May 7, Ventura


Surprise, surprise! Look where we wound up tonight! I had no idea when we left Las Vegas that this is where we were headed. Don and I went for an abbreviated walk in the park this morning, and we made the usual getting ready to go preparations. We headed out a little before eleven, and I promptly went down for a nap. I woke up for lunch, of course, and saw that we were churning along the familiar Highway 15 southward, and went back to napping. We stopped for a refueling at Barstow, but I didn’t feel the need to get out of the rig. Back to napping. I woke up again when we pulled into Charlie Brown’s in Littlerock, and was surprised to see that we were this close to home. Geri and Don scored their usual Date Shakes, but there was nothing on the menu for me. I watched out the front window as we left and saw that we were still heading west, so I started to get a feeling about where we were going. A little more than an hour-and-a-half later, we were unhooking the truck on Telegraph Avenue in Ventura, and Geri and I were heading home, with Don following in the coach. Geri’s job was to get the van out of the driveway so that Don could pull in, but she found a small problem; dead battery! Don had to park the coach across the street, pull the truck in next to the van and jump start it, then get all the vehicles repositioned so that he could get the coach into the driveway. He eventually got it all together, and we were officially home!

It’s been a fun trip, and we’ve seen a lot of places that we haven’t been before, including many that we want to visit again. But it’s good to be home, and I’ll enjoy seeing all my human and doggy friends again. And I’ll certainly enjoy my morning walks in parks and other places that are familiar to me. But the most important thing is that, no matter where we are, I’m with two people who love me and want me to be the happiest dog in the world; and I’m pretty sure I am!

Signing off until our next adventure, this is your bloggin’ dog, DeeBee!