Rainy Day

I'll start where I left off on Mondays adventure. About the puppy free run. There are 7 puppies at camp right now. They are varied ages. A set of brothers named Murphy and Monz, a set of sisters named Lily and Rose, they are the smallest. And three boy puppies who are a little older than the other four. Calvin, Warf, and Spock. We let the puppies out and they ran like crazy. Mark led the front of the crew on his four wheeler, while Rob and I brought up the rear. When we were leaving the dog yard, one of the little sisters, Rose decided she didn't want to come. So it was only six puppies on the run. They are so fast! Little Lily was keeping up with all the boys. We went to a neighbors house, which was a cabin with an unbelievable view! Mark and Marys friends built the cabin all by themselves. Hauling everything the last 100 feet or so, by hand. We headed back after taking in the view. After the puppy run, it was time to clean up the dog yard a bit. It has been so rainy, there were little moats around some off the dogs houses. So we filled in dirt and raked.

Mary came home from work that night and made us huge, fat, tasty cheeseburgers and fries. They were SO good, and totally hit the spot. We had all been working hard, Mary included. Mary is the Assessor for Cook county and has been helping out with all kinds of crazy voting stuff. During dinner we watched an Iditarod movie. Rob and I asked a million questions, as usual. That night, I slept like a rock. It was great.

Tuesday morning we did our dog chores, and it was WAY too hot to run the dogs. It was 60 degrees! Crazy. So Rob and I got a day off. We met Dustin for coffee at Java Moose, and dropped my car off at Lyndsay's farm. We made lunch plans with Lyndsay at Sven and Ole's Pizza, one of my favorite places. It's so fun to take Rob to all these great Grand Marais places. Before lunch we stopped in at the court house to see Mary, filled gas cans, and started a load of laundry. After a full belly of famous Uff Dah veggie pizza, we headed to Bucks hardware, and Joynes Ben Franklin to round up some odds and ends. Rob fell in love with Joynes. "They have so much stuff!" he says. Then laundry in the dryer, and a grocery run. By the time we were headed back home, we felt exhausted. We got home just in time to help with dog chores. Mark made dinner because Mary had to stay in town last night, she volunteered to help with the elections. As we found out today, she stayed in town, but got next to no sleep. Mark made pheasant and venison chili. It was awesome. We watched a movie, and headed to bed.

This morning was warm again, and we weren't sure if the dogs would be able to run. So we did dog chores, had coffee, and ate breakfast. It cooled off just long enough to take the B team for a run. It was my turn to ride along!! We harnessed and hooked up the dogs. It was exciting because I feel like I know the B team better than the Varsity team. While we were on the ride, it was neat to learn some of the quirks of how the dogs run, and just to see them run. They love it. Emma and Zena were in the lead. Zena is smaller than Emma and seems to push her to the right. And Bud looks like he runs sort of sideways. Little Amber and Mich have perfect little trots. Hercules ran with us today. He seemed pretty excited. The picture up top is of him. It was great. And the scenery was beautiful. About half way through the run, it started to rain. A little at first, but then it was a down pour. It was great for the dogs, kept them cool. Mark and I were soaked. He joked that, as soon as we got back to the dog yard, it would stop raining. And it did.

So that was most of today. It rained. A lot. And now Rob and I are hanging out at our cabin. Mary just got home from being mostly at work for the last two days. I know what it's like to get home from work, and just want to shut your brain off. So we might just stay here tonight. We'll see. Talk to you all tomorrow :)

p.s. i'm still learing about putting pictures up. so i'll add more tomorrow. also, what if you guys pick a dog and i'll tell you what i've learned about them and put up a picture. or maybe i'll pick them myself :)