Asta Ryan: Gone West.

February 20, 1991 - December 8, 2010

Today we said farewell as one of our family members and loyal companion ‘went west’.

For a look back, you might consider these links:

The sweetest little dog butt

You can’t trust a dog dish. Asta teaches us another trick or two

A very durable little dog - Asta

Coping with the summertime heat at Rancho Maven

Helping your old dog navigate the aging process

Note: ‘gone west’ is a term aviators use to talk about the passing of a fellow aviator. Yes, Asta was also a member of that club. She loved it when I would push the canopy back on taxi in our Grumman Tiger - then she could hop back up on my lap and let the slipstream blow her ears back as she looked out and smelled all the great smells. She never puked in the airplane, either.

-maven