Early evening, with food prepared to take to those Pesky neighbors, Perry and I faced our usual dog problem — separating the young hounds from the old one for safety when leaving. Hugo doesn’t want to go for a car ride. Merida and Dharma love to go. Dharma is incredibly hard to get in and out of a vehicle but she loves it so much that we hate leaving her while taking the other two.
Let’s take them all, he said.
Loading up for the trip was complicated.
Merida was in and out of the back seat AND both front bucket seats at least a bajillion times as we coaxed scared Hugo to even get near the SUV. Dharma made it into the back seat while Merida continued to trample her in a frenzy. In and out. In and out. Hugo finally made it to the floorboard under my feet and we were off!
Perry’s face says it all… the look of REGRET…
We dropped off the container of food, drove to Uniontown on US 31 and back home via Frontage Road.
It’s been years since I traveled that road and I was surprised at the number of really nice properties along that route. It’s peaceful out that way. If I wasn’t already planted firmly here at the barndo, I’d be happy calling Frontage Road home — so long as mine wasn’t one of the properties close to the I-65 overpass or near the 250 turn-off.
Once home, Hugo jetted out and ran toward the door. Merida whined and barked until her door was open, and Dharma required 10 minutes of coaxing to get her out of the seat and onto the ground. Perry spent the next 45-minutes cleaning the SUV.
We will not be doing an instant replay in the near future.
Now you know: Daisy, well known for their “Red Ryder” BB gun from “A Christmas Story”, was originally a windmill company. Their BB guns were promotional items for their windmills, which eventually became so popular that they ditched windmills altogether.