Today, I am sad. My best friend, the Innkeeper Assistant for our bed and breakfast, went away to college. Molly got accepted to Simpson University and is in Redding, California. It is a great honor and my owner's are happy for her even though they had to do ALL the work yesterday! They kept mumbling, "I wish Molly was here." The good news is that Molly promised to come back  next summer and be the Innkeeper Assistant again. Her sister, Jess, is going to help a little while it is still busy. I like her, but she doesn't let me lick her face with my stinky breath the way Molly did. I'm not going to let Molly forget me. I am going to send her my blog and let her know everything that I am doing. Well, almost everything. Even a dog has secrets.

My masters got to go on a very special trip this week.  They told me all about it.  They went out with Shearwater Kayak Tours!  They went on the moonlight tour and it was so beautiful!  I'm so jealous, I wish that I could have gone with them!  They even saw seals!  I don't know what I would have thought about that, maybe I would want to chase them!

Shearwater has a lot of fun tours.  They have daytime, sunset and moonlight 3-hour tours, as well as a longer day trip.

Check them out at:
http://shearwaterkayaks.com/

There are a lot of exciting things happening on Orcas Island!  The Chamber Music Festival is August 9th to the 24th, featuring many talented musicians.  Chris Peacock, a wonderful pianist, plays every Monday through Saturday from 4 to 5 at Rosario.  I hope that my masters will go to some of these events so that I can listen from the car! There is also an Orcas Island Artists' Studio Tour, where you can visit the studios of 31 local artists!  The Studio Tour takes place Friday, August 16th to Sunday, August 18, 11 am to 5 pm each day.  I hope that you will have the opportunity to attend some of these exciting events!

For more information:

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival:  www.oicmf.org
Orcas Island Artists' Studio Tour:  OrcasArtistsStudioTour.com