Dogs
Awareness of the outside world. ivt: Patron the Jack Russell: Meet the Ukraine dog with a life-saving job sniffing explosives, Irvine, 7 December 2022.
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Jasmine and Rose needed a relo. [Jasmine and Rose, Meet The New Dogs]
So we loaded up the car and drove two dogs from their home in Massachusetts to their new home in Alabama. This is a record of our updates to the family as we drove. Hat tip to N for the title.
On our way.
[no photo] They are starting to realize they are not in Kansas anymore.
RI
CT
Goodbye NY. The ladies are asleep.
NJ
[NJ]
[no photo] Blink and you miss Delaware.
MD by streetlight
[no photo] DC, another blink
VA
NC
[no photo] They’ve been stars. Jazz has taken to stretching out along the seat. Rose runs out of room & uses J as a pillow.
[Blog note. Footwells filled in with duffel bags & other soft, squishy stuff. No danger of falling off the seat.]
South Carolina [G]
[no photo] Another stop in SC. Rest area had designated pet area. They both enjoyed the sniffbook posts.
GA. Checking out the view from the front seat.
[no photo] AL. Played Sweet Home Alabama for the dogs. Rose was dubious. Jezz slept thru it.
[no photo] May be late with Eagle has landed text/photo. Looks like we will arrive at same time as horse feeder so a bunch of shit will be happening all at once. Dont worry if I disappear from keyboard. 🐶 🐶
[no photo] 🦅 🍴 (We copy you down. Stick a fork in me Im done.) ❤️ to all.
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The dogs did not put a paw wrong the entire trip. Slept quietly during the driving. Got out and walked about in a civilized fashion when we stopped. Did not offer a drop or speck of infelicitous bodily functions. After a bad bagel, I came closer to messing up the car than the dogs did.
Of geographical interest. We played hopscotch with the Maryland/DC line. From Maryland south into DC, as one would expect. Then through the east corner of DC and back into Maryland. In crossing the Potomac, we returned to DC for a few seconds, where the southern tip of the DC border crosses under the bridge on I-495. Virginia Places: Virginia-Maryland Boundary, scroll down about 2/3 of the way for the color photo of Jones Point, or look up Jones Point Park on a map.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
So glad it all went well. Congrats to you for your bravery in taking it on and congrats to the ladies for being so ladylike. Definitely a Big Basset Adventure!
This just made my morning.
Glad it went well. They look like well behaved dogs. I always wonder what bassets are thinking, with their soulful eyes.
You are amazing!
How are all the four-legged ones getting on with each other?
You also have cats, yes?
Bravo! I’m glad everyone is home safely!
ditto to all.
There are places in the MD suburbs of DC where you have to either go miles out of your way or cut across DC. Weird.
🐶 🐶 🎉
Thoughts being complied for an update post next month, the trip, the cats, the adjustment, and so on. To be in my life is to be blog fodder.