Our Friend Jack...

Our friend Jack passed on over the Rainbow Bridge...  

We will miss you Jack....  we love you....

Wait for us Jack...

Jack by Daddy's feet....

Wish you could be there again....

Love,

Tess and Lass

Oasis RV Park, Las Vegas

Lass and I, along with Mommy and Daddy, are here at Oasis RV Park!  We are here for four days!  There are many other dogs here and I saw my first kitten tonight....  I was not quite sure....  Lass ignored her.  Mommy and Daddy thought he or she was very cute.   I don't know.....  

Pictures to come!   Good to be..  on the road again.....  

Tess

Red Rock Canyon

We drove through part of Red Rock Canyon today on our way home.  It was raining on some of the mountains and Mommy loved the way the sun shone on other parts of the canyon, the rocks and parts of the mountains.  She had to take pictures...  I was bored...  hurry up Mommy....  I want to go home!!  

This is our new friend Jack...  hey! wait a minute...  that is MY spot next to Daddy's feet!  Move Jack....  please, please...   Anyway, I hope you can come back soon.   I know you liked me best and we can have more fun.  Lass still showed her purly whites....  so stuck up!   Safe travels Jack, we love you....  

Tess

Death Valley... and it was HOT!

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...  

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 hates 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...

A view of the valley from the Point:

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!  

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.  

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.  

                                   Dave and Trish walking out.....  

                     Salt Flats and "Sea Level" sign up 282 feet on the rocks

    

         Vegetation still flourishes even in this very harsh environment

We had fun looking at all the people and watching all the activity.  But, alas, it was time to come home....  

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.....  

Tess

30 March 2018

I lost my big brother today and Lass lost her best friend.....

Duncan

We will meet you at the Rainbow Bridge....  wait for us along with Razzle and the others.

We love you--

Tess and Lass