We, in turn, arrived mid-day on Friday. It was startling how warm it was, as it had been cold enough for us to have to scrape frost off our car windows before heading to the airport that morning. We got to the hotel, and eventually met up with Aly and Laurie in Sammi (Molly)'s hotel room. We also at that point met the wiggly and instantly friendly Reese, and the shy-at-first Lolly.

I say shy-at-first, because she came out of her shell more and more as the weekend progressed, to the extent that I actually saw the snarling, growly "real" Lolly playing on Sunday! Reese, however, is a "leaner" and though they are Momma's doggies, he'd share his affection with anyone, even Chuck who is a "cat person!"

We all quickly introduced ourselves, and were pretty quickly on an old-friends-catching-up basis, instead of a strangers who have just met basis, which was nice! Later that day Chuck arrived, with Spencer and Miss Vicky. Some tense moments resulted (Lolly: "But I just wanna PLAY with that kitty Momma! Why can't I, huh?" Miss Vicky: "I don't know you, I don't like you, and if you sniff much closer, that nosy nose's gonna be hurtin' ...") But with much careful supervision - we humans DID outnumber the furry ones - bloodshed was avoided!

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