Still On The Road

 This trip isn't really exciting, so we haven't posted any updates.

We spent the first night at a Camping World in Tulsa.  We didn't get there until after 7 p.m.  We didn't have electric hook ups, but we were able to watch TV because we have a battery that can run our lights and TV. The next day we headed towards Grandma's house.  We stopped in Lebanon, MO at the Russell Stover Outlet and guess what?  It is closed for good.  Mom was really sad.  The folks decided to stop at a Stuckey's to pick up a pecan roll to take to Grandma's.  It wasn't as good as they remembered.

We arrived at Grandma's on Friday afternoon.  The next day we drove to my Dad's sister's house.  We had a small family reunion.  Dad's nephew is in the Navy and he and his new wife were in town.  Also, another nephew was in town from Florida.  They hadn't seen the Navy guy since he entered the military four years ago.  

On Sunday, we headed to Hawn State Park which is in Ste. Genevieve, MO. Mom's great grandparents settled in that area when they came to America from Germany.  She had been wanting to find her great grandparents graves and she succeeded.  They were really hard to read but Mom had been given directions from a cousin on where they should be and he was correct.

Theresa and Frank Baumann. They died in 1898 and 1899.

Hawn State Park is nice but there is no cell service or TV reception.  It was a very quiet time.

I am not as bored as I look in this photo.

We spent two days at Hawn and then we went back to Grandma's house. We have been here since.  We have done a lot of eating.  We have seen almost all of Dad's family.  We leave tomorrow and we are headed to Bennett Springs to do some trout fishing.

This is a park that I walked around by Grandma's house.

This mural was painted by someone that the folks went to high school with.

The weather has been rainy and colder than home.  It is steamy at home, so we are not complaining too much.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Enjoyig His Trip

Roadtrip Time!

 I know, it has been a while.  Mom seems to forget to post anything unless we are traveling.  Well, we are on the road again.  This time, we are headed to see family.  We will be staying at Grandma's for about a week..  I love staying there! We just left this morning and it is a two day trip, so we will be there tomorrow evening.

We were supposed to go to Gulf Shores, AL in February for Mom's birthday, but I got hurt.  It wasn't a serious injury but the folks thought it was best not to travel with me.  It is rather embarrassing to talk about my injury.  You see, I fell off my folks bed and when I tried to stop myself and climb back up, I scraped my leg on this board on the side of the bed.  I ended up going to the vet. It was $155. 😒 He couldn't stitch it because greyhounds have very thin skin and he said it would just tear more.  My wound was the size of a quarter but it bleed every time I walked.  I wore a bandage that the vet put on me for 48 hours as required.  Boy, did I scream when he put it on my leg.  I don't like anything on my legs.  It took three weeks for it to heal which is better than the last time when it took two months.  The folks have baby proofed that board, so I shouldn't get hurt on it again.

My damaged leg.

I am still busy carrying packages for Mom. I think it is fun and people laugh when they see me.

Waiting for the elevator doors to open.

Oh, the other big thing going on is my corns.  I have corns on three feet.  I have some feet with two corns and one has three.  It is driving Mom crazy.  She is trying all sorts of things to remove them.  I don't like wearing boots, so don't even tell her to do that.  Joey had one corn and she thought that was terrible, so imagine how she feels with a dog with six corns.  Joey wore a boot.  I think we are making some progress but it will be a life long problem for me.  

It is almost time to stop for lunch at a rest area, so I will end now.  Talk to you soon!

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Travels In A van