Vacation: Day 2

I know it's been a while since Mom and I went on our road trip, but I still need to write about it 'cause it was cool. Lots of "firsts" for me.

So after we stayed in our hotel room (and after I got in trouble for barking), we got back in Aunt Katie's van and went to Galena. Mom let me ride on her lap this time instead of having me sit in the back 'cause it wasn't a far trip.

I've gone shopping at the doggie store lots of times, and I love going there. We did lots and lots of shopping on vacation, too, only this was different. Mom put me in a doggie bag and carried me. I guess not all people like doggies in their stores, but we were sneaky and I was kinda hiding. I wasn't too excited about the doggie bag at first, but I did get lots and lots of attention in it. Lots of people wanted to pet me. I'm always up for a good head scrachin'.

People would say, "Oh, what a cute doggie!" or "Look at that little puppy!" Some people were downright silly and said, "Is that a real dog?" Oh, come on! Give me a break! WHAT do I look like?! Of course I'm a real doggie!

Here's a picture of Mom and I shopping:


After we went shopping, we went to the place we were gonna stay for two nights. It was called a cabin, and it had biiiig animals called alpacas there. Here's what an alpaca looks like:

And here's a picture of Mom, Aunt Katie, and I sitting by our cabin, watchin' the alpacas:


After we watched the alpacas for a while, Mom and Aunt Katie put me in charge of guarding the cabin and they left for a while. I stayed inside in my little crate, but that was o.k. 'cause I was pretty tired from all of the excitement. And it's a good thing I got some rest, too, 'cause Mom and Aunt Katie kept me up late that night with all of their chatting and stuff.

Vacation: Day 1

On Friday, Mom came home from work and then we left on our trip. We went all of the way to Aunt Katie's house. That was cool 'cause I like Aunt Katie. She has a cool yard, too.

Then we got into Aunt Katie's van and we started to go on our road trip. I sat on Mom's lap for a while, but it was hard to get comfy that way. When we stopped, Mom actually put me on the back seat in the van. I was not a fan of that, 'cause I couldn't see Mom. I need to be on her lap -- that's my job as the doggie! I was mad...but I was sleepy, too, so I finally just decided to take a nap on the seat.

We drove all of the way to Galena, and then you know what? Mom couldn't find a place called a hotel for us 'cause the places there didn't like little doggies. How rude! We finally found one, though, and that's where we went. Mom took my doggie bed inside, but I was too excited to sleep 'cause I'd never been in a hotel before. It was a strange, strange place. I heard lots of noises, too, even though it was way past my night-night time. People were doing stuff and I couldn't figure out what it was. I had to be the guard doggie!

Here's a picture of me in my very first hotel. I was gettin' a drink of water. Mom took my food mat and my water bowl so I'd have my own stuff. Cool, huh?
I got in trouble the next morning. Mom and Aunt Katie left me in the hotel room for a while when they went to go get people food. I heard noises outside, though, so I tried to talk to whoever was out there. Mom said that doggies aren't supposed to bark in hotels. Oops.