Way Out West in Texas....

AnimalLog - December 28, 2006 -- We are headed to Texas. The weather is going to be bad the way we had planned to go, through northern New Mexico and Arizona, so we decided to go down through Oklahoma and Texas - the southern route. Mommy and Daddy are not happy about it. This rental car (a Jeep Liberty) slid several times in the rain in Maryland so they don't want to chance it in the snow. We all really wanted to see some snow but it doesn't look like that will happen this trip. Hamlet and I are really bored and wish we were home already. I guess I will try and take a nap although it may be difficult because Hamlet is standing in the middle of the back seat right now watching cows. He is fascinated by them and there a lots of them on the road we are on now. Maybe he thinks they are big dogs. -- Mouse

I miss the dog park. I am so tired of being in the car. At least there are lots of cows to look at today. They are really lucky because they have a huge cow park to play in but I don't see them play very much -- they just stand around and lay around.
Mommy has found two ticks on me - yuck! One was on my forehead and the other one on the side of my face. I have never had ticks before - it's too hot for them were we live. It really hurt when Mom pulled them off. She said they are probably from the very first walk I went on in Maryland becasue they were so fat. I hope I don't have anymore. Mommy and Daddy said they are going to give me a flea and tick bath when I get home just to make sure. I don't think I want to live where ticks live. -- Hamlet

I saw a horse and it scared me! After that I kept my eyes open on the lookout for horses that might be following us. Thank goodness I didn't see anymore! I did see and oil well... they kind of look like horses moving in one place - it was pretty scary too. There are lots of scary things on this route. We have stopped for the night in a place called Van Horn, Texas. It was raining and getting dark so we decided to stop about 100 miles shy of where we had planned. It may be Saturday before we get home - oh well. -- Mouse

PS: Mom says it has been a bad day for cell phone reception so if you called today she will call you tomorrow when we go through bigger towns.