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Road Trip!

5/8/2013

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Diane and I left Tuesday for the WSSCA National Specialty in Georgia. Weather was fine until we got to Harrisburg area, then it started to rain. By the time we reached West Virginia, it was pretty evident we were going  to be stuck with rain for the rest of the trip. Our travels were relatively uneventful with the exception of the usual jockeying for position with the truckers on Rt 81. Some of them were just not satisfied unless they were going 64 mph in the left lane up a hill and throwing spray up on our car. We did 450 miles the first day, and spent the night in Christianburg, Virginia. 

The next day we continued the trip on Routes 81/77.. While we were driving along on Rt 77, I noticed a shadow on the top of the dashboard that was moving, and had legs. Ugh. Then the shadow disappeared and the bug made an appearance from under the visor and started walking down the windshield. Ugh, Shriek. Ugh. In case you can't tell, crawling creatures are among my least favorite things in the whole entire world. Worse, the shape was exactly like those 'Shield bugs' that we see around the house and yard up north. So, there's me watching the bug, watching the road and starting to feel like there were bugs crawling all over me. Diane's reaction was 'it's only a bug'. Which didn't help when the bug decided the air-cooled windshield was too cold and made a beeline for side column next to me. So, we ducked off the interstate with Di trying to capture the bug at a traffic light. That didn't work, so we pulled off to the side of the road but the bug made its escape into parts unknown in the car. So, after checking to make sure I was bug-free, we pulled into a MickyD's for a more thorough exam. I got lunch, Di scoured the car for the bug knowing I wasn't driving anywhere until it was found, dead or alive. She eventually captured the creature and even showed it to me, so I'd be able to continue driving this trip. Whew-the entire trip almost derailed by a stink bug. Go figure...


Back on the road, we eventually abandoned the interstates and dropped south on secondary roads to avoid major traffic in Atlanta and Macon. We got a chance to see really beautiful rural areas of central GA-makes me want to buy some land and set up a house and training area for hunting, agility and obedience-sigh, We basically trusted the GPS to get us where we needed to be, especially since we hit a detour at one point and had no idea where we were going. We eventually arrived at the Perry show site, set things up and went up to Warner Robins to stay with our hosts for the week, Diane's nephew and niece, Marc and Sonja. Lucky for the girls, there's a fenced yard to romp in and plenty of areas for walking for exercise . They can take a nice walk around the area and the golf course, so they should be able to tolerate 4 days of shows with evening romps to destress. Wish us luck!
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