We started out a little later than we intended to, but we made really good time on our trip.  We ended up stopping at a rest center in Vermont in order to feed the dogs and keep them as close to their feeding schedule as possible.  It was a little dicey taking them out of the car because there were lots of other people traveling with their dogs, and Delilah can get twitchy when she is on leash.

Chet took the dogs out for a stretch while I prepared their meals in the back of the car. We fed them on an access road and when they had finished Chet gave them a quick walk, while I went into the rest room and washed their bowls.   I was so happy to see so many people traveling with their dogs; as we were exiting the rest area, I suddenly remembered that I write a dog blog and hadn’t taken any pictures!  Immediately I took my camera out and kept it in my lap.

Sampson was somewhat unsettled after dinner and wanted to keep his head out the window, so I tried to snap his photo from the front passenger seat while we were speeding along at 75 MPH.  This is the best I could do.

In the meantime, Miss Delilah snoozed happily in the back.

We were traveling into some really dark clouds and could see the lightning in the distance; so I made Sampson bring his head back inside the car; a tornado had touched down in the area the night before so I was slightly nervous.

My sister had text me directions to get off the highway one exit sooner than we normally would; and take the back roads to her house.   She swears this takes about a ½ an hour off the trip, but the jury is still out on that one as far as I am concerned.   The rain had started slightly before we exited the highway, there are very few lights along the road, most of which came from houses we passed or the lightning that flashed over our heads.

The farther off the highway we traveled; the harder the rain came down, it came down in buckets.  There were times when we could only see about ten feet in front of us.  Chet was hunched over the wheel attempting to see and I was holding on to the ‘Oh Shit’ bar.  The road twisted and turned this way and that and then it started to hail.  The rain would left off and then it would come back with a vengeance.

We were greatly relieved to arrive at my sister’s house; although our initial entry was pure chaos with her three dogs and Sampson and Delilah reacquainting with each other.

Naturally as we began unloading the car the skies opened up and the rain poured down; the dogs stayed cozily in the house while Chet and I unloaded, by the time we had finished we were soaked to the skin.

It was while my sister and I were chatting that I found out something shocking; my sister has NO internet!!  OMG what will I do?  I have a blog to write!!   What I decided is I will still write every day, I just might not be able to post everyday.

Luckily for me my sister’s church has internet service, so here I sit, in the vestibule of the church; stealing their WIFI.

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