Alastair and I travelled to Banff a couple of weekends' ago. It's a long story - enough to say that we were accompanied by a, uh, er ... Pig! Now this Pig has a history and it is to do with Dawn.
This is Dawn with her Friend-Since-ChildhoodPiggy kept Alastair company when he boarded the Greyhound bus after work one night in July when I was in Canada. Now that in itself is not such a risky thing to do, except ... I hate to say it ... there had been a dreadful murder on the Greyhound bus (in Manitoba) the night before. You don't want to know the details, frankly.
On occasions like this, one has to fight irrationality, i.e. just because a guy came off his climbing rope to his death last weekend, is no reason to stop your husband going climbing the next weekend. Right?
Worried? No we're not worried, are we?
Well, that is how Piggy ended up on the Greyhound bus keeping Alastair safe on his 7 hour night ride from Vancouver to Salmon Arm.
And of course, he was. I met him at 1:30 am at the depot and we set off for Banff, in his car, the next day. Welcome Aboard Piggy and thanks for watching over Our Cool Dude!
A Cool Dude and a Cool Pig Riding Tandem
Piggy got out at the Rogers' Pass as the car occupants needed a leg stretch and wanted to breathe the mountain air. He really is a very well-behaved - and, I believe, a well-travelled - pig. Languages were never quite his thing, but like all pigs he has a healthy curiosity!
On occasions like this, one has to fight irrationality, i.e. just because a guy came off his climbing rope to his death last weekend, is no reason to stop your husband going climbing the next weekend. Right?
Worried? No we're not worried, are we?
Well, that is how Piggy ended up on the Greyhound bus keeping Alastair safe on his 7 hour night ride from Vancouver to Salmon Arm.
And of course, he was. I met him at 1:30 am at the depot and we set off for Banff, in his car, the next day. Welcome Aboard Piggy and thanks for watching over Our Cool Dude!
A Cool Dude and a Cool Pig Riding Tandem
Piggy got out at the Rogers' Pass as the car occupants needed a leg stretch and wanted to breathe the mountain air. He really is a very well-behaved - and, I believe, a well-travelled - pig. Languages were never quite his thing, but like all pigs he has a healthy curiosity!
The most fun off all was meeting gophers. They were everywhere! Right cheeky and argumentative! 
And to the smiles of on-lookers there was this Cool Dude lying on his belly with a long lens camera 'mongst the gophers! 
Mr Gopher: eyeball to eyeball
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He really is quite an adventurous piggy. He first met Dawn when she was 4, and has been traveling with her all around the world ever since. His name is "Pappa Piggy" and we think he is destined for great things. -al
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