The man who walks his dog with a truck.

The sun is peaking its bright head over the top of Mt. Baker spilling red and orange light down its slopes. The sky is a bright blue with just a few white wispy clouds handing around like a scarf around a person neck. Ahhhh, I thought to myself, this is a nice drive to work, but man would I love to be going on a walk right now feeling the crisp air in my lungs, the sunlight on my face and all my senses coming to life.

As I look to the left out my car's window I see the Smith road soccer fields and a friendly dog, sniffing, running and enjoying his walk as I wanted to be doing ( I could do without the sniffing). Behind him slightly I noticed a large F-150 slowly creeping along and then it dawned on me, this dog isn't alone, he is being walked by a truck! It isn't the first time I've seen this truck before and the dog shortly following behind him, but it was this occasion that it dawned on me that this dog was being walked by a truck.

Is this man handicapped? Is this man extremely lazy? Does the dog think the truck is his walking companion? Are there people that also walk their dogs with trucks? I don't know the answer to any of my questions, but I do know that to me, he will always be "the man who walked is dog with a truck."

San Diego

Well well well, look who is back. I know it has been a long time since I have put anything up on my blog and by this point, I imagine that my small group of followers has abandoned checking my site for updates. Tiss tiss Leif!

I have decided that as I am not traveling much these days, that I am going to change what I write about. I haven't come to a concrete decision as to what I will write about, but I'm hoping to allow some of my foreign friends to get a more cultural connection to the this beautiful corner of the United States. They have shared a great deal of themselves and their culture with me over the years and this is opportunity to give a little back. As for my fellow state side friends, I hope to share a little more about what I think, do and where I hope to go in life. Until then here are a

few pics of my trip to San Diego during winter break. Looking for sun and beach time all Eleanor and myself found was one of the rainiest weeks in history. Lucky we had great hosts, two Spanish friends of Eleanors who are studying in SD.

Part of Coronado Island and downtown San Diego.

Downtown San Diego. We took this train in from Old Town.

Eleanor, Pati and Anayansi at 70% off Sushi Night.

Taking the Elevator to the very top for some great views.