Sunny days and long walks

One of the great things about Seattle is that spring and summer days are not only sunny, but also ridiculously long. It doesn't get dark until well after 9pm, so I have plenty of time to exhaust Cowboy on long walks. This week we enjoyed the 80 degree weather by taking our Greenlake-Gasworks-Fremont loop in the evenings, followed by Cowboy collapsing in a panting heap on the floor once we get home. Later, he's like a little kid who wants to stay up past his bedtime but just can't keep his eyes open (or like a grown Wenmei who would really like to stay awake during those 8-hr meetings, but...).

Notice in the pictures that I am being a responsible law-abiding dog owner by keeping Cowboy on a leash. The law says nothing about having to keep the owner on the other end of the leash, however.