Winding Down and Coming Home

It has been over three weeks since my last post, and sooooooo much has happened in the interim.  We made our way south to Hutchinson, KS, for a get-together with some very good friends at the Heavy Duty Truck RV Rally.

The dogs remembered why they enjoy the Kansas State Fairgrounds so much!  Lots of running and ball-fetching with friends Danielle Mayer and Keyah.

From Hutch, we traveled south to the Sand Rock Classic Sheep Dog Trial at Angie Coker-Sells’ lovely ranch outside Tecumseh, OK.  Cody and Bo each had three tuns, and the results were mixed.  Let’s just say that Cody would have had three decent runs if he hadn’t had trouble “lifting” his sheep on two of them.  Bo was all over the course on his first run, couldn’t find his sheep on the second, but vindicated himself on his third when he placed 7th out of 55 dogs and earned a check for $69!  Here are a few photos of our time at the trial.  

Me penning sheep with Cody & Bo:

 

Charly Kronberger & Tyg on the open course:

Jill Hefner & Dutch:

Kristi Cetrulo & Brig

Four Musketeers Kristi, Michal, Charly & Jill

We had a great time!  And then it was time to leave😢.  We loaded up on Monday morning and headed south.  Our last night on the road was a good one to end on; we stayed at Winstar Casino just north of the Oklahoma-Texas border.  I always enjoy a walk through to see all the sights and lights.  Then we had another fantastic meal at the bar in Mickey Mantle's with some friendly folks from the Ray Roberts Lake area.

I took a turn driving us home, and managed to keep her between the lines.  

It was a great trip in all respects, and we look forward to our next one.