The past 2 days have been a blast! I've seen everything from Badger Snuggies to live ukulele performances to blizzards. I'm too exhausted yet again, (road tripping is tough!), to write a detailed account so please enjoy an extended picture show. Merry Christmas everyone!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Day 7: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Wouldn't be the Christmas shopping season if the stores were less hooter - hotter than they are!
We started off the day by going to Aunt Lauren's house to meet my cousin Lucy. She is a black lab and likes to play nearly as much as I do! Unfortunately, we have no pictures of the playtime because mom and dad were too busy playing with their niece and nephew Alice and Henry.
After a quick peanut stop, we headed to see Jessie, Morgan and their new baby Hallie. She is quite the serious baby, we got along like peas and carrots. It didn't hurt that they all kept giving me little peanut butter treats! They were so good I asked Santa for some in my stocking.
Next on the Charlottesville tour was Ben and Maggie. I was sad not to meet their dog Finch who I have heard so much about, but I had fun growling at some old man in their garden anyway.
I got taken to Lauren's for the Christmas eve party where the humans ate Uncle Christian's special collard greens and beef tenderloin while I played with Lucy. I wish I could have seen them hit the piñata and sing "the 12 days of Christmas" in person, but they took a video which is just as good...check it out!
I'm blogging about this Christmas morning because I was too tired last night. Santa came so I gotta go. More later! Merry Christmas!
Love,
Keems
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We started off the day by going to Aunt Lauren's house to meet my cousin Lucy. She is a black lab and likes to play nearly as much as I do! Unfortunately, we have no pictures of the playtime because mom and dad were too busy playing with their niece and nephew Alice and Henry.
After a quick peanut stop, we headed to see Jessie, Morgan and their new baby Hallie. She is quite the serious baby, we got along like peas and carrots. It didn't hurt that they all kept giving me little peanut butter treats! They were so good I asked Santa for some in my stocking.
Next on the Charlottesville tour was Ben and Maggie. I was sad not to meet their dog Finch who I have heard so much about, but I had fun growling at some old man in their garden anyway.
I got taken to Lauren's for the Christmas eve party where the humans ate Uncle Christian's special collard greens and beef tenderloin while I played with Lucy. I wish I could have seen them hit the piñata and sing "the 12 days of Christmas" in person, but they took a video which is just as good...check it out!
I'm blogging about this Christmas morning because I was too tired last night. Santa came so I gotta go. More later! Merry Christmas!
Love,
Keems
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Day 6: The Commonwealth
Day 6 started off with a sugar rush as we went to a local Nashville pastry shop around the corner from Jamina's. The owner, Dan, was extremely nice and gave us a bag of local coffee to try out with our cinnamon and raspberry danishes.
We stopped in Knoxville to meet Cristin, Cory, Addison, Nathan and Noah Bond. The best surprise for me was meeting Daisy, their yellow lab. I finally found someone who likes to play as much as I do, and we went to town. The backyard was a little wet and muddy but the only people that cared about that were all two legged.
From there we hit the road and came upon our first snow of the trip as soon as we entered Virginia. The only time we got out of the car was to gas up the car or let me pee as fast as possible. It was so cold!
We lost our last hour of the trip due to time zones and got to VA around 7pm. This time it was more of my Dad's family. Uncle Charlie and his son CJ were just about to leave, but stuck around to see me and catch up with everyone else briefly. Charlie reminds me of Santa Claus when he laughs, but he did not have any presents for me. However, my gramma Mimi did! I got this giant box of treats and a new "indestructible" bone as early Xmas gifts. I love my grandparents house. It's big and warm and I can tell I will have them wrapped around my little paw in no time.
2 more days until the real Santa is here!
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We stopped in Knoxville to meet Cristin, Cory, Addison, Nathan and Noah Bond. The best surprise for me was meeting Daisy, their yellow lab. I finally found someone who likes to play as much as I do, and we went to town. The backyard was a little wet and muddy but the only people that cared about that were all two legged.
From there we hit the road and came upon our first snow of the trip as soon as we entered Virginia. The only time we got out of the car was to gas up the car or let me pee as fast as possible. It was so cold!
We lost our last hour of the trip due to time zones and got to VA around 7pm. This time it was more of my Dad's family. Uncle Charlie and his son CJ were just about to leave, but stuck around to see me and catch up with everyone else briefly. Charlie reminds me of Santa Claus when he laughs, but he did not have any presents for me. However, my gramma Mimi did! I got this giant box of treats and a new "indestructible" bone as early Xmas gifts. I love my grandparents house. It's big and warm and I can tell I will have them wrapped around my little paw in no time.
2 more days until the real Santa is here!
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Day 5: Take Me To Another Place
Take me to another land...
We slept in this morning until 6:15AM! We got up and grabbed beignets and coffee from Cafe du Monde for our ride. It turns out that powder sugar treats are harder to eat in the car than you might imagine.
On the drive today I learned to perfect the technique of allowing just the right amount of my mouth to flap in the wind out of the window. We went through Mississippi and Alabama, stopping only for gas and to take pictures of some sort of funky plant that stuck to my fur.
When we got to Nashville it was COLD for the first time on our adventure. We stopped by Third Man Records so my dad could geek out at all of the Jack White paraphernalia. He quickly became uncomfortable with how expensive every item was and left with a t-shirt.
On to Jamina's house! We arrived at Jamina's and I immediately ran about 50 circles in her back yard. Boy was it good to stretch. Then it was cousins and kids galore. I got to meet all the Carders and their offspring, as well as some more McNally/Rohlich relatives. It's great to have so much loving family along the trip, everyone has been so nice and spoiled me rotten.
At the end of the night cousin Dane took some pictures of us for his US365 project he is working on. Check out the link for his amazing photography!
Tomorrow, it's VA or bust.
We slept in this morning until 6:15AM! We got up and grabbed beignets and coffee from Cafe du Monde for our ride. It turns out that powder sugar treats are harder to eat in the car than you might imagine.
On the drive today I learned to perfect the technique of allowing just the right amount of my mouth to flap in the wind out of the window. We went through Mississippi and Alabama, stopping only for gas and to take pictures of some sort of funky plant that stuck to my fur.
When we got to Nashville it was COLD for the first time on our adventure. We stopped by Third Man Records so my dad could geek out at all of the Jack White paraphernalia. He quickly became uncomfortable with how expensive every item was and left with a t-shirt.
On to Jamina's house! We arrived at Jamina's and I immediately ran about 50 circles in her back yard. Boy was it good to stretch. Then it was cousins and kids galore. I got to meet all the Carders and their offspring, as well as some more McNally/Rohlich relatives. It's great to have so much loving family along the trip, everyone has been so nice and spoiled me rotten.
At the end of the night cousin Dane took some pictures of us for his US365 project he is working on. Check out the link for his amazing photography!
Tomorrow, it's VA or bust.
Day 4: Beignet, Done That
We left Austin with a bag full of gramma's cookies at the same time that Cathy and Ginny were going to the Barton Springs Solstice swim. This means it was early!!
We got into New Orleans at around 3pm, having traveled over the huge Mississippi River iron bridge. To commemorate my first adventure east of the Old River the nice people at the W Hotel gave me some treats and my own dog bowl for the room. Also, it seemed that everyone that worked at the hotel had bacon treats in their pocket for me every time I passed by.
We walked around Bourbon Street first until my Mom quickly decided that it was gross and smelly. We went down to the waterfront instead and it was much nicer. There was a group of kids playing the "Saints go Marching in" and lots of cool ferry boats.
For dinner we headed to the Garden District and a place called Joey K's. Gumbo, shrimp po boy, creole shrimp pasta and an Abita Purple Haze for desert. Delish!
The rest of the night we spent driving around the garden district looking at cemeteries, music venues like Tipitina's and Maple Leaf, and staring into people's massive Victorian homes.
Phew! What a day!
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We got into New Orleans at around 3pm, having traveled over the huge Mississippi River iron bridge. To commemorate my first adventure east of the Old River the nice people at the W Hotel gave me some treats and my own dog bowl for the room. Also, it seemed that everyone that worked at the hotel had bacon treats in their pocket for me every time I passed by.
We walked around Bourbon Street first until my Mom quickly decided that it was gross and smelly. We went down to the waterfront instead and it was much nicer. There was a group of kids playing the "Saints go Marching in" and lots of cool ferry boats.
For dinner we headed to the Garden District and a place called Joey K's. Gumbo, shrimp po boy, creole shrimp pasta and an Abita Purple Haze for desert. Delish!
The rest of the night we spent driving around the garden district looking at cemeteries, music venues like Tipitina's and Maple Leaf, and staring into people's massive Victorian homes.
Phew! What a day!
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Location:Ellisville,United States
Monday, December 20, 2010
Day 3: Escape from Austin
No, not the 3rd installment of the Kurt Russell franchise...
Boy did I have a wild day. It started off nice and swell at Thunderbird, a local coffee joint owned by Ryan McElroy, a childhood friend of my dad's. I sat around in the dirt while they talked about all the old people from the neighborhood.
After that we headed to the senior center to see gramma Rohlich in her element, at the bridge tables. She gave us a tour and we saw lots of game rooms and friendly people.
Then I met baby Sadie and her parents Liz and Sascha. I stayed in the backyard and played with all the cat toys I could find while they visited with the sleeping baby.
Next up we went to see Beth and Kaya. We went to a dog park where I got bit by a mean little pit bull mix. I bled a little bit, but I'm ok.
After dinner at el Patio was the real adventure. Dad tried to pull me into gramma's house without putting my harness on and I slipped out of my collar! I ran around the neighborhood, not listening to one word they yelled at me, for the next 30 minutes. Before they both puked from running so far I cornered myself in a garage and gave up. I'm not sure why I did it but I feel kind of bad because they seemed pretty scared. I was tired after that so while they played card games and dominoes with gramma, i slept. Tomorrow, on to New Orleans and hopefully no more time off leash!!
4 generations of Rohlich's!
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Boy did I have a wild day. It started off nice and swell at Thunderbird, a local coffee joint owned by Ryan McElroy, a childhood friend of my dad's. I sat around in the dirt while they talked about all the old people from the neighborhood.
After that we headed to the senior center to see gramma Rohlich in her element, at the bridge tables. She gave us a tour and we saw lots of game rooms and friendly people.
Then I met baby Sadie and her parents Liz and Sascha. I stayed in the backyard and played with all the cat toys I could find while they visited with the sleeping baby.
Next up we went to see Beth and Kaya. We went to a dog park where I got bit by a mean little pit bull mix. I bled a little bit, but I'm ok.
After dinner at el Patio was the real adventure. Dad tried to pull me into gramma's house without putting my harness on and I slipped out of my collar! I ran around the neighborhood, not listening to one word they yelled at me, for the next 30 minutes. Before they both puked from running so far I cornered myself in a garage and gave up. I'm not sure why I did it but I feel kind of bad because they seemed pretty scared. I was tired after that so while they played card games and dominoes with gramma, i slept. Tomorrow, on to New Orleans and hopefully no more time off leash!!
4 generations of Rohlich's!
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Location:Pecos St,Austin,United States
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