Stop and smell the piss

these first four post are copied fro another blog where they we originally posted


Roy knew we were going somewhere and was excited. He pranced around as I loaded the car. We made plenty of room for him in the back and loaded a forty pound bag of his favorite food. He looked around because he knew there were treats somewhere. So we were of to Washington and onward.
Our first stop was Ashland Oregon to visit with Eva, Demian's sister. I'd had brunch with Buffy at the Slow Club and didn't get on the road until 2:00 pm. I called her to say we would be in late but we made better time than I had figured. I left a message and laid the phone on my console. I had turned the ringer of and had the phone on vibrate so when she called back it took me a minute to notice that I had a call coming in. After a couple rounds of phone tag we connected. Eva told me her parents we there. When we got there I also met Eva's boyfriend.
No dogs were allowed in her apartment so I made Roy a bed on the front porch. While we were inside he decided to take a romp. When I was ready to get a room Roy was gone. I was going to follow Nona and Gary to the motel but I had to wait for my wandering companion. He mess ed with me for a bit but came around. We found a motel that let dogs stay in the room.

We met for breakfast the next day then Eva took us on a walking tour of Ashland a small college town. There is a shop there that sell quilts made from 1840 to 1940 and there were dozens of them displayed on the wall, tables and racks. I must point out that Nona has a quilting business selling patterns and accessories to make quilts. She has written a book on the subject. So needless to say Nona loved the shop. I tied Roy to a post and looked around. I was impressed at the different designs. Nona explained that this was women's of that time art. Later I said to her, "I bet you could have stayed there all day ." She nodded .

I went out to sit with Roy and let her browse for a while. I had a treat in my pocket but I made him work for it by holding it high as I could. After a few measuring jumps the snatched it from my hand. We walked around for another hour which he enjoyed.