The long-haired chihuahua stood on the armrest of the passenger seat and gazed at me serenely through the window of the white minivan, an actual American flag draped behind it, shrouding the entire second row of the van.

The most noble and patriotic of long-haired chihuahuas, it did not once bark or agitate at my presence, its luscious, golden locks just brushed and billowing in the slightest of breezes, likewise the flag billowing behind it, perhaps the vehicle’s air conditioning causing the effect. I regarded and saluted in my heart, but could not stop in the middle of the handicapped parking area to take a picture, and so instead continued with my raucous shopping cart to my car and made this note.

(4:50:38 PM @ Winco Parking Lot, South Salt Lake (40.72347533489298,-111.8903883259518, 4265ft elev))

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Sunset, the geese again standing and sitting in the softball fields. At least fifty Canada geese safe and at ease in the grass behind the towering chain-link fences, an impromptu suburban wildlife refuge in the peach particulate haze. I continued driving.

(5:03:30 PM - @ 1300 East, Larry H. Miller Softball Complex, Big Cottonwood Regional Park, Millcreek (40.67538577924466,-111.8542093145097, 4314ft elev))

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