Tarheel Canine, Sunday, Feb 1st, 2009

My goodness! What a busy week this has been! I went to Sanford, NC, to visit my daughter at the school where she is studying to be a dog trainer, Tarheel Canine. It was so much fun! In the evenings when we returned to the motel, all I felt like doing was watching TV and zoning out, so I did not upload pictures or write on my blog, so now I have some catching up to do! I will go by memory and start from day 1 which was last Sunday, February 1st.

We left Richmond later than we had originally planned and we decided to "caravan", meaning that we followed each other all the way down.

I was afraid that being on the interstate that we would get separated, but we didn't. There is a wonderful stop about halfway down at a place called "The Oasis" so we stopped there and I got some great Dunkin' Donut coffee. The whole trip takes about 4 hours and when we arrived in Sanford, Valerie was so tired. I had made reservations at the Motel 6, which is about 25 miles south of her school and she told me that if her bed had been made up, she would've just stopped at the dorm instead of driving the extra miles.

That Motel 6, in Aberdeen, was one of the nicest that I have seen. I chose it because they allow dogs and don't charge extra for them. True, their brochures say just one dog per room, but I've learned that as long as there are no complaints, they look the other way when you have more than one....and since we had FOUR, I figured that was the place to stay. And after riding in the car for 4 hours, those dogs were ready to PLAY!!! It was so cute watching them. But it was even nicer to get to sleep. And thus ended the first day.