One of those oddities I’ve recently discovered about our friends in Corvallis (the first being that everyone plays disc golf) is that everyone seems to have an older couple that they dog/house-sit for. Not wanting to be left out of this integral part of experiencing life as a Corvallisite (Corvallisinian?), Claire and I will be watching this really gentle giant of a dog for the next week or so and staying in this great house on the side of a hill. Hudson, who’s a newfoundland (read as the size of a small horse), is as laid back as, well, as I am.

We’re really looking forward to watching Hudson (and the three cats he lives with), since that’s kind of what we’d like to have once we know where we’re going to settle for the long haul (I’m still keeping my fingers crossed for the U.K.). Though we may trade the newfoundland for a beagle or a north american shepherd.