MIKE THE HERO AND DEBI THE NURTURER

First and foremost...Our post this evening is in honor of our good friend Mr. Buffy and the man who rescued him/woman that will be charged with nursing him back to health. Tonight the exhausted trio deserve their own post following a near drowning incident that occured today.

At this time, details are limited but following our departure from our good friends Mike and Debi's weekend home in Healdsburg--where we had a BLAST--Mr. Buffy (see picture of the trio to the right) fell into their swimming pool. Mr. Buffy, not a swimmer but rather a sinker, fell into the pool that was covered with a solar cover.

Not sure how long Mr. Buffy was struggling, but word on the street is that Debi heard Mike yell, "BUFFY," and then a splash. Mike leapt into the pool to save their warrior guard dog. Debi, not sure what was up, ran to the back porch and found Mike struggling in the pool cover in an effort to rescue Mr. Buffy. This is where our information ends but based on the voicemail we received from Debi we understand that all are well but a little shaken up.

Mr. Buffy is important to us all as he wandered the hills of Sonoma with us for the past three days as we enjoyed spectacular wine tastings; more often than not Mr. Buffy joined us in the actual wineries (where he enjoyed the cold stone floors as we sipped and critiqued some outstanding wines). In fact, he was guarding our flank and growling other dogs away while we sampled vino at the Hartford Family Winery, which we decided was our favorite in Sonoma (http://www.hartfordwines.com/).

After a great meal last night at Cyrus (http://www.cyrusrestaurant.com/) in downtown Healdsburg (Debi and Mike took us for our wedding present that was over the top good) our schedule dictated that we get on the road to the Monterey Peninsula and our accomodations at Pebble Beach. We are staying at Pebble Beach's (http://www.pebblebeach.com/) Inn at Spanish Bay and as nice as it is, we miss sharing good time with our friends and remain worried about Mr. Buffy until we can talk to Debi and Mike and hear he is o.k.

Wanted to close this out by telling Karen and David that have reservations at the Inn at Spanish Bay's "Roy's" for tomorrow night. Thought you would be stoked. :)

We'll blog more tomorrow and hope all are doing well...

P.S. Debi and Mike: 1. This is a great picture of you guys, 2. We wanted to say one more time how great it was to see you both again and how much we really appreciated you opening up both of your homes and carting us around wine country, 3. We can't wait until its time to surf in Costa Rica this December and will be exploring the Montauk option, and 4. NICE STATION WAGON! Please give Mr. Buffy a scratch behind the ears from us both.