Monday, September 12, 2016

A busy start to Fall...

Oh Fall is in the air!!!! 
             Yes I saw some yellow and orange leaves in the trees going to and from Marquette Michigan over Labor Day weekend. The lhasas, Karen  and I went to the four show weekend in Marquette for Labor Day. The weather was beyond perfect. No rain. Not hot. Great temperatures. It was fabulous.

We had some hook-up drama when the plugs we had did not work in the electric plug on site, but we got it figured out and all was well. We had a site that had a tree and electric and water. Which is rare at a fairground for a dog show. Here is a photo  of the site all set and ready to go.


All set up, right next to the show building. That was fabulous and a spot to die for. We were close to our grooming and if we did not want to use our bathroom there was one right next door. I told the club members that I will request the space next year. It was quiet and had plenty of light at night for security.

My friends came up for the weekend too. Dianne and Karen came up to go touring and shopping in the area. We all went out to dinner on Friday night and had a great time at a wonderful place in Marquette that serves a rib eye that melts in your mouth. It was great. We also got red velvet cupcakes from Huron Bakery in Marquette. It is a great bakery that makes super breads and of course, huge cupcakes.

We ate dinner at the club's annual show dinner on Saturday night and it was great. Nice to talk to club members, vendors and other show people. Everyone was so nice. Food was great. The raffle that they had was wonderful too.

I love when a club has a casual dinner like that during a long circuit. It helps with having a balanced meal rather than eating some of the crazy stuff we eat while living in the motor home during the shows. The 4H club had the food booth at the  shows and the food was homemade and wonderful. You could get a breakfast or lunch plate for $5. Yummy!!!!

Now for the showing part. We showed Sydney and Stewie. Sydney went Reserve Winners Bitch everyday to Mike Reinke's bitch. Syd is getting better everyday with every show. Stewie won the breed 3 times no love in the group though. He is learning the Group ring and what all that means. It looked nice, but you can tell he is only 15 months old. So we felt the showing part was good even though we did not rock it.

Karen won two raffle baskets and I won one. The club always has a great little raffle. They also have a great bake sale. Yummy desserts. I know I seem to always talk about food.  Oh well.

Our friend Pam and her Malamute had a great show circuit. She won her last points to finish her Championship and then on Sunday, she went Best Owner Handler in Show. We are thrilled for her. She looked great and we cheered and cheered for her. Again congrats to Pam and her girl.


We had fun as usual. Cheered on our friends old and new. We have a break for a couple of weeks and then one more show before the National in Colorado.Check out www.lhasaapso.org for information about the shows. It will be a fun week.

So I had a quick turn around this week and went to Lanesboro, Minnesota to the Eagle Cliff Campground for the RVing Women rally. Dianne came along with me for the weekend trip. We took Flash along so we had canine company. I am not so sure she liked most of it. But she seemed to be more comfortable on Saturday when it stopped the raining that occurred all day on Friday and into Friday night.
Looking over her domain.

Looking out window from the bed to see what the dog next door was doing.





So you see that Flash seemed to get a little more like herself on Saturday while we were getting ready to go for a walk around the grounds. The cliffs are beautiful and the river was running very fast. The campground had canoe/kayak trips and tubing. The weather was not exactly the best for doing any of those. The RVing Women LyteHearts group went for bike rides and Owl watching during the day on Saturday. Dianne and I decided to just relax. We took a walk around. You can see the white cliffs in the pictures. I never knew that this area of Minnesota existed. So I was pleasantly surprised.
The Eagle Cliffs

More cliffs

The Root River boarded the campground.

Fast moving and muddy after all the rain the day before.


The campground lower area near the river.

The campground was nice, clean and very pretty. The site I had was on the end of the row so we had only one person next to us. It was quiet and very very very dark at night. It was so dark you could not even see your own hand. It was truly dark. Sleep well.

On Saturday night the RVing Women has a pot luck dinner and Bingo. We made a skillet dish to share. There was so much food, it was insane. If you went away hungry from that dinner, you did not try. Dianne and I stayed and played Bingo. Dianne won one game and received some $$$ and camper shaped Salt and Pepper Shakers. Very Cute.

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you - we colored most of the afternoon so we could enter the coloring contest. My deer coloring won 3rd place!!!! I was totally surprised. I received a coloring book and a little comical dancing chipmunk. It was fun. 

Dianne and I met some great ladies and and had a great relaxing weekend despite the soggy start. I am very pleased with MOM and now I can say that I have turned on the propane and use it for running the refrigerator, the water heater and the heat. We were dry, warm and had hot water. Yea!!!

MOM rests this week and gets cleaned up and then off to Wisconsin WIT in Stevens Point. The last rally for the year. It should be fun. I hope the weather is good. 

Well, all of us deserve a rest after these two trips. Thanks to Dianne, Karen, Karen and Pam for all your support and help at the shows and traveling with me this summer.

More later...... have safe Fall.

Jan and Rosey











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