March 13, 2007

Sunday night in Oklahoma was wet with lightening flashing around the area. It was reassuring
to look out my RV window and see that the campground had provided for all eventualities. The storm that night was not windy and did not warrent any alerts, thank goodness.


We arrived home Tuesday, March 13 at 4:30 p.m. We arrived home with an extra passenger. While surfing the internet last Saturday night I ran across a website for dogs that need homes (this was purely by accident - right). I found one that only a mother could love. He looked a bit scruffy. He was listed as an Aussie-doodle which I found meant his mother was a standard poodle and his sire was an Australian Shepherd. He was in Oklahoma and would have to be picked up as he was too big to ship, and he was free. So on Sunday off to Oklahoma we went.

This is home in Ohio.

This is Gruff, the Aussie-doodle or Aussie-poo. He has some white whiskers on his chin which contributes to his charm.

He was not a happy traveler in the RV. He had never before been on a leash but he adjusted to that pretty well after wrapping me up with his leash a few times. Car sickness didn't help so we made a fast run for home. After 2 days of carsickness he refused to eat the same food that he had eaten those days so a quick trip to the grocery store was needed. New food was the solution to getting him to eat. He is 9 or 10 months old - hope he's about done growing - look at those feet. Sometimes he looks like he is slouching to look smaller.

He is much happier at home where he can relax for a while and get used to his new family.

We are all glad to be home and see the kids and grandkids. They took good care of things for us while we were gone.

I don't know how often I will post now that we are home. Maybe I'll let folks know about major happenings in our lives. Thanks for reading.