May 2014 – Jul 2014

Finally it was time for fireworks!  I waited a long time for this!  Explosions!  Lights!

These aren’t lasers, but it’s the closest thing I’ve got on paw right now.

We need chairs to enjoy this right.

Jane and Bob thought maybe I’d share a chair with Nicholas but I wasn’t having any of that so I just took his chair.  Besides, he’s got no time to sit if he’s lighting fireworks for me.

One guy even threw fireworks at Nicholas by accident.  Good thing my bear bud hones his reflexes all day long gaming with yours truly.

This is awesome.  Fireworks should be legal every day.

To pass time until night time fireworks, we went to a rodeo.  I had never been to a rodeo before.  Turns out rodeos are some sort of cowboy bonanza.  With lots of cowboys, cowboy hats, cows, bulls, and horses.  I could like it.  Maybe.

Everybody rode horses, so I wanted to ride a horse.

So I did.

Now I want my own horse!  Till then I’ll just train CuddlePup.

I also wanted carnival snacks so Jane bought me a giant elephant ear.  It was sugary and messy and Nick ate it instead.  Something about threatening me with baths if I tried to eat it.  I grudgingly left the elephant ear alone.  There WILL be payback.

Then it was showtime. Which didn’t start with cowboys.  Instead it kicked off with the Metal Mulisha, a moto stunt team.  I dug it.  They get almost as much air as I do.

But given that these guys don’t have wings like I do  I’d say they are kind of INSANE.  Death wish?

Then the cowboys came out.

This guy is even more insane.  He was riding a bucking horse when the horse fell over and sat on him.  So what does he do?  He volunteers do it again.

And then another wipeout!  I can’t believe these cowboys PAY for the privilege.

Well better them than me.  I wouldn’t appreciate being bucked or sat on.

Fun times overall.  I’m glad I went to a rodeo.  And even though it looks a little like the France flag I made sure I had a splash of red, white and blue.

But enough of that.  Let’s get on with the fireworks!!!!

It’s the fourth of July and I’m ready to celebrate, American style.  It’s time to blow things up!

I learned that fireworks were legal in Oregon and I immediately informed Nicholas that I wanted some firework action on my fourth of July.

He found these in the garage.  I guess they’ll do.

I can’t wait till nightfall!

Remember that time this sugar bear treated his best bear bud to the movies?

I do.  I’ve got proof right here.

I will be making sure my best bear bud doesn’t forget that.

Julia bought 3 6 baby chicks.  I get to play with baby chicks!

Here I am watching over them.  I’m a natural.

I’ll have them eating out of my paws in no time.

Now if only chicks laid chocolate eggs.

Julia got a nasty case of poison ivy in the back countries of Hayfork so we decided that right thing to do in that sort of situation would be to head right back into that back country and trek through more terrain thick with suspicious green matter.

Humans are such sensible creatures sometimes.

Say you’re in the middle of nowhere known as Hayfork California and your neighbours are a bunch of potheads.

What do you do?

You just chill, man.  Chill.

On a deck.

I’m feeling chill.  Man.

Not that I minded sharing a tent, but every bear wants his own private tent sometimes.

Finally I got my own.  Now I’m ready for any kind of rugged terrain.  Just make sure I’ve got my marshmallows, chocolate, and hot cocoa packed and I’ll go anywhere I can pitch my SumiDomeTM!

After seeing Uncle Frank’s lasers I really wanted my own.  Then I saw that I could order lasers.   I was sold.  Never mind that it was a laser leveller.  It shot lasers beams on the wall.  In three directions.  That’s cool.

I whipped out the credit card, and soon enough my package came.

I have lasers!!

They call me bear-ttousai the man slayer, though I don’t slay men.   Cocoa cups however, are no match for my sword.

We’ve been watching a lot of Kenshin and my best bear bud made sure I had the right outfit to wear, that he did!