was injured in the fire and they have since put it out.

Thanks to Lindsay and Life with Big Dogs blog for naming us Blog of the week. They always have interesting stuff going on over there!

Another Wordless Wednesday!

Honest Scrap!

Last week we received the Honest Scrap Award from Jackson and then a couple of days later from Huey & Higgins. Thanks! We have to tell you 10 things about ourselves and then pass the award on.

10. YES, we really do speak Spanish and English. Not all commands, but lots.

9. Roxy always lays under the table when we eat. Lilly goes to her bed.

8. Roxy is a real tomboy and tries to act like a tough guy. Lilly tries to act like
princess but she can be a real pig!

7. Both Roxy and Lilly try to boss Sophie around but Sophie ALWAYS has the last word!



6. Roxy loves to swim. Lilly wades.



5. Lilly is the messiest eater you've ever seen!

4. Roxy stays up late with me. Lilly always goes to bed early with Dad.

3. Lilly can sling slobber all the way up to the ceiling. Roxy doesn't slobber...very much!

2. Our favorite place for a run is El Morro Fort.




1. We once fit 3 Danes plus Sophie and three people in a Ford Explorer! Take a look!




We would like to pass this award on to:

Behr Behr, Waldo & Gus and Jasmin & Moose.

Tag, you're it!

We've been tagged by Jackson to play a game.

This is how the Fourth Picture Game works. You go to the fourth folder in your photo files and then choose the fourth photo and post it in your blog. Tag two more people/dogs and on and on it goes.

My fourth pic is of Roxy, taken just last week in El Morro. Can you tell she's a little excited about her stick?!

In trying to stay with Danes, we're tagging Honey and Behr. Hey, that's pretty cute, Honey Behr!!

Did you say....

We've been having beautiful days recently. Still quite hot but with a much cooler northeasterly breeze, hopefully autumn is on it's way. This makes for ultra blue, clear skies which I was hoping to capture in the wide expanses of El Morro, our favorite playground. So off we went.

They're doing some work on the lighthouse and the garritas now so we decided to go and check out the progress. It's quite a ways up the hill to the top of the fort. You can just see it in the background. Roxy's got her own personal air conditioning going on! Ears flipped out and tongue fully extended!

We make it to the top and both the girls check out the progress


There was a pretty stiff wind blowing which I think made me underestimate the heat index. Dogs don't sweat the way we do and they seemed to really be seeking out some shade at this point. There's not much shade to be had so we took just a few minutes for a couple more shots before heading home.

I really like this shot of Roxy. The contrast of her color and the cerulean blue of the sky is so striking.



This last shot shows a terrific view of the Atlantic, the cemetery and a good portion of Old San Juan.

The Joys of Rain...

It's been raining for 3 days straight! Highly unusual for Puerto Rico. We generally get tropical showers that are really quick. During a break in the rain yesterday I decided to take advantage and head over to El Morro for a quick run with the dogs. There's a huge green expanse of lawn which is great for some off leash fun. Since there were no cruise ships in port and the weather was abominable, we had the place to ourselves. Seems no one knows what to do here when the weather is not the usual bright, sunny day! The girls started off with a game of catch me if you can...

...in which Lilly is constantly dodging because Roxy is by far much faster. I think she just lets Lilly run around until she decides it the right moment to POUNCE!

Everyone needs a good roll in the lovely rain soaked grass...

...except that Lilly always manages to find the most putrid pile of disgusting grossness to roll in. If you think it looks bad, you should SMELL it. Eeeewwwww!
and it was ALL over her.

At this point we figured we might as well carry on since we probably were just going to get dirtier and most likely wet as well. The stench was overwhelming but whatever...The next few shots are just various parts of the grounds of the fort.




We checked out the old stables...

and posed for pics...

and had time for one last roll in the grass.


Not bad for a rainy day! Now if we could just get a break in the rain today...