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No matter where we go, Margo and Dyna always come along for the adventure. They love staying
in the motels and we always manage to find some type of trail for them to explore. They would much rather be with us than
to stay home and we enjoy their company as well. When bringing dogs on trips make sure you have plenty of food, bottled water
and toys. Dog shows or not, there is always so much to see and so much to do!
Traverse
City, Michigan
June 2007
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Char, Margo and Dyna at the Sleeping Bear
Sand Dunes in Michigan.
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It was hot and the dogs enjoyed it
but couldn't wait to cool off in the water.
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Dyna was apprehensive about the waves
but Margo jumped right in.
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Dyna and Margo were checking out the other
people and dogs on the beach including a naked old man. Yikes!
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South Dakota and Wyoming, October 2007
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Well, let's hit the road already!
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Margo and Dyna sacking out in our hotel
room.
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Char, Dyna and Margo at Mount Rushmore,
S.D.
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Char, Margo and Dyna on the George Mickelson
Trail between Hill City and Custer, S.D.
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Bill, Margo and Dyna at Devil's Tower
in Wyoming.
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Bill, Margo and Dyna on the George Mickelson
Trail in Lead, S.D.
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Char, Margo and Dyna at Crazy Horse,
S.D.
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A ranger was happy to take our picture at
the Ben Reifel Vistor Center in the Badlands National Park, S.D.
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Char, Dyna and Margo overlooking the
Badlands, S.D.
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Well, we've seen everything. Let's
head out to Sioux Falls for a dog show and then home again.
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The Ridgeback Rodeo in PA. and Niagara Falls Canada, July 2008
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Margo and Dyna look out from our camp at the Ridgeback
Rodeo.
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Dyna and Bill head out to the Hunting Quail Qualifier.
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Dyna sits and waits for Char to give her the command
to round up the sheep.
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Dyna starts out herding the sheep to the left.
The stick is used as a visual tool for the dog to know which way to go. It never touches the dog.
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Dyna is doing a great job by keeping the sheep
together and moving the right way.
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Char uses the stick to tell Dyna she must stop
and turn the sheep the other way.
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Dyna responds by turning behind Char and heading
in the opposite direction to the right.
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Holding the stick in both hands tells Dyna she
is done and to stop. What a good girl!
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Margo and Dyna are straight-line coursing but it
looks like Bill is after the lure too!
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Dyna and Margo earned their Canine Good Citizen
(CGC) hankerchiefs.
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Can you spot Char, Dyna and Margo outside their
hotel room in Canada?
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There they are, ready to check out Niagara Falls.
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Char and the girls are standing in Queen Victoria
Park across from the falls.
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The flowers in the park were beautiful as the American
Falls are in the background.
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Bill, Margo and Dyna are standing in front of the
Horseshoe Falls at Niagara.
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Bill, Char and the girls are getting sprayed
by the Horseshoe Falls. You can feel the mist quite far away!
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Marquette, MI, August, 2008
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A shot of the coast of Lake Superior at Presque Isle Park
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Relaxing on our porch just outside our room at
the Birchmont motel.
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Bill and the girls sitting along the coast with
the coal power plant in the background.
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Standing in front of an old iron ore
loading pier in Lake Superior.
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Char and the girls standing along the coast of
Lake Superior.
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Dyna says she just wants to relax and
listen to the Blues Festival after all the hiking ealier in the day.
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Gettysburg, PA and Thurmont, MD
Sept. 2008
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Dyna and Margo blaze the trail in Catoctin
Mountain Park in Maryland.
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Bill, Dyna and Margo stand in front
of Collier's hut on the Charcoal trail in Catoctin Mountain Park. |
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Bill and the girls make it up to the
top of the Thurmont Vista trail in Catoctin Mountain Park.
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We finally found the old whiskey still
at the end of the Blue Blazes Whiskey Still trail in Catoctin Mountain Park.
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Everyone grabs their spot as soon as we move into
our hotel room for a dog show on February 18th, 2010.
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