This Sunday we are planning to start our trip west. Our first night we plan on staying in Madison, WI. Our plan is to take it slow and just have a nice relaxing trip. We'll stay at each stop as long as that location has things to do and see that appeal to us. We would like to make it to Vancouver, BC but who knows with all the wild fires going on out west. We took this trip pulling a pop up camper with the boys when they were young. We have seen most of the major sites along route 90 like Wall Drugs, The Badlands, The Corn Palace, Devils Tower, Mount Rushmore, and Yellowstone National Park. We will visit most of these again but don't have any set itinerary.
One challenge we will be faced with on this trip is traveling with little TJ who will be about three and one half months old when we leave. At this point he is around 50% potty trained so he wears piddle pants that we had from our other dogs when they were young. Since we won't be able to pull over as often as we would like I see diaper changing in our future. Speaking of TJ, Huli saw some pictures of some Pekingese puppies on the Internet that looked just like TJ. We think maybe the Amish got some Pekingese mixed in with their Shih Tzu's during the breeding process. Having pedigree doesn't matter to us other than his papers say his mother and father are both Shih Tzu's. Oh well we think he'll be a great dog once we get him trained and he gets to be a little older. For now though it's him trying to just wear us down.
A journal written about life, retirement and our journey throughout the United States in a 5th wheel, along with our two Shih Tzus, Tanner and Syndey. Written not for notoriety but for our sons, family and friends, so they know where we are at any given time. And particularly for ourselves. Finally, we get to slow down and smell the roses and we don't want to forget any of it. You are welcome to join us as we go 'Down the Road a Piece'.
