HarborFest 2010

Last week was HarborFest, one of several big festivals in South Haven during the summer.

Saturday was the first day in a long time I can remember where Jim and I had nothing going on and got to spend the whole day together.

Hunter loved it too. We started out by taking a nice walk on the Kal-Haven Trail with Hunter. Then, Jim and I went down to the Pier and got some carnival food and checked out the festival.



We stopped by an antique boat show, got some Dairy Queen and headed home. Then, we did something we NEVER do. We laid around in the backyard for a couple hours. Once the heat became too much we took Hunter to the beach to cool off.



On the way home we stopped by an old-fashioned baseball game and cheered on the South Haven Park Peelers vs some other team. It was very interesting, they play by 1800's rules, and use no gloves.




At that point, we'd already done a lot, but the day kept going, we had some China Cafe Restaurant for dinner, then headed back down to HarborFest to get an elephant ear, watch the sunset and check out the bands playing that night.

The Hunter Effect

Before I could even title this post I had to Google the difference between affect and effect. For the life of me I can never remember the difference. To be honest, I am still not certain I chose the right one.

The Hunter Effect: The presence of Hunter in another dog's universe will cause the other dog to park. Regardless of how much the other dog barks, Hunter will not bark, he may even ignore said dog.

It is without fail the most consistent thing I have ever been party to. In any given situation, Hunter's mere presence sets other dogs off. I think the dog owners whose homes we walk Hunter by hate us. As we walk by, I hear many people yelling at their dogs.