It’s been so long. Where do I start? As I write we are camped alongside the beach in Santa Barbara. I’m perched up on the bed with Dottie licking my legs while I type. Ginger and Noche watch Steve’s every move as he prepares to go outside. Grayson is quiet in his post-surgical pen on the lower bunk. We have just experienced our first dog show.
It would have been more fun if Dottie had won but the Danish judge awarded her second place, behind her sister, Lexi. She did receive an “excellent” rating so she is now officially “breeding approved”. Meeting all the farmdogs and their people was fun, as was visiting with my cousin, Jeff, after not seeing him for 15 years. On the flip side, showing Dottie was nerve-wracking, and “camping” in LA leaves something to be desired. We spent three nights in the back of a parking lot next to a freeway soundwall. At least it was private and we could run the generator guilt-free as you couldn’t hear it over the freeway noise.
Our last night in the LA area, Steve found us a regional park campground not far from where he grew up in Corona. We had an amazing amount of space, with a large grassy field on one side, empty campsites on either end, a vast valley between us and city lights, and a nearby fake lake. Except for the flies and smell from the adjacent dairy operation, it was wonderful, and quite unexpected in such proximity to LA. We’re headed home today so I can go back to work and Grayson can see the surgeon for a check-up and suture removal.
Good to hear and see photos!Glad it all went well.
Welcome to the world of freeways – we hear it all
the time! Steve looks very professional! I can’t
tell Dottie from the others – they all look alike!
haha Hope you have had good trip home love ya
both
Mom… they don’t look alike at all! Dottie is … well … very Dottie! Once you meet her, you’ll see!
Thanks for posting the photos Laura. It was a great weekend wasn’t it? Would you send me a disk of all those that you took so I can upload your photos with those of all the photos taken by Farmdog families at the show?
To Mom–Dottie is the little one that will always look like a puppy. We are very proud of the whole group—a beautiful bunch of pups and great dogs.
Tonya
Tonya, I will send you photos but probably not until the weekend. My head needs to shift back to work tomorrow. Believe it or not, we’re still on the road. Pulling the trailer we try to keep it at 55. It helps with mileage but takes forever!
Laura, that was a joke! Of course, I can’t pick
her out of the photo of all of them. I am sure
it would be different if she were around. Sadly,
we don’t have that opportunity. Steve’s blue
heron showed up – good sign! love ya
Laura! Congratulations on Dottie’s award!
BTW – She is DARLING.