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<DIV>Well we just got home from a wonderful weekend in the Catskill Mountains in
New York...Abraham was an absolute delight to take ...a perfect
traveler. The Parade was a hoot and we were in front of this great
kooky band .All of the bassets were received with open arms and when we
approached the first crowd of people they were applauded the dogs and all along
the way. The float was terrific and the Rushworths did a wonderful
job.. Very creative . It was very hot and Abraham did not want to
stay with the rest of the parade so we walked along side on the sidewalk...he is
very smart as the asphalt was very hot with the sidewalk being cooler,,,,and
besides he got a ton of pets and he gave out lots of kisses. At the end of
the parade he found some shade and just laid there till his dad slave came to
pick us up. A kind man sat with Abe just scratching his back and
calming him down as he was really hot . Meanwhile I was wetting him down
and giving him water. As our coach arrived I thanked the kind stranger for
attending to Abe and he said no that he had to thank us as he enjoyed the
moments of serenity and the touch. </DIV>
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<DIV>We went off to the picnic and had a lovely time there . There
was great food and tons of basset crap to buy. I want to know who made the
Carrot cake and want that recipe...WOW. Steven and Abraham went for a walk
in the creek...Abraham loves the water and certainly enjoyed the cedar water
running that day...nice and cool on his belly. It was a great event and
Steven and I are already talking about attending next year. Steven was the
official photographer and he told me that he was going to bring a
ladder to get a better perspective and advantage point to take pictures of
next years parade. </DIV>
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<DIV> Abraham got to meet so many nice bassets and got to see some friends
he had made previously . We had fun at the motel meeting in the dog
walking area which is all fenced in. What was nice about that was
we all had sliding doors to the outside which was very convenient .
I have a habit of not closing doors so Columbo and Hershey Larsen strolled
into my room to check Steven out. Very cute. I guess you can tell we
had a great time and look forward to next year ...Hopefully they liked us and
will ask us back .</DIV>
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<DIV>One more thing....my sleeping is terrible...I wake up every two hours and
this weekend for the first time in a few years I was able to sleep straight
through putting together 7 hours the first night and about 8 hours last
night.... must be that mountain air!!! </DIV>
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