Leben and Erde loaded in the D90 after a pit stop at the same reststop we stopped in on our way back from Alaska in 2000, when they were five months old. It was 9/12/01, the day after 9/11. While here, i met a homeless couple with their five kids who were on their way to Tenn. to look for work. I asked them where they slept at night and they said in their (small) car. I immediately climbed up on my roof rack and retrieved my tent (the tent in the NG photo) and other camping equipment and gave it to them. I do not think i ever saw anyone as happy about his or her new home as the couple's 12-year old daughter was about that famous tent. I will never forget the look of sheer joy on her face.
I just got some joy of my own at this same reststop. For the first time in a week, Leben (with my support) followed his sister to all the neat smells she found. I thought i had lost that forever. What comes around, goes around. The same goes for my situation with Leben. I am thrilled that now i have the chance to repay him (and Erde, too) for the thousands of hours of loyalty, entertainment, companionship, joy, protection, warmth, etc., etc., etc., a role that begins in two hours.
We're almost home. Although for these three dogs, the road, and with it our tent, is our home.
Ed
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