Day 13
About four in the morning, Don rolled out of bed and stepped all over me. I got up to get out of the way, but his feet were in the way. I pushed through them, a little irritated. I went into the living room and got up on my couch; it’s funny, but Geri, particularly, fails to recognize my right to the couch. Just last night I had to grump at her severely to get her off of it. Anyway, Don didn’t go back to bed. Instead, he fired up the computer and began reading some stuff. I went back to sleep. When Geri got up, we went to normal morning routine, phony paper, breakfast, another very nice walk on the levee. Then we got the rig ready to go and headed across the bridge to Mississippi. We drove up a beautiful two-lane road called the Natchez Trace Parkway for quite a ways. It was so pretty, I curled up on the floor and napped. It wasn’t long before we got to a town called Vicksburg. Geri asked Don if he knew how Vicksburg got its name. Don said that of course, he knew; this is where Vicks Vapo-Rub was invented. Geri shouldn’t throw things at Don while he’s driving, even I know that.

We pulled into an RV Park in Vicksburg, and got a space. When I got out of the coach, I was pleased to see that we had nice green grass, good enough for some wild rolling. We got into the truck, and went to a Veterinary Office. I knew I wasn’t sick, so there was something else going on. Surprise! I got a bath and a good grooming, even getting my paws trimmed. It felt really good to be clean and beautiful again. Geri and Don picked me up and complimented me on my appearance. Then we drove to the house where Don’s Cousins Ken and Cathey live. There were a lot of people there, and I got a lot of petting and compliments. A snippy little Dachsy tried to pick a fight with me, but I pretended I was going to bite him in two, and he backed off. Geri had brought my dinner with her, and I ate out in the driveway to keep my food away from the Dachsy. We finally got back to the coach, and I had my GTB cookies and laid down. I was tired, this was a very exhausting day.