On my last full day in the Bay Area, I went down to my favorite spot by the bay to pet a few dogs and take a few pictures… you know… like I do… And while I sat on my favorite bench, missing my dog and petting other peoples’ dogs, I glanced down and saw this little guy right by my feet. He kept popping out of his hole to grab those little plants and pull them back down. I don’t know if he was lining his nest, making a bed, or filling his larder.
If, by now, you are getting sick of pictures of the Bay Area and sunsets, I will have you know that we are getting very near to the end of this part of adventure.
That’s weird… every other day I went to this spot, the heat inland was drawing in the fog, but it was always the top of the Golden Gate towers that were covered, not the rest of the bridge… maybe I better wait five minutes…
There you go. That’s more like it. You can always count on the fog.
I’m not sure if you realize how close this little guy was to me. That blob in the foreground is the tip of my shoe. I could have tapped him on the head with it.
Okay, goodbye for now, city by the bay. We have one more set of pictures of a sunset from my mom’s deck, and then we are going to meet my adorable little cousins, and then, and exciting drive down the California coast!
Pouring My Art Out 
Is he a prairie dog? Adorable
Or a ground squirrel? I have no idea.
I’d never heard so a ground squirrel until just now. I looked them up. Of course that’s what it is! It was trying to supplant the crack squirrels!
I am not grounded enough to have ground squirrels…
…Not a cat, not a rat, not something with a hat…
It might have had a hat… somewhere…
I think he was using you for a cover Art – no other animals would come close as long as he stayed around your feet. Smart little guy.
uh… dogs are attracted to me… so… no…
I really, really like that little furry chap.
He was pretty cute… but not as cute as my little cousins…