Exploring Kansas

 According to Mom, the flower garden across from our campround in Abilene is beautiful.  We walked through it every morning while attending the greyhound event.  Mom said to remind everyone that it is September and the flowers have had a long hot summer, so they are not looking their best right now. Here are a few photos:

Abilene is a sweet town.  Mom said she would love to live there, but they don't even have a Walmart, so I don't believe her.  We left Abilene and made a stop at Mushroom State Park.  It has rocks that look like mushrooms, not the mushrooms you can eat.

We stayed two nights in Concordia, KS.  In 1943-1945, there was a German POW camp here.  The museum was closed due to the holiday weekend, but we drove by the tower that is still standing.

The National Orphan Train Museum is also here. Mom would have liked to have seen it, but it was closed for the weekend.  Mom didn't know about either museum before we arrived, but she would have liked to have seen both.  We may have to make another trip here.  

Concordia is a very small town. They do have a Walmart but they do not offer grocery pick-up.  We enjoyed our stay at their city park. They have RV camping sites as well as a dog park.  The fee for camping is whatever you wish.   The weather has been very nice. We slept without our AC last night.  It was in the 60's. It barely gets below 90 at home at night.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Needs A Day To Relax

Having Fun In Abilene

 We arrived in Abilene on Wednesday.  It was not a good day for Mom.  She was feeling really sick.  She thinks it was a 24 hour stomach bug.  It is not a good thing to be sick in a small van.  I will not go into detail, but I heard and saw things that scared me. 😱

Yesterday, was the first day of the greyhound event.  We didn't get to do everything that we planned because Mom still wasn't feeling good.  We did attend a few speeches and we went to the Greyhound Hall of Fame.

This is a starting gate.  I never raced, so I am not impressed.

This is a memorial garden for the dogs that have passed that were greeters at the hall of fame.

This was big brother Jack's bio-Daddy. Jack met him once.  You can read about that here.

Jack Met His Bio Daddy

Friday night, I was crowned King at the event.  I received a trophy in 2019 for being the youngest at the same event. You can read about that trip if you click the link.  First Trip To Abilene This time I received a new collar, a racing silk, a crown and a plaque.  I really didn't like when they put the silk on me.  They didn't loosen it up, so it was tight. There were three women dressing me and I don't like a crowd.  One of them accidentally touched my "stuff" and I screamed.  They were scared of me after that.

There is a small waterfall just outside of Abilene that we visited.  It is definitely more impressive when Mom zoomed in with the camera than the way it really looks.  It was a fun stop though.

The folks made the traditional trip to Russell Stover's Outlet.  I wish I could have some, but chocolate is a no-no even if you are a king.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Now King Jaxson 

Our Two Month Vacation Has Begun

 We left on our two month long vacation last Friday.  We left about 8 a.m.  It was a rainy morning, but we only had to drive for about a half hour in the rain.  It was a long travel day as we didn't stop until 6:30 p.m. 

Here I am watching from my van window.

Oklahoma has a really nice welcome center.  It has two big dog parks.  One dog park is for the little dogs and one dog park is for the big guys like me.  There were no other dogs, so Mom let me explore the dog park.

Oklahoma Welecome Center Dog Park

 We stayed at the Camping World in Tulsa, OK.  They actually offer free camping in their parking lot with hook-ups for six campers. It was actually a nice place to spend the night. There was a lot of grass for me to walk on plus the sidewalks went on longer than we wanted to walk.

Our van at Camping World.

The next morning, the folks decided to do some shopping at Camping World.  Our toilet had leaked on our previous trip and Dad thought he had fixed it, but it was still leaking on this trip.  They were able to buy a new toilet at Camping World. They also bought some other things that they decided they needed.  Our free camping night ended up costing us $170 after their shopping trip.

We left Camping World around 10 a.m. We made several stops and arrived at Grandma's around 5 p.m.

Waiting to hit the road.

Placing my order at Steak N Shake.

Picking up chocolate for Grandma.

Relaxing at Grandma's.

We are at Grandma's for a few days and then we head to Abilene, KS for a greyhound event.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Trying Out This Travelin' Thing

It Is Tough Being A Beach Boy

 I go to the beach almost every morning.  When the conditions are right, I get in the water.  If the bacteria is too high in the water, I am not allowed to enjoy the waves.  Mom gets an email that tells her the bacteria levels. After I get out of the water, I have to take a shower to wash the salt and sand off of my body.  The vet told Mom to do this with Joey.  Joey developed several infections after moving to the beach.  It may have been his age or maybe it was the beach.  Regardless, I have to take a shower outside before I am allowed inside the condo.  It is not as bad as it sounds.  I don't really like the shower part, but I like when Dad dries me.  The first thing he does is squeegees the water off of me with his hands. That is what he calls it.  He then shines me up with a towel.  He makes sure he gets under my tires (my feet) too.  Isn't he silly for saying he is shining me up and doing my tires. 😂

I like a good massage.

Shining me up.

The little towel is usually not enough to totally dry me, so Mom dries me with a big towel when we get inside.  She then rinses off my harness with soap and water because the salt causes it to rust. Going to the beach is a lot of work.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Going To Miss The Beach While Traveling