Week 22: Seattle, WA with Diana M.

Stanley was super excited to arrive in Seattle and wanted to see the sights right away. Very luckily for Stanley, it was not only sunny but surprisingly warm despite it being early October (a rarity for Seattle!) Stanley told me he has always wanted to see the Space Needle so it was our first stop!

I told him we could go to the top but when I mentioned it to him he immediately turned pale and feebly said "no thanks" Who knew he was afraid of heights? So we explored some more...

...to the Pacific Science Center. I told him about the cool laser light show that they had there but since it was such a nice day in Seattle he told me he wanted to see "the colors of Seattle"

"A market?" Stanley was confused as to why there would be a market outside in normally rainy Seattle. I told him it wasn't just any market but it was the famous Pike Place Market.

 Stanley loved the huge selection of fresh local fruits and vegetables. He wanted a picture by the oranges because it matched his right arm.

 And he couldn't resist a shot in front of Washington apples!

 We even stopped to watch the fish throwing.

 Stanley loved the deep red of the dahlias.

 But he also loved the bright cheery sunflowers.

 He begged and pleaded for us to buy some flowers. So we chose a bouquet.

 Good pick Stanley! If you look closely you can see him catching a ride in the bouquet. He got a little overwhelmed by the crowd of people and decided to hitch a ride in the flowers while we traveled to our next destination.

 

"What is this stuff?" Stanley asked. I told him to reach out and touch it and upon doing so he immediately yelled in disgust. It was a wall covered in chewing gum!! Eww! 

I told Stanley to think of it as a work of art but ever since touching that wall he seemed a little scarred for life. I reminded him he's done much more gross things (like falling in a toilet!) and after laughing about it he lightened up and even took a picture in front of a gooey purple gum heart.

As we were heading back to the car we passed by the EMP museum and the reflective purple walls of the museum caught his eye. He couldn't resist a picture in front of it especially when he realized he also got a shot with the reflection of the Space Needle off of the purple mirror wall.

Before Stanley left he wanted to take a picture with my cat Princess who he spent the rest of the week relaxing and taking cat naps with. He couldn't resist wearing his new Seattle space needle shirt as well. I packed him some snacks and off he went to his next adventure to Canada!

Week 21: Ferndale, MI with Rachel H.

Stanley's visit with me was incredibly well timed for a couple of reasons. The first was that he got to meet Godzilla - my boyfriend's brother's tortoise. I had a lot of fun taking pictures of Stanley and Godzilla hanging out with eachother. They had a lot of fun getting to know eachother.

And then Godzilla noticed me taking pictures and Stanley was creeping in the background. 

About an hour after this photo shoot, Godzilla's previous owner came to take him to the vet (he has a bone deficiency, hence his broken beak) and apparently wanted to keep him. I'm glad Stanley got to meet him.

The next day, Donnie's sister, Sarah came over. It was her 21st birthday, and Stanley was excited to meet her and wish her a happy birthday.

Stanley came to work with me and had fun hanging out and seeing the inner working of the car wash world. He definitely kept me company! He also enjoyed watching Breaking Bad while we were there.

That night, Stanley had fun hanging out with Donnie and I and some adult beverages. Stanley had his bottle of Jack, but I introduced him to Labbatt Blue.

I had the pleasure of Stanley's company during the crazy shutdown of The Nest. Stanley was glued to the computer with me. I caught his reactions to Annie's posts.

Stanley spent a lot of time at the car wash while he was visiting with us. He got a little interested in how it all worked, so Donnie, his brother Dylan, and I had fun showing him around.

Stanley helped run the box to send a couple of cars through the wash.

Then he inspected some of the brushes.

And helped Donnie fill the air freshener stand. 

Then he helped Dylan clear the condensation from the windows. Well, he tried - he kept getting stuck to the window!

The whole week, Stanley was begging and begging to go for a ride through the wash on one of the rollers. We kept telling him no, that it was too dangerous, but he just kept begging! We finally gave in. Donnie strapped him in really well and took some video. Stanley had a blast!! He said it was like a roller coaster - he knew that he wouldn't be killed by the brushes, but they came so close that it scared him!