My friends Kevin and Michelle have a pool.  They also live near the beach.  They're also incredibly hospitable.  

So, needless to say I make it down to their house several times a year to beat the heat and enjoy their company.  I've been doing this for years.  So much so that my family lovingly refers to their home as the "Murph-Park Resort" (after their last names) because it really is like going on vacation when we visit.  

Over the years I have enjoyed so many weekends here of good food, good drinks, great card games, late night round table gossip and just overall good-ness.  It's just nice to know such great people.

While I was there last weekend I got some photos of the four-legged members of the Murph-Park Resort.  I am trying my best to make a dent in returning the generosity and friendship that has been extended to me.

I mean, I have to earn my keep if I want to keep coming (and boy do I want to keep coming)  

So let me introduce to you Chloe the basset hound, Cruiser the mutt, who was smart enough to show up at their door and Scarlett, the poor hound who risked running down a highway to ensure that Michelle would pick her up and that she would get to call such a swell place home.