From Hotel Living To Parking Lot Living

Sometimes you have to look up.

It can be very interesting.

Any guesses what had my attention for five minutes and made my body tremble?

Yep, it is a squirrel.

Yesterday was moving day!!!!

Do you think Mom over packed?

Checking to make sure my stuff has been packed.

We drove to the body shop and waited inside while they put the finishing touches on our home.

I was a perfect guest, don't you think?

Precision Painting did a great job on our rig.  They were able to finish it on time even though we arrived two days late.  They kept us informed and were very nice.

Finally, it was time to head to Entegra.  We will be there for a week getting other repairs made. I am a little disappointed as I thought we would be in a campground.  There are other rigs here. We are actually in a parking lot!  Mom and Dad knew, but I didn't.

Ahhh....it is nice to be home again.

Here I am checking out my site.

Boring!

Here are the other campers.

 Actually, there is a nice dog park here.  This morning at 4 a.m., I ran and ran and ran.  BOL!

My couch!!!!  I love my couch!

They start working on our rig on Monday.  It will be a long week as we have to be out of the rig at 6:30 a.m. each day.  There is a sign on Entegra's door saying "For the enjoyment of all our customers, no dogs OVER 30 POUNDS are allowed in the lounge." Well, we are customers and it definitely doesn't add to enjoyment if I am not allowed in the lounge.  A guy that Mom talked to at the body shop said he had just left Entegra and they allowed a lady with a lab and a boxer in the lounge, so maybe they will allow me.  Stay tuned.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Happy To Have His Couch Back

Nine Is Mighty Fine!

Today is my 9th birthday!  Woo Hoo!  

I started out with a walk at 4:30 a.m.  We then went back to bed.  Later, Mom fixed breakfast and I ate a scrambled egg.  Mom said we needed to leave the room so that the housekeeper could clean our room. They only clean it once a week.  That is fine with us because we really don't like having someone come into our room.  If we need clean towels, soap, etc., we just tell the front desk and they give it to us.  Mom borrowed a blender from them yesterday and she made me frosties.

We drove to Enchanted Gardens which is really a plant nursery, but they have paddle boats and an animal farm.  They have a TV show that airs here.  We were a little disappointed in it.  We thought it would be bigger. We weren't wanting to ride the paddle boat, but it was $3.99 a person for five minutes.  Can you imagine?  We wouldn't have even gotten seated in five minutes.  They also had bumper boats and the spot for that was big enough for two boats with not much room to bump.  Again, it was $3.99 for five minutes.  We just walked around and looked at the animals.  Two of the workers made a fuss over me. They said I could go inside the store, but Mom said I was a bull in a china shop.  She usually says a bull in a china cabinet. BOL!

It looks like they dug up some bones here.

 

I am not so sure about the animals here.

They wanted us to feed them.

This is the paddle boat.

I wasn't ready to leave, but Mom said we would stop at another park.  We drove to Ox Bow County Park.  They charge $2 a car to enter.  We walked on a few trails there.

I thought we were going to go out for lunch, but Dad got distracted.  We drove back to the hotel and were happy to see that the housekeeper had cleaned the room.

Here are photos of our room:

Yes, I am pouting because I didn't get a burger for lunch.

Mom left after lunch and went shopping.  Dad and I stayed behind and napped.  We were tired from our morning out.

It was a beautiful day here with the temperature in the 70's.  It was a nice birthday.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is 9!

Cobus Creek Park

Today started out rainy.  Mom and I were able to get in our 5:30 a.m. walk in before the rain started.  We didn't see any skunks this morning, but last night we saw two groundhogs.

Dad broke a glass this morning while making his coffee.  It landed in my water dish which meant that he had to wash it and my food dish.  He said that cup of coffee was a lot of work for him.

The girls at the front desk gave me treats this morning.  I still don't like the lobby area.  I will walk through it, but there are too many noises to be comfortable.  Some guests petted me.  I really wasn't interested in them.

We asked the girls at the front desk about the parental controls on the TV.  Dad couldn't watch HBO because of it.  They came up and put a code in, but said they couldn't give it to us.  It only lasted for that one show.  Dad said the code should be easy enough to figure out because she was only pressing one button.  Yep, it was easy.  We did it on the first try.  We can now watch HBO.

Today, we went to a county park.  It is called Cobus Creek Park.  It has a really nice trail.  There is also a sensory garden that is probably really pretty in the summer.

Waterfall at the sensory garden.

Boardwalk to creek.

  

This creek has trout in it.  We did not see any trout though.  People are allowed to fish there.

 

We walked almost two miles.  The trail was easy.  We met a family from England.  She saw my booted foot and said "Oh, does he have corns?"  We were quite surprised that she guessed it.  Yep, she has greyhounds.  She said her last one had corns.

Just a pretty tree on our way back to the hotel.

I am not sure what is on the agenda for the rest of the day.  Mom left for a while to do a little shopping and now she is back and Dad is gone.  Kmart is going out of business here and he is there for a second time checking out the bargains.  Last night, we had Applebee's.  We did a takeout order and they left out Dad's order of garlic fries.  Grrrr!  Mom said their garlic fries are really good.  I don't know because I am not allowed to have garlic.  Since we are here due to an insurance claim, our hotel and food are paid for up to $1,500 per our insurance plan. We are not going crazy with our food costs just in case they decide not to cover it.  It shouldn't be an issue, but we are only eating out once a day.  Mom fixes us a big breakfast that stinks up our room and then we either eat out for lunch or dinner.  Mom is really missing her air fryer.  She only has a cook top and microwave here.  She bought air freshener and candles to get the smell out. She turns the exhaust fans, but it still smells.  I don't think most people cook in their rooms. They only give you a few dishes.  Mom is running the dishwasher every day.  She wanted to buy paper plates, but Dad said to just use the dishwasher.

Two of the really nice things at the hotel are: 1) great Wi-Fi and 2) free laundry.

There are a number of bad things about hotel living.  There is only one TV.  None of the furniture is comfortable.  I don't have a couch and I don't do human beds.  I haven't roached since I left the RV.  I think we will all be happy to be back in our RV.  It won't be fun though since we have to be out of it all day while they work on it.  We will have it in the evenings. We have to live like that for a week.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Really Misses His Couch