Kobae, Heather, and I: Movie Stars All

Kobae and I are hiking down the street, Kobae exploring, I, reading my book. I hear a car pull over and two doors open and close. I keep reading and don't look up because it's been happening all day people getting out of the cars to come check Kobae out. I hear a pair of heels and regular shoes walking across the street so I know it's a guy and a girl but I still don't look up. The lady says "My name is Ann, I'm a reporter, and we were in Tierrasanta checking out another story and when it ended somebody told us to go talk to the guy walking the tortoise." I look up and see the lady walking towards us and the guy getting a camera out. She says "Mind if we walk with you and ask you a couple questions?" I say "Yes." She keeps coming and says "Can we mike you?" I say "Probably not." She says "We need to put the microphone clipped inside your shirt so it's not visible." She hands me the microphone and I clip it to my shirt. For the next 15 minutes they follow Kobae and I videoing and asking questions. I think they're about to leave when I make a mistake. She says "Are you taking him trick or treating tonight?" I say "I am. I got a bunny costume and we're going as the Tortoise and the Hare." Then it went like this.

Kobae: Day Three, San Diego

Getting Ready

While daughter Heather and the kids are working on their pumpkins I'm preparing to go trick or treating with Kobae so had to try on my costume. Little warm in there but it should be fun.

Camouflage

Kobae also saw me reading the book Men In Green Faces so just in case war breaks out someday on the mean streets of Tierrasanta he'll be camouflaged.

Kobae: Day Two, San Diego

Kobae: Day One, San Diego (Still a little teary eyed)

Didn't get in until around 2am. At 9am Kobae was pacing the back yard trying to figure out how to get out and go exploring. He made runs at a couple of dogs but his reputation has preceded him and everybody speeds way up when they get close to him. Kobae got to a couple pumpkins before I could save them. Including a bite out of a styrofoam one. I'm not sure quite how to explain this part of the day. When Kobae and I go hiking I always take a book. Hiking with Kobae it's pretty easy to read a lot of books. At the moment I'm reading about Navy Seals in Viet Nam called "Men In Green Faces". It's a pretty good book so far. As Kobae is resting in some shade and I'm reading a Vietnamese guy in his maybe 40's pulls up on a bicycle. He says "My name is Robert. I noticed the book you were reading. You look to be about 60 to 70 years old. Were you in the military during Viet Nam?" I said "I was." Robert said "Did you or some of your friends go to Viet Nam?" I said "Yes." Robert said "Did they all come home?" I said "Some." Robert said "I have lived in this country since I was six years old. I am all American. I even lived in Texas. My parents sometimes remind me of the sacrifice many in this country made trying to help our country chase out evil when we lived in Viet Nam." I said "Robert, tell your parents thank you." Robert said "Thank you, and your friends, and this country." I said "Robert, that means a lot." Robert said "What is your name?" I said "Tom". Robert said "Thank you Tom, thank you." Then he reached over and shook my hand and then rode off on his bicycle. I just stood there for a moment and then began tearing up and by the time I thought to turn the GoPro on Robert was well down the street.This is always a fun one when I'm standing in somebody's yard or driveway trying to keep Kobae from destroying their stuff and they pull up. On the way back to the house there were a few dogs that didn't know better.

Kobae: Goodbye to Moab

I only turned the GoPro on for a couple short minutes but overall for two hours it was bedlam. Sometimes Kobae had up t 50 people following him around. It was crazy. By the time we went to cross the main street Kobae had picked up multiple protectors to make sure traffic was controlled. Each time we crossed a street after Kobae was safely out of the traffic pattern I'd wave the vehicles through but they never saw me. All the stopped drivers had their cameras or phones out videoing Kobae walking across the street. In this video I'm waving everybody through and then see them all videoing so I keep trying but nobody goes. I look up and the light is red.