August 24, 2014

Dear Terry, Guess what!? Me and Mom and Dad took a trip! Not Penny Cat though. She stayed in the pet hotel. We were in the mountains. I've never seen hills so big! We would go up and down up and down until we finally got to the cabins. I got to see the whole family! the Nephews - they kept me busy and I got plenty of treats. Sue and Pete and Laura. Lots of pets from everyone. Me and Mom walked on all kinds of trails. One trail Aunt Laura was with us and we went wayyyyy far down a hillside to a big creek. We were really far into the woods. It took awhile to get back up to the car but we did it! Every morning me and Mom walked around the pond looking for frogs and toads. There was a turtle who took a swim every day in the pond. I watched the boys fish in there too. I even went down to see what they were doing while they were fishing! Now I know why Mom didn't want me afraid of fishing poles anymore. OH! and best of all me and Mom were sitting on the deck watching the pond and this big bird swooped out of the sky right into the pond and snatched up a big fish!! I've never seen ANYTHING like it! I couldn't even bark I was so surprised. Mom was surprised too. It had made a big SPLASH when it scooped that fish out. Mom said it was a bald eagle. She knew it was because it swooped back over the pond and we could see it real good. Almost forgot! Me and Mom and Dad all went to see all the cool stuff around the cabin. We went to see a mill. Boy was it noisy! The water would make big splashes as it came out of the mill. Mom and Dad talked to the Park Ranger too.  Mom said he is like the park police so I better be good and I sat real quiet and listened to them talk. There were lots of people at the mill and I was allowed to go everywhere and in all the buildings and I met some new people. Oh! one more thing! One day me and Mom went to the Lookout Tower. I was allowed to go inside here too. We went up ALLL the steps. There were a lot of them. And we got to the top and Mom could look out and see all the mountains and take pictures. I couldn't see because I'm short you know. But I could see through the cracks in the walls. I don't think I have ever been up so high off the ground before! What fun! I ran to each corner investigating and looking out where I could. We went to go back out of the tower and I got scared. I told Mom NO WAY am I going back down those steps. They looked too steep and scary. Mom said I had to go. She sat down on the each step and we went down one step at a time so I wasn't scared. Every single day I was POOPED OUT. I would fall asleep on the sofa with the Nephews watching TV. I like the mountains. I liked that I could go just about everywhere with Mom to see stuff and explore. I liked sitting on the big porch in the rain with Dad. I was even allowed to swing on the swing on the porch. What a great time! Good to be home now!

Love and Woofs, FredDog!