tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19015311292890135062024-03-13T23:11:57.329-07:00The View From Tess' Window....Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140648194151653239noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901531129289013506.post-88666221551053539152018-12-18T12:41:00.002-08:002018-12-18T12:44:46.444-08:00Our Friend Jack...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our friend Jack passed on over the <span style="color: #e69138;">Rainbow</span> Bridge... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We will miss you Jack.... we love you....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140648194151653239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901531129289013506.post-70465939644237742052018-09-03T16:32:00.000-07:002018-09-03T16:32:26.327-07:00Death Valley... and it was HOT! <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mommy said the temperature was 111 degrees! Wow! It sure is hot on a black coat! Lass didn't care... she's tough but I was wimpy.... We took Mommy's cousin Dave and his wife Trish with us. They are really nice and they think I am cute! They constantly pat me... I am special! They have a dog named Jack and after I realized that he would not bite me, I was fine and we played... well, sort of. Jack is kinda old... Lass showed him her purly whites... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First stop was at Zabriskie Point. Mr Christian Brevoort Zabriskie [1864-1936] was the President of the Pacific Coast Borax Company from the 1890's. This point which overlooks the valley below is a short drive from the Twenty Mule Team Canyon Rd... 2.7miles of unpaved road. Boy! was Daddy glad we had Mommy's car! He <b><i>hates</i></b> unpaved roads. And this one was fun: it has sharp "S" curves and steep downs. We had fun... except listening to Daddy complain.... what a wuss...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Zabriskie Point we went to Furnace Creek to check in with the very nice Park Rangers. They thought I was cute.... they thought Lass was ok but I was special! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our next stop was Artists Palette. The colors of the rocks are beautiful... Mommy told me so... but the photos do not do it justice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next: Badwater… the lowest point in North America! 282 feet below sea level. There are lower places in the world but not on this continent. It was HOT! But Trish and Dave braved the elements and walked 3/4 of a mile out onto the salt flats; then they had to walk 3/4 of a mile back!! I am not sure if they were brave or a bit silly but they loved it and had fun. Lass and I and Mommy and Daddy stayed in the car after walking to the water to see the fish. It was so hot, even the fish were under the plants and we couldn't see them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had fun looking at all the people and watching all the activity. But, alas, it was time to come home.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe again soon we can go on a trip with Dave and Trish... they are more fun than Mommy and Daddy but you better not tell them..... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I lost my big brother today and Lass lost her best friend.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Mommy marched Daddy and all of us into the truck today and told us we were going to the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge because she was tired of listening to the news and wanted to find someplace peaceful. She would not allow any of us to take our cell phones and I was really upset because I have just learned how to Tweet! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Refuge is only about 25 miles from home so we would have been there in no time! Then we hit the dirt road. Daddy says it was a wash-boardy road with boulders in the roadway. Daddy <i><b>hates</b></i> dirt roads. Daddy grumbled all the way. Come on Daddy, it was only 5 miles... Lass and I enjoyed the drive; Duncan slept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We finally arrived at the visitors center where Mommy bought a tee shirt. She didn't buy anything for us. From the visitors center we walked the boardwalk. It was 0.9 miles so it was fun! </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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Looking from the boardwalk across to the mountains surrounding the Refuge</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The soil is very salty from the minerals leaching to the surface. We saw a Jack Rabbit but he was so fast I couldn't get his picture. I really would have rather chased him but Mommy wouldn't let me. Mommy is <b>mean</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">One of many water holes in the Refuge. This one had tiny fish, minnows, that would have been fun to chase but Mommy and Daddy wouldn't let me jump in the water. They always spoil my fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">This beautiful pink flower was all around the Visitors Center boardwalk. They said it was abundant this year due to the good amount of rain. This flower has made a wonderful come-back since the Refuge opened. It blooms from July through September. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Controversy abounds! In 1980, some people wanted to develop this area with 30,000 houses, strip malls, hotels and an airport. Lass, Duncan and I want this Refuge kept as is! We love walking the boardwalks and exploring! We want to keep the pupfish! They are cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Mommy said the population of the pupfish is growing. At the last count in April, there were 111 pupfish! Yeah!!! Pupfish! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">From the boardwalk at the Visitors Center, we drove to Point of Rocks [Daddy loved that road too]. Because there has been so much rain, the Big Horn Sheep graze there every morning. We were too late to see them but it was a pretty walk on the boardwalk anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">This wonderful oasis in the middle of the desert is a wonderful retreat from the city and problems. How wonderful to come out here to relax, enjoy nature, and reflect on the good in life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Duncan, Lass and I want to come back early in the morning. Maybe then we can see some sheep! Lass and I would love that. Duncan can sleep.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Next time, Daddy says he is renting a Jeep and putting it on Mommy's credit card. Daddy is such a wuss.... </span></div>
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<br />Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140648194151653239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901531129289013506.post-27004697017845018302017-06-02T16:25:00.000-07:002017-06-03T14:37:25.034-07:00Spring 2017<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've been looking out my window again. We took </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">another road trip to Michigan and arrived this afternoon and settled into our campsite.</span> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Duncan and Lass and I recognized</span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it right
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hour. The first two days were awful!<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Lass threw up. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>What a wuss.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">is</b>
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ok….<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We like the smells here!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And the trees are all the right height.</span></span></div>
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they saw him.<span style="margin: 0px;"> I told him he would get in trouble, as I urged him on! </span>He had been watching the
people next door move in.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He is so
nosy!!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I was being good and not making
any noise or doing bad things like sitting on the table or walking on the
dashboard.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And Lass was just as
bad…<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>she let him do it!!!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Worse yet, Mommy and Daddy didn’t punish Duncan!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They just lifted him down and took him
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new friends!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Their names are Winchester and Remington.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>After all,
they are hunting dogs.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They are big
labs, one yellow and one black, and they thought I was wonderful!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Mommy and Daddy wouldn’t let me play.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They said I might get in the family way and I
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best!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Duncan barked at Winchester.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Lass woow-woowed them and they thought she
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get out to play.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This past weekend many
people and dogs were here at the campground.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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Daddy?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The sun is finally out and we can
play outdoors!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Not fair!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We are heading to Ohio to visit Grammy’s
sister.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Daddy has promised that the
park we will stay in has a dog park so we can play!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Ok…<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I
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south to Ohio.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The area has received a
very large amount of rain and flooding is everywhere.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I wanted to go out and play in the water but
mommy said, no.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She said the rivers were
over their banks and running so fast I would be swept away.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There were many fields covered with
water.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Mommy said this will set the
farmers back a month or more.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Does that
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found a tennis ball but Mommy wouldn’t let me play with it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I had to play with my ball, Duncan had his
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial";">Lass and Duncan and I do not like North Platte as well as some places. There is no dog park and our "area" is right next to the road. We are <i><u>never</u></i> allowed off leash. I want to run! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial";">We visited Buffalo Bill's, William F Cody's, homestead called Scout's Rest. It is now on the National Register and open to the public. The house has memorabilia from his Wild West Shows and his time as a scout. At the peak of the barn is Annie Oakley's signature: a replica of a Queen of Heart's card with a bullet hole in the middle. The visible rafters on the outside of the barn are fashioned as gun stocks. Scout's Rest was built in 1886 and cost $5,900. The grounds and buildings are a treasure and we hope they will be forever cared for and open to the public. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The third picture is of the rail yard, Bailey Yard, and the picture does not at all give the impression of the vastness of the yard. It is huge! It is the largest railroad classification yard in the world covering 2850 acres. All east/west cars travel through this junction as well as North/South traffic. This is where all of the switching and many repairs take place. Approximately 3000 cars are sorted daily. Mommy loves trains so she was thrilled to see this yard. She told me that when she was a youngster, like me, she rode the train almost every week for a couple of years. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is a tower, called Golden Spike Tower, where Mommy and Daddy went to overlook the whole yard. Did you know that sometimes when they want to move a train they move it with a tractor? Mommy thought that was fascinating! She said they use tractors for everything!! I want a tractor.. it sounds like fun, I think...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial";">Daddy spent his summers in North Platte when he was little and we went to see his grandparent's camp where he spent many of his summer days... and where he saw the bear!! [You'll have to ask Daddy...]</span></div>
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most wonderful RV Park!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It is
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NM.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Lass, Duncan and I LOVE it!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It has a dog run where we can play and be off
leash!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We are having so much fun!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Mommy and Daddy are not throwing the ball enough though…<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>we could go on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">forever</i>!!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Duncan barked at a pup who wanted to play
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Mommy and I met a lady who used to have border collies and aussies. She loved me best and was always so glad to see me! Everyday she would pat me... but she made me behave and sit before she would. She told me that I was wonderful and that she liked me the best! Can I stay here?</span></span></span></div>
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</span>They are having fun too but we are having <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more</i></b> fun!!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We can look out the windows and watch all the
other dogs and people as they walk around the park.<span style="margin: 0px;"> Duncan stood on the dashboard again, but we talked him down before Mommy and Daddy came back. It's a dog secret. </span>We have been walking too.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So many new smells!! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I like New Mexico.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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Navajo Home, copyright </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1999 by Scott Thybony, Published by Western
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">And, yes, there is a truck driving through the river! Native Americans live, farm and raise livestock in the canyon. I didn't see any sheep.... Lass didn't either.... Duncan slept, as usual. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Lass, Duncan and I want to come back to Gallop and we want to go back to the USA RV Park! We had so much fun....</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">We are back home now. The grass in the back yard had grown so tall you could not see us standing in the grass. We dogs played dog battleship. It's so much fun. Lass, Duncan and I are settling in but we are looking forward to our next adventure!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lass, Duncan and I settled in our places to head to Yerington, NV. Mommy told me that we were going to the farm where I was born. Lost on me but I believe her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We arrived on Tuesday afternoon and we ran and ran in the big field. Duncan checked out every corner of the field and declared it <u>his</u>! Lass and I had fun exploring all of the smells. Lass told me she has been here several times before and it always means fun! I am not sure what she means.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wednesday morning we met Derek Scrimgeour. He spent time telling Mommy and the rest of the participants about his training methods and what he likes to accomplish with his dogs and what he likes to see in a dog. Mommy liked him. Lass got to work first. She loves it but it is still lost on me.... I like the smells and have discovered a new delicacy: sheep poop! But I do not understand "work". Mommy says I will... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wednesday afternoon Lass got to work again and she was very happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Duncan, Lass and I settled into our spots for our trip home. Daddy wanted to stop at the Thor factory on the way home to see how the Coaches are made. Mommy and Daddy said it was revealing... Lass, Duncan and I did not understand but we had fun playing on the grass in the area where we camped at the factory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next we headed to North Platte, NE where Daddy spent summers as a kid. We didn't have time to spend there as we have to be home for the Pahrump Valley Obedience Club Show. Mommy and Daddy are doing the raffle table and Lass is part of the Rally Team. Duncan and I don't understand... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We saw many trains and fellow campers. All along the route there were numerous wind farms. Mommy likes those.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In Colorado, three deer crossed the road in front of us. I was too surprised to take a picture. Mommy and Daddy were more than surprised and Mommy made a comment about brown pants... I am not sure what that means... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In New Mexico, we traveled through Raton Pass. Three miles of winding, steep roads with beautiful scenery. Mommy was nervous; Daddy was grinning.... Lass, Duncan and I slept... That night w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e</span> stayed in Albuquerque at the High Desert RV Park. They had three dog runs and were we happy! Lots of places to play ball and stretch our legs! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday, October 25th, we arrived home. The following weekend was the PVOC Show and Lass was a member of the Rally Team both Friday and Saturday. Both days Lass and her team finished in first place. Mommy and the team were happy, Lass was wiggly, Duncan and I slept. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Home again--</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lass, Duncan and I loaded up in the coach for our long ride to Michigan. We were all excited because Mom and Dad said we were going to meet Grammy and help her celebrate her 95th birthday! That must be quite a milestone as Mommy and Daddy were very excited.... Lass and Duncan and I were not quite sure... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We traveled through Arizona and stayed at Black Bart's RV Park in Flagstaff the first night. Mommy likes this park because they have a great restaurant where the wait staff sing and perform during dinner. She wanted to hear her favorite baritone, Sergio, but he had the night off. Sergio is majoring in Classical Music at the local university. Next time... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just outside of Flagstaff, we met a caravan of eight rental RVs. They seemed to be traveling together and we hope they are enjoying their time in the United States. Safe travels!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following Interstate 40, we took a detour to downtown Gallop, NM. Both Mom and Dad commented on how the town has changed! Growth is everywhere! The town is booming with emphasis on the tourist trade. Great town and we have been promised another trip to Gallop to spend more time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All along US40 in Texas and Oklahoma we saw wind farms. Some gigantic and some smaller. All producing power. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Oklahoma City we stayed at the Mustang Ranch RV Park. They have a dog run and I found a tennis ball! Mom let me play with it, well, I had to share with Duncan, but she wouldn't let me keep it. She said it wasn't mine... it is! I found it! No, leave it for some other dog to play with.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day we stopped in Missouri and I saw my first grey squirrel! The RV park is woodsy, Lass loved that, and there were a plethora of smells! Lass, Duncan and I had a wonderful stay! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally on October 8th we made it to Michigan! We stayed a week at the Wayne County Fairgrounds... and I saw my first fox. Now that was exciting! He just looked at me and I looked at him... then he trotted away. Mommy wouldn't let me become friends... I am not sure why... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tuesday, October 11th, was Grammy's 95th birthday. We didn't get to go to the party... The next day was Mommy and Daddy's anniversary... they went out to dinner.... we didn't get to go there either.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally Grammy came to see us and we got to meet her! What fun! She liked me best.... she told me she liked me best! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are not looking especially happy because we are in the pen, but we really liked meeting Grammy... especially me since she liked me best! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tess</span><br />
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Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140648194151653239noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901531129289013506.post-74414555139169358652016-09-06T20:40:00.000-07:002016-09-06T20:40:26.259-07:00My First Adventure...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first adventure was to Arizona. Mom and Dad decided to pack us up, Duncan, Lass and me, Tess, and take us to cooler temperatures. Our first stop was outside Kingman, AZ at a wonderful RV park with two dog runs! Lass, Duncan and I were so happy to be able to run, play ball, chase leaves, well, I chased the leaves.... Lass and Duncan just rolled their eyes... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> From my window: outside Kingman, AZ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Mom and Dad loved the scenery; Lass, Duncan and I loved smelling the cactus. Ouch! Someone forgot to warn me about getting too close... or was I not listening? Maybe my ears were down. It was grand except for the thunder storms which frightened Duncan. I slept through them. He's bigger than me and he's such a wuss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From there, we headed on US Rte 40, a terrible road, to beautiful - and cool - Flagstaff. Not many places to walk or run at the RV park but we were with Mom and Dad so we were happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next we went to Williams, AZ, the gateway to the Grand Canyon. Mom and Dad loved it because it was on the old Rte 66. The excitement was lost on me but Mom and Dad were happy. There were lots of shops, restaurants, and historical places. Mom spent all of our gas money on Native American jewelry. I was forced to sit on the street corner next to a hat trying to look cute and entice people to feel sorry for me. I got $4.28 for gas money.... I must not have been that cute... I need to work on that! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The RV park was only two blocks from Rte 66 and it was lovely. We had walking paths and lots of things to see and smell! Mom didn't enjoy the freights trains at 4am... I slept through them... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I met my first new friend... it was a strange creature in a carriage [for safety] and it meowed at me. What was that? Meow? I thought it was a funny-looking dog until it meowed. Meow?? Who says Meow?? I never did figure out his name... but he sure had a strange bark... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From my window: the passenger train on its way to the Grand Canyon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From my window: Rte 66, Williams, AZ</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our next adventure will be soon, I hope!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tess </span><br />
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