Southern Trip: Part I
Well, Griff has chicken pox! It is not as bad as it could be because he is having a relatively mild reaction but we still are not getting a lot of sleep or smiles in the Gast house. In light of this, I decided to just try to start getting our vaca out in little managable pieces....Part I.
We started our trip late one Friday night after I worked till close at the restaurant. We drove the 4 1/2 hours that it takes to get to Bruce's folks, Steve and Lee's, house. We arrived there at about 4:30 and were feeling tired but pretty good nontheless. We put Griff to bed (they are so sweet - they always have a crib made up and ready for Griffin!), let the dogs out (our Sunshine plus their 2 dogs, Dusky and Max) and started unloading the car. About this time Bruce realized that Max is gone. Uh oh!!! Oh by the way, Steve and Lee are still in Canada on their vacation at this point. So there we are running around the neighborhood at 5 a.m. screaming "Max" - I am sure the neighbors loved our duet!! We decided to split up and look in opposite directions. I am lucky enough to stumble upon Max and just as I am about to grab his collar....boom, he takes off. Oh yes, all of you who have chased a dog know this moment all too well... So, I run and get the car and pick up Bruce and he is able to catch Max and all is well...and all are exhausted.
The next day we meet up with Kelly (Bruce's sister) and her family for a beautiful day enjoying sports, good family time and cousins bein' goofy together. We were able to check out their very cool new digs - what an incredible piece of property they have! And then we loaded the kids up and headed over to the local Amish tourist trap and enjoyed a feast and our friendships! One quick stop by the police to warn Bruce to SLOW DOWN and one to let the dogs out again and then we were officially heading South.
We started our trip late one Friday night after I worked till close at the restaurant. We drove the 4 1/2 hours that it takes to get to Bruce's folks, Steve and Lee's, house. We arrived there at about 4:30 and were feeling tired but pretty good nontheless. We put Griff to bed (they are so sweet - they always have a crib made up and ready for Griffin!), let the dogs out (our Sunshine plus their 2 dogs, Dusky and Max) and started unloading the car. About this time Bruce realized that Max is gone. Uh oh!!! Oh by the way, Steve and Lee are still in Canada on their vacation at this point. So there we are running around the neighborhood at 5 a.m. screaming "Max" - I am sure the neighbors loved our duet!! We decided to split up and look in opposite directions. I am lucky enough to stumble upon Max and just as I am about to grab his collar....boom, he takes off. Oh yes, all of you who have chased a dog know this moment all too well... So, I run and get the car and pick up Bruce and he is able to catch Max and all is well...and all are exhausted.
The next day we meet up with Kelly (Bruce's sister) and her family for a beautiful day enjoying sports, good family time and cousins bein' goofy together. We were able to check out their very cool new digs - what an incredible piece of property they have! And then we loaded the kids up and headed over to the local Amish tourist trap and enjoyed a feast and our friendships! One quick stop by the police to warn Bruce to SLOW DOWN and one to let the dogs out again and then we were officially heading South.
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