Thursday, April 19th, 2018…… I couldn’t sleep last night but I still
got up early this morning. We had coffee
and tea at home and then got on the road about 6:45am. We didn’t need gas until Mt Shasta, CA. My sister was planning on coming over to the
house while we were gone to walk Quincy and to take pics of the project’s
progress (which she did – see below) We stopped there at Subway for lunch and
that got into Yuba City about 3:00pm. We made our way to the fairgrounds and found
Rick and Janie and relaxed with them for the rest of the afternoon. We chose to go out to Sizzler for
dinner. The rest of the evening was
spent visiting and walking around the fairgrounds. The state square dance convention is held
each year, alternating north and south sections of Calif. Yuba City and the
surrounding area has a dwindling square dance population but they said they had
a nice turnout of rver’s and expected a good crowd for the weekend. The
fairground is very nice. If we had
thought it out better (and the rv garage wasn’t in work) we would have brought
the motorhome down and enjoyed the puppy and the weekend dancing with our
friends. We sat with Rick and Janie and I helped with their upcoming vacation
planning, helping with mileage to each city along the route and timing so they
can get back to Tennessee for their family events. We brought our bedding and set
up and turned in early for us. It was a
long day. During the day, my sister took a couple of photos…..
End of day 15….
Friday, April 20th, 2018…… We
slept well last night. Their couch pulls
out and has an air mattress that was very comfy. We sure appreciate them letting us stay with
them. After everyone was up and ready for the day, we took off to the
Lumberjack in town for breakfast. We
stopped and did a little shopping at the local pet shop and Walmart then headed
back to spend the day. Lydia was in
contact with Beckie, who told us they had two puppies with them to
deliver. They live in Cherry Valley and
had to drive to Tracy (in the SF area), to drop off the first one. They would be getting to their hotel in Yuba
City later in the day. So, we hung around the fairgrounds and visited with friends.
Speaking of that, Louise Voss, who started in our Elks class back in Long Beach
in 1983/84, came down from her home in Merlin, OR. She was here also for the weekend convention.
We told her where we were and she came over to the rig and we visited for a
while. It was sure nice to see her again and we hope to get together soon,
since Merlin and Lebanon are only about 175 miles apart. After a nice visit, she
left for dinner and back to her hotel to get ready for the night’s
dancing. Since we didn’t want lunch, Janie
fixed us a nice linner. We were prepped and ready to take off and go to the
hotel before Jerry and Beckie checked in so we could get our puppy. We got the call that they were about 20
minutes out so we took off. Rick and Janie followed us in their car. Turns out Lydia left her cell phone and
sunglasses in the rig so we asked them to go back while we waited at the hotel.
Beckie and her friends arrived a few minutes later and we were finally
introduced to our new little girl!
Meet Rylee!
Rylee with Beckie and Jerry
We visited with
them for a while and got all of the paperwork done, and they went off to check
in and get ready for the dance. Rick and
Janie got back and they played with Rylee and then we headed back home. It was
a looong drive but fairly empty highway for the 7-hour drive back home. During the drive home, we got these from sis.
End of day 16……
We’ve got walls! Yaay!
We got in right
at 2:00am. Yeah, a long day for us and
our little girl. They said she did super
on the trip to us, and she was very good on the drive home. The trouble started once we got her home and
fed. Hey, guess what, she had slept all
day in the cars and was now ready to play!
We were exhausted but managed to stay up for an hour or so to try to
wind her down. Nope – not happening. She
did not want to be in that crate any longer so she howled and whined for most
of the time. I got up several times and
took her potty and played with her a bit but neither Lydia or I got much sleep.
More to the story coming. Stay tuned.
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