There are 44,874,121 dog owners in the United States, who own a total of 62,965,745 million dogs, and there are 76,688,522 million cats for a total of 139,654,267 pets. I saw proof of this today if the Los Altos Pet Parade is anything to go by. R and I tagged along with Sheena and the kids and Cyber - the cutest dog in the world - to the annual Pet Parade in their neighborhood. I have never seen so many animals, mostly dogs, at one place at a time. Along with dogs (50% of them were golden retreivers), there were cats, snakes, mice, hamsters, ferrets, roosters, chickens, parakeets, seahorses and fish in glass tanks, goats and horses. The pets took part in the parade and were walked by their kid owners who were divided based on the local school they went to - Covington, Egan, Almond etc. Parents and friends walked with them. I walked along pretending that Cyber was my dog. Most of the animals all got along well while walking in such close proximity, but every now and then a feisty dachshund would bark at a poor golden, or two dogs would growl at each other. But for the most part it was very peaceful. The cutest thing was the Dachshund delegation - about 20-30 of them all together. A costume contest was part of the event so there were some dogs in starnge and cute costumes. Poor Cyber - I think he had sensory overload today cos he crashed as soon as he came home. After that we walked thru the Art in the Park show where local artists display their art - paintings, sculptures, clothing, pottery, jewelry etc. Very boutiqey arty stuff....
In the afternoon we went to Berkeley Univ. with my brother to help his daughter Nalini vacate her apartment since she is moving into another one before fall. Then we all strolled thru a section of downtown Berkeley amidst Hare Rama Hare Krishna singing devotees, tie dye T shirts, incense shops and other typical free spirited sights...
This evening we go to Shyamala's place for yet another farewell dinner for R and I. Tomorrow we leave for Los Angeles :-(
Had a fabulous time at Shyamala's place. The food as usual was superb! After dinner we all got together for a few rousing rounds of a card game called "Bust"! Our family tends to be very loud and boisterous at get togethers....throw in a card game and you have some serious noise decibel levels!!!! When it was time to leave, once again like we did in Seattle, we had to say our final goodbyes to the Bay area crowd...LA here we come!
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