Sleeping In Seattle

That's right, we are in Seattle!  We left Abilene on Sunday and after driving about 38 hours, we arrived in Seattle.  It was a very long drive.  It was the first time we have driven the motor home through the mountains.  Mama doesn't like driving a car through the mountains, so imagine how she felt with the motor home.  We didn't have any issues, but it was not something we really enjoyed. The worst mountains were in Oregon.  We had a 6% grade for 6 miles.  There were runaway ramps. She said we may just stay in Seattle.  BOL! 

Runaway Ramp

We have a lot more pictures to share with you, but I think we will wait and put those in another post. 

We are staying at the fairgrounds here.  We have a roller coaster across from us and a circus that goes on every night. The circus music is so loud that it vibrates the motor home.  It is not a bad place to stay and at least it is not boring.  We are looking for another place to stay because we can only book a week at a time here and you never know when they will tell us to move on.  We looked at the KOA, but they charge $2,100 a month.  They even charge $1.50 per dog per day.  That is expensive rent!  We normally pay around $700-$900 a month including electric.  We are hoping to find something that is not such a budget killer.

View from our campground.

The weather here is great!  We had to turn the heater on this morning because it was 51 degrees. The high yesterday was around 70.  It looks like we will be in the mid 70's next week. Queen Scout says it is acceptable.

I think the folks are going to sit outside and watch the fireworks tonight since there are no mosquitoes here.  Scout and I will stay inside.  Fireworks don't scare us, but Mama says it is still safer for us to stay inside.  This area is supposed to be really big with fireworks.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who May Be Sleepless In Seattle Tonight Due To Fireworks

We Are On The Move

We received a few more photos of Queen Scout that we Mama wanted to share. The photos were taken by Michelle Day.

I think she is sticking her tongue out at everyone.  BOL

The coloring on this one is really nice.  Oops, did I say that?

We have more to say about Heart of America, but we are too tired to write about it right now.  Why are we tired?  We have been on the road since Sunday.  That's right, we have been on the road for the past three days.  We have about six more hours to go tomorrow.  Any guesses on where we are headed? Okay, we will give a clue or two. We haven't been there and we are no longer in the central time zone. BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is On The Move Again

Exciting Night at Heart Of America

Saturday afternoon, there was a big auction at the Heart of America greyhound event. If Mama remembers the correctly the items sold for $150 to $1,000.  People were very generous because the money goes to help the hounds.  :-)

Saturday evening, the meal was catered by Brookside Hotel.  The folks had eaten there earlier in the week.  The hotel traces its roots back to 1870.

Each person receives a half of a chicken. The rest of the food is served family style and it is all you can eat.  It includes: coleslaw, mashed potatoes and gravy, cottage cheese, creamed style corn, peaches, pickles and homemade biscuits with strawberry preserves. Vanilla ice cream is served for dessert. Mama liked it.  The folks still think that Stroud's in KC is the best though.

The catered event included the chicken, coleslaw, mashed potatoes and gravy, creamed style corn, homemade biscuits and upside down pineapple cake.

After the folks ate, they came back to the RV and picked us up because it was time for the contests.  The events included: biggest (not fattest and I wouldn't have won that one anyway), smallest, best smiler, best trick, youngest, oldest and longest tail.  That is all that I can remember.  Scout entered the longest tail contest. We thought she might win.  Her tail is 24".  She lost out to a dog with a 26" tail.

We sat with the folks from Greyhound Companions of Missouri.  That is the group that Scout and I came from and they are the ones that helped me so much with my bad leg.  Well, I am not exactly sure what happened, but everyone at our table started laughing really loud.  Then it turned into the laugh where nothing comes out, but you are still laughing and then Mama's eyes started watering.  She said she hasn't laughed like that in years.  I guess whatever happened must have been really funny, but Mama says what happens in Abilene stays in Abilene.  BOL!

Okay, ready for the exciting thing that happened.  Scout was named Senior Queen!  Yep, the way they do it is by drawing the dog's name from a bowl.  It is not like she really did anything to deserve it.  Mama says they should have a court jester and I would be prefect.  BOL   So, they called Scout's name and Mama screamed.  It was embarrassing.  Scout was on the floor and didn't want to get up.  Mama was practically dragging her because she didn't want them to think she wasn't there.  I think they heard Mama scream though.  Mama and Scout got up to the front of the room and they were concerned because when they drew her name and it was Scout, they thought she was a boy and her name got put in the wrong bowl.  They had to check to make sure she was a girl.  BOL!

There were a lot of photos taken, but did Dad take any?  NOPE!  Mama was not happy about that.  He said he had to watch me.  Duh, I was with a lot of people who could have watched me.  I think he just didn't care that Scout was queen, kinda like me.  Actually, Scout wishes she was not queen.  Just check out the pictures.

Photo Courtesy of Michelle Day

Senior King and Queen, King and Queen and Prince and Princess. Photo Courtesy of Michelle Day

Scout received a trophy, sash, crown, collar and matching leash.  Basically, she didn't like wearing the hat and being awaken from her nap.  BOL!

Showing off her queen of hearts collar.

I hope this whole queen thing doesn't go to her head.  First the vet says she is perfect and now she is the queen.  Sheesh!  Mama has been telling people we meet that she was just crowned queen at a greyhound event.  She leaves out the part that all they did was draw her name out of a bowl. :::snicker:::

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Wonders What He Is If His Sister Is the Queen

I Left My Corn In Abilene

The "operation" is over and I am fine.  BOL!  It was a little scary because they laid me on a table and lots of people gathered around to watch the corn removal.  Mama was more scared than I was though.  Aunt Donna from Greyhound Companions was there petting me to relax me and Dad was there too.  Mama was standing in front trying to see the procedure.

My eyes are big because they started the Dremel on me.

Dad and Aunt Donna relaxing me.

The guy who lifted me on the table checking on me.

At this point, I am thinking I am not so sure about all of this.

This is really strange.

I have my tails between my legs.  She is showing everyone my corn.

I am just kind of chilling now.

I stayed on the table while people asked questions.

The corn is now out. She said a new one could be there in just a few weeks.  It wasn't bad getting it out.  It was just strange feeling.

I walked around the event after the procedure.  Let me tell you, I loved being at the event.  It was so much fun just walking around seeing everything.  Scout and I came back in the evening for the contests and something very exciting happened.  You will have to wait until tomorrow to find out though.  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Now Corn-Less

I'm Like A Box Of Chocolates...

...you never know what you are going to get.  BOL!   Oh sure, I barked and tried to play with the other dogs today, but when Mama brought me inside the event venue, I was a good boy.  I loved all the activity.

This morning, the folks set out at 7:30 a.m. to visit greyhound farms.  They had a big line of cars and they were supposed to follow each other.  Well, about two cars up from the folks car, that person lost sight of the car in front of him which caused all the other cars to go in the wrong direction.  They turned into an adult book store parking lot and waited until they could get in touch with some one who knew where they were going. BOL!  They got the directions and turned around.  They arrived at the greyhound farm and walked and walked and walked.  They arrived where the greyhounds were having lure training and found that the first part of the group had parked right there!  They only got to see one race.  Mama was disappointed, but at least they got to see one.  They then had to walk all the way back to their cars. They then drove to another greyhound farm.  Mama found the farm tours to be somewhat sad. There are so many dogs there and you know that not all of them will find homes. 

The folks then drove to the Greyhound of Fame.  They didn't tour it since they have done that in the past. They just did shopping in the gift shop.

The folks stocked up on chocolate at Russell Stover's Outlet.

Scout and I participated in a find the Bunny Egg contest.  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!  Mama and I ran to find the eggs.  I touched then with my nose and Mama put them in our bag.  Scout and Dad walked behind us and only got four.  We got at least 20.  We didn't find the Bunny Egg though. We just found eggs with treats and tootsie rolls.

Waiting for the contest to begin. You can see some eggs in the photo.

Sizing up the competition.

Scout doesn't have her head in the competition.

I had to rest after hunting for eggs.

We are going to show you something really rare.  It is a picture of Mama with us.  She hates to have her photo taken, but she did it today.  I think it is a nice one of the three of us.

Tomorrow there is a class on corns and I am the greyhound who will have his corn removed.  YIKES!  Mama is excited and nervous about it.  She just hopes that I behave myself.  You never know.  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Hopes To Be Corn-less Soon