Bzzzzzz.....Ouch!

Yesterday about 6 p.m., we went out for our walk before dinner.  We were just strolling along and then it happened.  A terrible pain in my leg.  I screamed!  I held my right front foot up.  Mama looked at the pad and found nothing.  She touched the top of my leg and I screamed and fell over.  I laid there on the ground screaming.  Mama kept trying to find what was wrong, but didn't see anything.  Mama said that she had to get me home, so I got up and tried to walk, but it hurt too bad to put weight on my leg.  Do you know how hard it is to walk when you only have two good legs?  It is not easy.  I don't count my back left leg as being good because the corn is back and I really don't like putting full weight on it.  We started back home slowly.  Do you think Scout was any help?  Not at all. She decided she had to poop.  Here I am in pain and she has to poop.  We get that cleaned up and walk a little further.  I decided maybe I should poop too.  Mama decided it can't be that bad if I can stop for that.  We finally make it back to the RV and I make it inside and lay down.  Mama starts to check me over again.  I am no longer screaming.  Dad walked in about that time.  He is way early.  I get up and show him my leg.  He can't find anything wrong with it either.  I try to lay down but my leg is throbbing.  I am offered a frosty treat and I eat that.  Mama thinks that frosty treats solve all problems.  BOL!  Mama give me one of my pain pills coated in peanut butter and I try to rest. Mama puts an ice pack on my leg.  I can't rest with that. She takes it off and after a while, I finally go to sleep.  I wake up a few hours later and I am fine.  Mama is happy that I am able to walk on my leg without the slightest limp.  Life is good!

Why do we think it was a bee?  Well, there are a lot of bees around and since I was not running and there are no signs of a cut, we just think that is what it was.  Dad said it was bound to happen.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Doesn't Understand Why A Bee Would Sting Him

A Fix For Sliding Rugs

Mama used to get aggravated with our rugs because the vacuum would try to eat them.  She would have to turn off the vacuum so that it would release them.  It just made the job that much harder and we hate when she vacuums anyway.  She saw something at the Camping World in Kansas City that she wanted to try, but Dad told her it wouldn't work.  She waited until we got here and she bought a set.  What is it?

Yes, they do work!   The rugs stay put while Mama vacuums and we don't slide on the floor.  Mama is very pleased with them.  She went back to the store and bought more and now vacuuming is a breeze.  She does not know how well they would hold up in a washing machine, but our rugs are not machine washable so it does not matter to us.  The part that sticks to the floor is supposed to come up easily.  I guess we will find out if that is true when it is time to replace the rugs.  BOL!  They are carried in other stores other than Camping World.  She saw them at Fred Meyer this week. They probably carry them all over.

Best Bully Sticks is having a good sale.  They are offering 15%.  The code is in our sidebar.  We wish we could order.  We do not have mail service here and it would cost us way too much to have them shipped to our mailing address and then forwarded on to us at a later time.    We are having withdrawals as we are out.  Mama found a pet store here and bought us a few bones yesterday.  It is not the same though.

One of Scout's glamour shots.

We saw the beaver last night.  We ran to tell the host.  She keeps missing him.   One afternoon, the host and Mama waited and waited for him to come out.  It drew quite a crowd from the other campers.  BOL! 

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is No Longer Sliding Across The Floor

Almost Wordless Wednesday - July 30, 2014

Joey and Scout,
The Greyhounds Who Think Modeling Is Hard Work

On The Wild Side

The folks visited Northwest Trek Wildlife Park on Sunday.  They passed by it on their way to Mt. Rainier the weekend before and Mama was surprised when Dad said he wanted to go.  She did some research and found that the park received excellent reviews.

The park only has animals that are native to this area.  Some of the animals are in enclosures such as the bear, cats and birds that have been injured and cannot fly. The bison, elk, moose, caribou are allowed to roam freely.  There is a tram that takes visitors through the area that the animals roam.  The tram ride is included in the admission price and it can be taken as many times as you like for no additional charge.  The tram ride takes about an hour and Mama said it was really nice.  She said some of the animals were close enough to touch.

Baby Caribou aka Reindeer

Daddy Caribou

Bison that did not want to get out of the way of the tram.

Elk

Goat

Mama and Baby Bison

Ram

Someone lost this.  The park leaves these for the animals to consume.

The animals have a lot of area to roam.

Bent tree due to heavy snow according to guide.

Baby elk

More caribou

Black bear - the enclosure is so much nicer than in a zoo.

Grizzly bear

Lots of tall trees.

Wolf

Snowy owl

Bald eagles

There were other animals that Mama could not get decent pictures of such a moose, raccoons, coyotes, etc. The folks really enjoyed visiting this park.  It is very clean and well kept.  Mama said if she lived here, she would probably visit a few times a year.

The park has a zip line, but the folks didn't do that.  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Loves Being A Gypsy

Goodguys Are Fun!

The Goodguys were in town last week. They own classic and hot rod cars.  They had a big show here.  We were told by one person that they get really wild and drunk.  That was not the case.  The host usually spaces everyone so that we have a lot of room, but we were warned that we would be packed in our sites and we were.  We even had to pay more to stay here during the event, but we were fine with that.

These were delivered last week.

I guess they expected people here without indoor plumbing.

I really enjoyed going out at night because people lined up on the sidewalk to watch the cars go by.  They squeaked a toy horn to try and get the cars to honk at us and if they did, everyone hooted and howled.  It was fun!  I even thought about howling, but I didn't.  I love being in crowds like that.  We met some kids while we were watching the cars and they petted us.  We were very popular. We talked to people from Canada, California and Oregon.   Last night, I couldn't wait to go out and join the crowd, but they had all gone home.  I was really sad.

We took a few pictures of the cars, but we didn't get too many.

The action is over there. That is where I should be.

But Mom, I want to go over there.

Scout enjoyed being out in the crowds too.

There is a surf board on the roof.

This one has a Teddy Bear hanging out.

As you may remember, we are staying at the fairgrounds.  There are fields around us that are used for parking during the fair.  In the fields, there are fruit trees and berries.  We think that there used to be houses there and that is why there are fruit trees.  We have apples, pears, cherries and also blackberries.  The blackberry bushes are huge. They are taller than some of the trees.

Blackberries

We don't know what this is.  Anyone know?

We were told we could help ourselves to the fruit.  Today, we went blackberry picking with Mama.  BOL!

We then made a cobbler.

The camp host gave us blackberry scones the other day.  She said they are very popular at the fair.  Mama had never had a scone.  She liked it.  A co-worker of Dad's asked if we would be here for the fair and he said no.  She said "Oh, darn, you won't get to try the scones."  He told her that he has already had some.  I guess it pays to be friends with the host here.  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Likes Living At The Fairgrounds