Saturday, March 10

Good evening, friends and relatives, near and far,

I'm sorry I couldn't write in my blog last night, but we somewhere in Tennessee where there was no internet, no TV, no nothing except DUCKS! And there were all kinds of ducks all over the place!! But do you think anyone would let me go out and play with them? Oh, no, Juni the killer dog had to stay inside and watch them from the door. Or....do you think I could go swimming in either of the two ponds that were there? Oh, no, trout were being raised in those ponds and I couldn't disturb them!! I wasn't going to disturb them! I was going to catch them!! So, after one night of a tornado....did I tell you about the tornado? Oh no.....I just sent a couple of pictures early in the evening. The REAL fun hadn't started yet! Mommy and Daddy and I had gone to bed when the rain started......and I do mean rain....sheets and sheets of it with some pretty high winds. And then? Lightning......BANG.....thunder.....and that ol' camper was just a rockin' and a rollin' and I decided my best bet was to just leap into bed with the 'rents. Which I did! Right on Mommy's head! She wasn't pleased, but she was a good sport.....right up until I decided I was even more frightened and crawled under the blankets. Then she got up and layed on the couch. That was OK....gave Daddy and me more room. But, after awhile, I missed her so I got up and went to lay down next to her.....and she went back into her own bed. OK.....I got up on the couch and spent the rest of the night there. The biggest part of the storm was over by then and we hadn't blown away, so it turned out all right.

So, then we started out the next day and just got going when we ran into an accident. Some man had flipped his truck over, so they had to close down two lanes of traffic to clean up the mess and that took over an hour to get past. From there, we hit two areas of construction.....slowing us down again and we didn't get very far that day. But we found this really great campground with DUCKS.....and now you know how awful that experience was.

Today was better, no accidents or construction....but Daddy is sick....cold/allergies....Mommy tried to show you with a picture of the pollen on the hoods of cars...but none came out good. All the dark cars have yellow hoods from the pollen. It makes Daddy sneeze and snort and blow and his nose is all red and he doesn't feel very good. He won't let Mommy drive the big camper even though she is sure she could......

And the purple stuff? Red something.....Auntie Em told Mommy what that was. She forgot. Red Bud? All over the place......and wisteria and daffodils and white flowering trees and it really is pretty in Virginia and W. Va and Tennessee.....but I'll be glad to get home where I can run and play and not have to be on a leash! And if ducks come, I'll chase them. And if trout swim by, I'll catch one! You just wait!

I'll be back. Hope this finds you all well and happy.

Love to all,

Juni