Boat & Dover

SUNDAY
August 26, 2012

Happy NATIONAL DOG DAY 2012

Walked the dogs in Farragut Park. LONG walk.

Day on the boat. Took all the dogs up to Garfield Bay. Harriet pooped next to the Xcursion as soon as she got out!

Loaded everything up and took off.

Boated up to Dover to look around & potty dogs. Ended up staying there and mooring up the free dock. Grilled off the swim platform. Walked the dogs SEVERAL TIMES throughout the night.

Hubby read car magazines and then played UNO with me until dark. Walked the dogs again before going to bed.

Got to talk to a nice couple from Colorado that walked to the end of the dock. They had a golden lab named Hunter.

Also watched a young father and his 7 year old daughter that were staying at the resort clean up & cover up their ski boat. Cute.

Went to bed about 9:30 after restaurant closed. Lots of screechy, squealing kids playing by restaurant while their parents got drunk at the bar...

At 12:00, Isabelle started whining. A lot.

Then at 1:00AM, it started with the thunder and lightning. Hubby got up to put up the canvas so we would not get rained upon.

While he did that, so that hubby had additional room to work, I took Bud & Harriet for a potty walk to get them off the boat. I was planning on coming back to get Lil Bit & Isabelle, but it started raining as we came back on the dock. Just as I walked in the pitch black darkness, I fell crossing from the soaking wet grass (from all the watering that the resort was doing) to the dock entry, I fell flat on my butt and hurt the toes on my left foot. I limped back to the boat in pain while Harriet behaved like a perfect doll in the rain & thunder & lightning. Usually she is so terrified that she dives into the basement backroom to hide. This time, she was out in the weather and I was so proud of how she acted.

Hubby insisted on talking & making jokes after we got back into bed again. Dogs kept moving from dog bed to floor to behind tabletop; Bit slept on the shelf beside the bed.

MONDAY
August 27 2012


Woke up at 6AM. Walked dogs around Dover resort. A LONG walk. Harriet refused to poop on command. Hubby and I were both flabbergasted. Usually she poops on command; a trait that hung on from her previous life in a puppy mill kennel. Probably the only time she got out, she had to go potty right away before being put back in a small kennel.

We boated back to Garfield Bay after loading all the dogs & cleaning up.

Went under the Long Bridge & RR Bridge.

Was really cold with wind buffetting us;  lots of 4 foot waves hitting boat making it rock badly. Dogs went down below cabin to sleep on bed. I went down with them for a while. Very tired from no sleep.

Got back about 10:30; unloaded dogs into truck after potty time again. Then unloaded the boat into the Xcursion.

Purchased a latte for hubby at Bear Espresso & happened to see the Colorado couple in the driveway across from us. Chatted with them while girl made drink.

Drove back home. Got here about 11:30. Unloaded everything and did laundry, put away dishes & made breakfast for both of us.

Changed clothes & went to town in FMF. Left dogs at home because it was too hot to take them. I had an "incident" in the car with bad potty problem. Hubby helped me cleaned up & yelled at me. Then we went to bank to make a deposit. WalMart for groceries. Hubby met guy outside Walmart to get paid for parts while I talked to Chris Mann in store. NOMC is closing after 14 years in business & she is losing her job. Very sad.

Hubby found Chix Noodle soup on sale 4 pack for $2.00. Only 50 cents a can!

Then we went to Lowes to find paint for KRN's picnic table. They had no navy blue spray paint. Had to drive over to Home Depot to get paint instead. Talked to a nice older check out guy named Julius.

Came home & unloaded groceries. I took a hot bath. Watched tv. Had a little dinner. Went to bed at 9:00.

So tired. & Still rocking from boat.