Monkey Cons His Way Past Banana Sniffing Security Dog

Photos (c) 2007 Bill Carpenter

After a few weeks in the San Francisco area, his second trip there, Monkey made his way to central Florida, his last stop on his way home. Bill Carpenter shot these photos as he gingerly unpacked Monkey from the bubble wrap and styrofoam peanuts while his dachshound Holly performed the requisite sniff test. (lower photo) Bill had sent her to special classes so that in addition to detecting explosives and drugs Holly can now discover the most carefully hidden banana. You can't be too careful these days!

While he was visiting Bill he got to attend a photography class at the Crealde School of Art, and he checked out a meeting of the Orlando Camera Club. I'm sure that in a few days he'll be telling us all about his exciting adventures over the past few weeks. He's bringing a disc with lots of photographs that Bill shot during his visit.