I Have A Big Personality!

Mama always tells people that I am not a typical greyhound.  I have a lot of energy and I am always ready to do something.  The other night, we met a man who wanted to pet us. Scout got all excited and that got me excited and I tried to jump on the man.  The man said "He must have been a good racer!"  Mama told him that I was a stakes winner and my career ended when I broke my leg.  Mama then told him that I was not a typical greyhound.  The man said "Oh, he just has a BIG personality!"  Wow, no one has ever said that to me before.  If you meet me in person, you might say that I am aloof because while I like to be petted, I feel there are more important things to do such as walking and exploring.  I like being described as having a big personality rather than not typical. It just sounds better.

The sky had a bit of pink to it last night.

We took our long walk at 7 a.m. this morning.  We have a heat warning here, so we are limiting our time outside. Our walk this morning was two miles.  We stayed on the main road, so no surprises today.

The sunrise this morning.

This park has experienced many floods.  This building is located pretty far from the river and notice how high the water was during the last major flood.

This is the office.  It is a trailer on wheels so that it can be moved during flooding.

This park offers use of their laundry machines for FREE!  Can you believe that?  The laundry room is on wheels, too.

The entrance to our park.  We walked here this morning.  It is 2 miles round trip according to the pedometer.

The main road that we walked today.

We would like to send our condolences to Sam's Mom. His Mom's blog is Miscellanea.  He crossed to the Rainbow Bridge yesterday.  His Mom misses him so much.  We are very sad for her. 

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Thinks You Need To Get Off The Main Road To See Naked Ladies.  BOL!

A Surprising Discovery On Our Walk This Morning

There are days that Mama and I have a hard time coming up with something "interesting" to say in the blog.  There are other days when we have something in mind and then something happens to change that and today is one of those days.

Mama and I took off on a walk this morning.  We decided to head down a trail instead of staying on the road like we did yesterday.  We took a very long walk yesterday but we can't tell you how far because our pedometer seems to be broken.  Scout stayed at home because she doesn't care for our long walks.  Okay, back to today. 

The trail is nicely mowed.

We go deeper and deeper into the trail.

Wow, the trail leads to the main road. We didn't expect that.  Surprising, but not the big surprise.

Let's start heading back because we are now in the full sun.

There is a fork in the road, so we take it. 

Come on, Mama, let's keep going.

I guess we should mention here that the brochure that the campground gave us has a blurb that we have never seen on a campground brochure.  It says: "Our insurance company wishes to inform you of the existence of poison ivy, snakes, mosquitoes, fire ants and chiggers within the boundaries of our RV Park."  The insurance company did not warn us that we might come across.....

Are you ready?

Are you sure?

I hope we don't get in trouble for this.

We came across a NAKED LADY and we took a picture.

Yep, there she is.  BOL!

We thought we might have to blur some of the photo because she was pretty detailed, but our camera didn't pick all of that up.  We will save what we planned to write about today for another day because the naked lady was just too funny not to share.  

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Thinks Nature Walks Can Be Very Educational.  BOL!!!

Wordless Wednesday - August 7, 2013

  

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Finds Living On The River Very Peaceful

Camping Along The Mighty Mississippi

We are enjoying camping along the river.  It is not as exciting as camping at Graceland RV Park, but it's nice.  Yesterday, our area was pretty full, but this morning it is just us and one other motor home.  This place has a section for motor homes and a section for fifth wheels.  Do you know why?  The sites are set up so that if you have a motor home, you pull in so that you have a view of the river.  If you have a fifth wheel, you back in because most fifth wheels have windows in the back.  We are also set on angles so that we have views from our windshield and views from our side windows.  It sounds like a logical way to do it, but most campgrounds don't think these things out.

Our site

Our view.

There are benches all along the river bank.

There is another barge.

Mama and I took a walk this morning.  We found a tree house!

A ramp to the tree house.

Wow, cool furniture!

This is a fancy tree house - a refrigerator, sink and bathroom.

Time to head back to the ground.

Our day has turned rainy, so we are now stuck inside.  We are making the most of it.

Enjoying the day together.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Prefers His Motor Home To A Tree House Although Peeing From It Could Be Fun

One Last Trip To Graceland Plaza and A Preview Of Our New Campground

This morning I pleaded with Mama to take me to Graceland Plaza again.  How did I do that?  Well, I walked her to the gate and whined. She told me the gates were locked until 7 a.m., but promised she would take me then.  As soon as breakfast was over, I reminded her of her promise and off we went.  We left "Wussy Girl" behind.  A girl at our last campground actually named Scout that.  She saw us walking without Scout and asked me if my sister was being a wuss again.  BOL   Mama and I had a grand time walking in the plaza and meeting people.  One lady asked my name and Mama told her Joey. She said that was her dead husband's name and then showed us her tattoo with his name that is on her chest.  She offered to take a picture and me and Mama at the Graceland gates and Mama told her no because Mama hates having her picture taken, but now she wishes she would have. We had a wonderful time walking around and talking to people.  We loved hearing Elvis' music as we walked.  It is such a festive place. It is definitely not for everyone, but we enjoyed it.

Mama wishes I would cooperate more when she is taking my photo, but has decided she will embrace the bloopers that I provide her.

Hey, this one is not bad.  I am standing by the fence outside of Graceland.

Pictures by the gates didn't go as well.

The main problem is that I don't stand still.  Mama says I was on sensory overload here.  I loved it though!

"Come on Mama! I think we can sneak in and see the house."

Uncle Lee, she is stopping traffic again!  Uncle Lee is not fond of the tourists because they cause traffic problems.

"Why can't we go inside the store?"

That is it folks.  We have left Memphis. Dad says it is unlikely that we will be back since the only Marriott hotel in Memphis will be no more as of next week.  Mama is sad as she had a lot of fun just walking around meeting people.  Mama admits that maybe it was time to leave as last night she had a dream and "In The Ghetto" was playing in her dream.  It is an Elvis song that she has never really liked, but there it was in her dream.  Elvis music played at the pool at our park and also at the pool at Heartbreak Hotel. Music played in the plaza as well as the gift shops. It was fun walking around hearing the music.

We moved to our new campground this morning.  We haven't taken many photos yet, but we have a few taken from inside our motor home.

A barge passed by us.  The first of many.

We have a great view!

Dad is at work, so we are watching Elvis in concert on TV.  BOL!  

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Has Left Memphis -- Thank You, Thank You Very Much!  BOL!