Introducing the Dogs

Meet Malley and Samson, our dogs. Malley is the black one, a 6 year old female mostly labrador retreiver that I got when she was 3 months old as a stray on a barrier island in North Carolina. Samson met Malley when Peggy and I did three years ago and they have got along so well since then. Samson is the yellow high-class pure bred 9 year old male labrador retriever. It was your classic case of uptown boy meets downtown girl. This photo was taken at Honokohau beach, located about 15 minutes from my house next to the main harbor for Kona and in a National Historic Site, Kaloko-Honokohau, where there are ancient Hawaiian ruins and archeologically significant spots. To take the dogs here, we park at the harbor and follow a path though a small forest path for about 5-10 minutes until reaching the beach. Then we keep the dogs on the leash until we get past sleeping sea turtles, who bask on the beach. Malley and Sam then know the ball is coming out and they jump around like crazy. They both love to swim in the ocean to retrieve the ball or a stick, or anything. It makes us so happy to see them enjoying the ocean and sandy beach. Then they sleep well at home.