Susan and Bentley's Excellent Vacation

David, Bentley and I all went to Austin for the July 4th weekend.

We were at the Barton Creek Resort.  We were there last year

for the 4th too and had so much fun that we decided to go back

again this year.  

This is the "Red White and Blue Cocktail" that David created

at the poolside bar.  It's a strawberry daiquiri, pina colada and

blue slushy mix.  Yummy!  After people saw what we were

drinking, they ordered it too.  

We left for Austin after David got off work last Wednesday

giving us a nice long holiday weekend.  

Barton Creek is so dog friendly and Bentley had a wonderful

vacation too.  Here is is on the bed eyeing half of the club

sandwich I ordered from room service.  Although I gave him

some of the turkey from it, he still wanted more.  I am sure

that he is thinking ~

I could just leap from the bed onto the cart and finish

up that sandwich for mama!

Look mama .... see how good I am being.  Don't you think

I could have another bite?

I'll pretend to not be interested.  Maybe that will work :-)

Trust me, Bentley had plenty of treats all weekend and lots of long walks

to work off the calories too.   Here is the view from our balcony.  What a

great resort.  David played golf with some attorneys from New Orleans.

I hung out by the pool.  Bentley made lots of friends with the other

dogs staying at the hotel.  He was smiling all the time!

Just look at how green everything is.  Austin is particularly beautiful

this summer after all the rain.   The houses that surround the resort are

huge and gorgeous.  

The resort put on their annual fireworks display.  We had a ring side

seat from our balcony.  The fireworks were on Friday the 3rd so 

everyone could enjoy the fireworks downtown in Austin on the 4th.

We were there for four days and the time just flew by.  Vacations

are always that way, don't you think?  I can hardly wait to plan our

next one.  We are thinking about taking a trip up to Dallas.  We 

were talking to some people we met on Saturday and they suggested

we stay at the Mansion at Turtle Creek.  I checked it out and they are
dog friendly too.  Bentley has already agreed to go ;-)

Hope y'all had a great 4th of July weekend.  Now it's back to
reality and stripping off the wallpaper in the guest bathroom.

Big Texas Hugs,
Susan and Bentley