Yep, that's right my birfday was Monday and I turned 4 years old! On Saturday I gots to go my beach to celebrate
Sunday I gots to do my favorite activity.
My actual birfday was hurricane Sandy day here, but she didn't rain on my birfday parade!
I had pressies.....
And cake and ice cream!
Momma says I was so wound up that night even she was exhuasted. I did zoomies 6 times in the house that evening. It was just the perfect alignment of all the birthday excitement, the sugar, the wind, the rain, and the full moon!
"You don't need to go hiking all over the countryside wasting unnecessary energies to be an adventure animal. Just trying new stuff like my physical therapies school or being bold enough to approach something scary or just about anything you can think of. After all, isn't life just one big adventure?"
I is very excited for another year of Mango Minster! This year I is entering the Adventure category. I had a lot of adventures this year and all three years of my Dane life so far. Before I gets started recapping some of my adventures lets start wif the basics.
1. Every good adventure needs a little luggage. I mean come on, I was gonna be gone for at least 4 hours.
2. Brings a Map - the hoomans get lost
3. Drinks plenty of water
AND.....
4. Always scoop - makes the hoomans do it - yes you too little pups. I knows your poops may not be huge but they is still poop. Yes it stinks, but it stinks even mores when you steps in it. I always gotta carry my own on hikes.
So what kind of adventures do i take? Walkies at State Parks, the National Park, and the Rails to Trails System.
You can't forgets about Beach Walkies!
Then there's trips to the camp (near the scary playground steps).
This year I went to Vegas wif Corbin, joined a tick party in ConnecTICKut, and passed through border crossing to Canada. Canada even put up no Tucker signs when they heard I was coming... Not very welcoming if you ask me.
Now indoor adventures are ok, like Petco & PetSmart. But I also have gone to the Bank, Home Depot, Lowe's, and yes Dooney and Burke. I promise I didn't slobber on any purses.
Oh and Ice cream stores! I can't forgets about those.
But, outdoor adventures are the best! Like the vacation on the lake last August and Ice Fishing in February.
Also, traveling to rescue fundraisers always makes you new friends
Now you don't need to leave home to have an adventure! This year I've made an attempt at agility, fostering Navi and Mac, raising chickens, dancing to Elvis, and hula hooping!
The best part of adventures is just getting to go - it doesn't matter where!
And of course coming home to your couch is kinda nice too.
Last weekend I went with the hoomans to visit my Aunt D in Connecticut. It tooks foverevers to get there.
Then the next day I went for a great walkie were I met a new friend named Lulu.
Unfortunately I met some other creatures I had never seen before. It was a really warm day and all the baby ticks hatched! The hoomans and I had gone of the trail and then we noticed a tick. We got right back on the trail but I had to stand there for about 20 minutes as the hooman looked me all over and looked themselves all over for ticks. There was about thirty ticks on all of us (they hadn't bit us, they were just on our clothes). We gots them all off and I got a new dose of frontline plus to be sure they didn't bite me in case they missed one. Those peoples in Connecticut have to deal with really bad ticks, Lyme disease is named after Old Lyme Connecticut were the first case was discovered. We have them in Maine too but once the frost comes the ticks go bye bye until spring. I have frontline plus every month and from April - October and then Momma skips a month over the winter. We hardly ever see ticks, let alone this late in the year. I has never had one ever and then a whole tick party exploded on us. We finished our walk, checked ourselves over again and again and then got back in the car.
The tick party was stressy so we needed some pasta. This stuff is soooo good!
The hoomans gots me a meatball... Yum!
When it was time to make the trip back to Maine I was sad to leave Aunt D but I was so tired. We stopped to Colonial Candies in Massachusetts on the way home.
Momma got a very bad for you ice cream (she skipped lunch so she said that made it ok)
I gots plain jane vanilla but it was good! I wonder if Norwood and Mango go here?
I slept the whole ride home, I only woke up to barks at the toll booth attendants.
Boy was I tired when we gots home. It took me three days to get caught up on my beauty rest.
