Time to Head Home Day#6

I did it!!!!! They were all so proud of me and everyone raves about what a good girl I was. It was terrible but o tried soooo hard. Auntie Ann got up at 5am and took me for a walk because I was such a good girl. She said it was out last walk on the boardwalk together. She even took me down to the water. It felt so good. I drank and let the waves lap over my feet and we walked on the edge of the water a ways. Then she said we were going to go back up to the board walk and I said, “No way! I want to play in the water more!!” So I laid down in the sand and refuses to budge. But then Auntie said we could go people watch and that caught my attention. 

When we got back and everyone was up and that’s when the whirlwind began. Everyone was packing everything then my friend Apollo came to play and when I turned around my fence was half gone. That’s when Mama took me for another walk. Then she took me towards the front and there was Rammy with the camper on back. We really were heading home! 

Polar Bear Day#5 Thursday, September 15, 2022

 This morning I sought my revenge. I acted like I was going to be really good and sleep all night and was really trying but Uncle Scott woke up at 2am and was complaining about the fan being too cold and I just couldn't hold it. Uncle Scott took me for a walk around 3am and I piddled and made sure everything was secure. I really did try to come back and sleep but the walk really stirred things up so at 4am I insisted that Auntie Ann take me out again. She took me straight to the special bathroom place. This is where I sought me revenge. I did my job but in doing so took us both through the only sticker bush on the entire beach. She had to sit on a rock and pick out all of the stickers off her pants and the leash and my fur. It was wonderful sitting in the cold. I bet she wished she had put on regular pants instead of running around in those pajama pants! 

While we were doing our Bible studies we had visitors come by and say hi. I ate my bone while they all talked to Kevin and Tina. After that we decided to go back down to the water. This time Auntie Ann took the 100 foot leash!! It was almost as good as freedom!! First I took care of business. Auntie Ann was embarrassed because I did both jobs right in front of everyone. We played in the water for over an hour. Ron came to visit too but I was very busy saving the stick that Mama kept throwing out on the water. Then I wrestled Uncle Scott down in the sand and stood on him. I got him completely filled with sand so he had to go way out. Auntie Ann was tricky and lured me out with treats. My tummy got wet and that’s when I figured out her evil plan and turned the tables. I stood my found and made her bring me treats. 

Then I went to a spot by the rocks where the sand tried to suck me in so I dig and dig and dig and dug. O dig until I was too tired to do anything else. It was fun but disappointing because I never got anywhere!! 

Uncle Scott and Auntie Ann left us again and Mama took me for a super long walk. There were so many people!! Everyone loves me and wants to pet me. The only bad part is that Mama is constantly rubbing my slobber around! It’s so annoying! When they got back they had gotten ice cream without me!! They did let me lick their containers though and Auntie Ann even left a little at the bottom for me.

When it was time for bed I knew they were all up to something and they were. They closed all the window shades and started the loud fan. Then Mama gave me a long lecture on how I had to sleep and not bark and be very quiet and let everyone sleep. How horrible was that going to be?!!!

Floofy Fluff Day#4 September 14, 2022

Floofy Fluff is the affectionate name that Hannah and Auntie Ann call me. It means they love to snuggle with my soft fluffy long fur. 

Today was a little better I slept a little better at night they weren’t as many things to bark at. I finally got to meet the neighbor lab dog he reminded me of Jake 🙁. He even didn’t wanna play with me just like Jake.

We took a lot of walks but my favorite one was down by the water. Auntie Ann and Uncle Scott kept going into the water and I had to drag them back out so they wouldn’t drown. But as long as we ran along side of the water it was a lot of fun. Getting wet and trying to keep track of them made me feel a little crazy I even tried to put uncle Scott in his place! As if it wasn’t hard enough to watch two of them, Mama took her shoes off and started running down the beach too. Then mom and I went rock climbing and then Uncle Scott and I sat and people watched while Auntie Ann did her exercises for her back.

I was exhausted after we did this and had to take a three hour nap. They were trying to keep me awake but I just couldn’t do it I couldn’t even bother to get Raccoony  off my head. Everyone else had to take a nap to something about someone keeping them up in the middle of the night.

Uncle Scott and Auntie Ann left in the truck to go to listen to another Bible study so Mama and I were by ourselves. She took me for walks and I took naps in between until they got home.

Uncle Scott and Auntie Ann took me for a perimeter check before we all went to bed then they turned on this awesome called fan. I know they thought it was blocking all the noise but the jokes on them because they just froze all night!

Sassafras Day#3 September 13, 2022

Today was the dumbest day ever they made me get in the truck and took me to a very stinky dog park that had long grass and smelled like 1000 other dogs. AND there were no other dogs there! Of course as soon as we drove away three pretty lab/retrievers came by and they wouldn’t take me back. Then we went for this beautiful forest walk where we saw tons of squirrels and chipmunks and they would not let me chase them. And then Uncle Scott took me through a shortcut in the woods and I missed the wild turkeys. They think I didn’t know but I did!!

After that we got back in the truck and drove to a pier that had water draining through a hole but of course they wouldn’t let me sit and watch it they tried to make me go out in the pier where the water was splashing!! No way!! Then we got back in the truck and drove around basically in circles so Auntie Ann could see what she wanted to see.

The day got a little better because after we got back Uncle Scott brought yummy pizza to the camper.

Sadie Day#2 September 12, 2022

After a boring breakfast and doing our Bible study we spent most of the day walking. Auntie Ann said we walked over 5 miles. But we saw a lot of people and some of them had doggies and some of them were on bikes and some of them wanted to pet me and some of them ignored me. I was feeling a little bit self-conscious because a lot of them talked about how big I was but then I’d be happy because most of them talked about how beautiful I was. Auntie Ann and Uncle Scott and Mama all said I was a good girl all day long even though they were kind of mad at me for keeping them up all night. I’m pretty sure they forgave me and they don’t know that I know they were trying to wear me out so I wouldn’t do my job the next night but there was no way I was going to let them down!

We went on the boardwalk and watch the lake the whole way and then I got to go into a doggy store where Auntie Ann and bought me a special treat for lunch. She was sneaky cause I didn’t even know she had it until we were eating lunch!! I met a lot of friends but no one would let us play. Mama bought everybody lunch at the Toasted Pickle. While we are waiting Auntie Ann got a cup of ice and fed me yummy ice cubes. Then we walked back to the boardwalk and had a picnic. All of the girls shared their food I liked the Monte Crisco sandwich the best but the special fries with Parmesan seasoning on them are really good too. Lucky for me everyone was too full to eat them all. 

On the way back I finally found some grass and went potty and everybody made a huge deal out of it. People are weird! 

Sadie Sassafras Visits Lake Michigan Day#1

Sunday, September 11, 2022. Hi my name is Sadie Sassafras and I hijacked my Auntie Ann’s blog. I mean it’s only fair because she and my uncle Scott and my mama hijacked me. They told me that we were gonna go for a ride in the truck and they know that’s one of my favorite things to do but the weird thing was the truck was pulling the camper this time I’ve never ridden in the truck when I was pulling the camper. By the time I figured out we weren’t going to any of my favorites like Lowes or Farm and Fleet, Auntie Ann said it was too late to turn around. Mama said we had to be in the car for four hours but Uncle Scott let us stop at Bass Pro Shop In Portage, Indiana. It was awesome!!! Everybody thought I was so beautiful and wanted to pet me! There were so many people I didn’t know which way to go and who to talk to until they took me out by the boats were there was nobody it was really boring. Uncle Scott was still shopping so mama took me for a walk way up to the hill where we posed by a sign for Auntie Ann. 





It rained off and on the whole trip and Auntie Ann said that’s a tradition. I slept a lot. 

When we finally got there and mama took me out into the sand it was so icky to walk in I have never seen so much sand I thought Farm had sand but it’s nothing like this! My feet with sink and I got stuck between my toes I have to keep pulling mama back to the blacktop and there was no way I was going to piddle on it like she wanted me to!! We walk to our campsite number 132 and while Auntie Ann and Uncle Scott were setting up the camper it started to downpour mom and I stayed dry under the tree but they were really wet. 

Once we were able to get in the camper I knew I had to get out of the way so onto the couch I went! I figured they needed to know that that would be my couch for the trip and that I needed to establish residency as soon as possible. I quickly went to sleep so that I would be able to stay up all night and do my job after all I am a nocturnal guardian dog. 

Thursday, October 14, 2021

True Wissmiller style we decided we were getting home tonight come hell or high water - or snow storms. We were up and on the road and arrived home at 11pm. Of course it started to snow as we were leaving but it didn't amount to much and we drove out of it pretty quickly. We didn't even make it an hour before Hannah spotted a Casey's and had to stop for breakfast. The temperature was getting warmer and warmer. Hannah drove the entire trip except for three hours in Nebraska/Iowa that Ann drove. Ann read random trivia and site seeing activities along I-80 now that they could get some spotty internet and didn't need to frantically look for routes or campgrounds. They actually may have seen a couple of the structures including the world's largest covered wagon. Once in Iowa, Ann listed all of the rivers in Iowa so we shouted out rivers every time we passed one. The highlights were the Missouri, Mississippi, and North and South Raccoon Rivers. We listened to Louis L'Amour Ride the River for the last five hours and drank root beer floats that Ann had concocted at gas station in Davenport, Iowa. We paid 3.10 for gas in Davenport and it jumped to 3.46 over the border in Illinois. We got home thirty minutes before the book was done and were tempted to stay up and finish it.

It was raining so Scott, Grandpa, and Nana met us in the shop so we could back Blue in. Sadie was there with lots of kisses and Ann gave her the present they had bought. 

We had been in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, back to Montana, back to Wyoming, back to Montana, then back to Idaho, and then through Wyoming, through Nebraska, through Iowa and almost all the way across Illinois.

Rough estimate: 34 Hours | 2,185 miles | 4.5 Days | 7 states