Bowser here ... UppyDate Tyme ...
They're tellin me I'z been remiss in tellin Tailz.
Been so buzzie runnin around doin stuff I hardlee get a chance ta type!
Late summer wuz purdy WARM - so Dumm & Dummer wuz alluz beggin fur a
Bus Ride to da http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/eek.gif Swimmin Holez! I managed ta dodge summa da Swimmin by puttin
on my BIG Dinner Plate Eyez ... but da Butler/Bus Driver Guy started sayin
I "STUNK" ... so da last few tymes we went da BIG Eyez dint werk ...
Yeah, each tyme D&D did their Sinkernized Divin routine ...
MY tyme alluz kame too.
"C-mone, Bowz - let's take a hike."
http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/cool.gif OK, where we going?
Alluz figgered it out too late ---
Out on doze darn Floatin Dockz da boatz sit beside.
Same ole - same ole ...
Walk out - run outta Dock ... an fur SUM reazon *I* cant jest "walk back".
*PUSH* - *SpaLOOSH* anna onlee way back is ta SWIM!
Gotta admit - sure felt "cooler" after da Swimmin ...
But I sure DONT *like* dat furst step offa da Dock!!
I guess we gotz a New Fambly Hobbie -- BD Guy kallz it GeoCaching -
seems sorta like a Treasure Hunt ... strange "treasures". http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/rolleyes.gif
Bus Driver "loads" sum stuff inna lil Map TV box an we drive around
till it goez *Beep*Beep*.
Den itz "Ebberbuddie OUT - letz go FIND it!"
We getz inta sum WIERD places ... followin sum nice trailz inna woodz an he sez
"Gettin klose - this way!"
An we start *wanderin around* in cirkelz *lookin*.
Swear he'z gonna kill himself! Alluz lookin atta Map TV ---
been known to *BONK* inta treez an stumble inta holez!
Last week we wuz inna nice Park an he sez
"Onlee 490 feet to go - Strait Ahead!"
We all trott ahead thru a lil break inna brush an >>
http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/eek.gif *JAM* onna brakes an ***FREEZE***!
OMG! We durn near walked ovur da edge of da Grand Kanyin Junior!!
Musta been a hunnert feet STRAIT Down!
"Hmmmm ... maybe we otta *follow da TRAIL* fur a while longer."
Yeah - maybee "we" otta!
Took anudder halfa mile to wind down to da bottom;
den da Map TV sed go UP da udder side! Gud Grief - where's da BUS!??
"800 feet ta go"? ... Thunk it sed 490 feet halfa mile ago!?
Went 600 an it sed DOWN da Kanyin agin! GUD Grief!
"DOWN" we all went ... den da trees wuz "blockin da signal" anna Map TV
got 'stoopid' so we wuz on our own.
Bus Driver started *wanderin* agin ... diggin thru brush piles, lookin unner logs...
We *wandered* on our own. Cinder started *sniffin*. "What'cha got?"
Dunno - smellz like Foot Printz!
Smoke checked - "HEY - whut'z dis, Guyz? Lookz like an Ammo Box unner
a plie a stickz."
I wuz gonna start *diggin* - but our durn Y-Thingie *snagged* a tree
an we wuz all *stuck*!
SmokeMutt sent out a **YIPP*YAPP** fur help!
BD Guy kame ober kussin bout "WHY weren't we HELPIN!? ...
HEY - whadda ya GOT here!? ... You guyz FOUND IT!"
Oh Happie Daze!
Any Dawg Bisquitz in there? NOPE! Just more lil junquie "trinketz"!
We took a lil Rubber Duckie an Left a lil Wabbitt we picked up a few "caches" before,
signed da Log Book, took a *snappie*, an re-hid da box inna same place.
Great - now HOW are we gonna find da BUS - itz *DARK* now!!!??
Bus Driver startz pushin buttonz onna Map TV box ....
"THIS WAY, Guyz!"
Dis is NOT da way we GOT here!
We're nebber gonna find our way back ... HEY - therez STEPS ober here up
da kanyin!
WHY dint we COME dis way!??
MY lil Butt wuz *DRAGGIN* by da time we found da Bus!
BD Guy dint look much better'n me!
Dat wuz our fourth "Find" fur da day ...
We thunk it best ta quit whilst we were ahead uvva game!
We all went "GeoHuntin" agin Thurzday nite - gotta whole buncha Burrz an
Brambilz inna furr -- Friday nite we hadda Brush-Out fur today.
This mornin da Bus Driver put onna Fiur Shirt an sed "C-mone - we're
goin to da Fiur Howze!"
He played Truk Driver an rolled mosta da Fiur Rigs out inna eek: RAIN!
Set up sum tabils an chairs inna truk bay ----
HEY - dis lookz like da "set-up" fur dat Rabies Clinic thing we went to inna Spring!
YEP! Dawgz an Katz started showin up! Allua Health Dept Gurlz kame in an
"rekkonized" us three! Wun Gurl kept sayi she wuz gonna "Dawg-Nap" me!
Da nice Gurl White Coat kame agin! She axk'd about Boots - "How's he doin?"
Cinnners & Smoke sed She's da Vet dat did Boots' Sir Jury a few yearz ago.
We wuz GOOD "Host Dawgz" an gotz sum bisquits (we brung a BIG Bag of em fur
allua "visitin dawgz" aftur dey gotz der Rabies *Ouwie* *STICK* frum Doc Lisa.)
I shudda hid unner da Fiur Boat when dey started *talkin* bout me.
Doc Lisa sed "Yeah, he can have his "Booster" now."
Whut'z a "Booster"??
I found out ... It'z a *JAB* inna neck!
But she gibz a good "Shot" - nebber felt a thing!
HEY - ya furgot my BISQUIT, Doc! - She got sum an we ALL hadda nudder round!
Purdy soon it wuz 4:00 a-klok an we put allua soggy Fiur Trukz back inna barn.
Almost Furgotz -
We've had KUMPANIE all week - Miz Cali (Mr. Pat's Pup) frum uppa street at
our "B&B Hotel" kame to bunk ober while her Mom & Pop went outta towne.
She got "roped inta" goin on sum GeoHuntz wiff us ... she thinks about az much
as *I* do about allua Hikin inna Woodz.
We'z all been ridin up to her howze two tymez a day to say "Howdee" to
"BC" da Kat an Dotty da Horse.
She came wiff us tuday to da Clinik, too.
I'll *YAPP* at'cha all later.
/s/ Bowser - da #3 Mutt
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