Joan on the Road

Our dog adventure is over. I haven't been writing because we've had a lot going on. It's been an emotional time. Bottom line is that Pauli had a bad case of "separation anxiety" and could not be left alone for a minute in the MH unless he was crated. If we left he was jumping up at every window, running the length of the MH, jumping on the dash where our TV sits, leaping on the bed...no wonder his prior name was Flash. Having the crate out inside the MH was too space consuming and he barked incessantly when tied outside. Not a good thing for RVers.

Otherwise he was/is a wonderful dog. But we decided it was not a good situation for him or us so yesterday we returned him to Basset Buddies Rescue at their Basset Fest. I'll bet he found a home yesterday. If not, we met his foster mom and she was happy to include him in her basset pack for awhile. I was really sad to do this. We decided that having a pet is just not for us. (Maryann and Jim...you were right.)

Other excitement was that my dad had an emergency trip to the hospital. He's home and doing ok but it was a nightmare because he and Jim had to sit in the emergency waiting room for 4 hours waiting for treatment and admittance to the hospital. So everyone was up all night anxiously waiting. My Mom needs some help if Harry's not there so I was in and out. Pauli was going bonkers.

Then daughter Renee and family arrived for a long weekend vacation. It was so great for the grandsons, Bryan and Zach, to see their great-grandparents again. It had been years. We had some good visits and they've done the Chicago area tour including a trip up to Leon's in Milwaukee for frozen custard. A family tradition :)

The kids were fascinated by the fireflys and houses with basements. Funny. California kids don't have basements, see fireflys or snow :)

Today I think Renee will spend time with Grandma while the guys go to Six Flags Amusement Park. Then we'll go out and visit friends in our old neighborhood. The weather is awesomely cool and sunshinny. A great day for vacationing.