Traveling The World with my humans

We woke up early this morning, very early. For me it was in the middle of the night. The truck next to us left and that woke us up. My humans told me that we would arrive at Tim’s house today. We still had to drive some more hours. From the town where we spent the night it was 211 km to the next town called Hearst. Good thing the tank of our van was full. I was tired and so I slept most of the time on our way to Tim’s place. Early afternoon we arrived and Silver and Sally were barking and Tim came out of the house when my mistress honked. As soon as the van stopped my mistress made sure I can jump out of the van and say hello to everybody and – run. Tim called me to say hello but I was so excited to be able to run again, I hardly noticed him. All I wanted to do is run on that soft grass, stretch my legs and read the newspaper. My humans said hello to Tim and he was very happy that we were back. They talked quite a while. My mistress took me to the lake and I loved chasing sti

We got up early and it was very windy outside. My humans took a shower, had breakfast and made sure everything was put away safely in the van. After checking out we left Duluth and drove along the shoreline of Lake Superior. Lake Superior is considered the largest freshwater lake in the world, at least by surface area. It competes with Lake Baikal in Russia, which is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. The shoreline of Lake Superior stretches 2,726 miles (4.387 km). Well, that explains why we drove along the shoreline for such a long time. I always tried to catch a view on the lake but there were trees everywhere. It was a bumpy road as the roads were bad and the wind blowing from the lake was very strong. It’s about time we arrive at Tim’s place, I am tired of sitting in the car and not be able to run around. I wonder how much longer it will take. My humans told me we would probably arrive there the next day. We stopped at a nice place called Grand Marais. I n

We woke up because it was so hot in the van. The sun was shining and heated up the van although it was cool outside. The heat wasn’t the problem but the humidity. In the desert in Nevada we had about 5-9% humidity and here we had more than 70%. My humans got up quickly to open the windows and get some fresh air in the van. As they weren’t sure if they would meet with some balloon artists in Minneapolis today to show my master’s software they decided to have a shower. There is no way to take a shower at Walmart but at the truck stops you can get this. But the truck stops charge $12 for one person to shower and you have to wait in line. So my humans decided to stay on a campground for the night where the shower is included in the price and we would have power too so that my mistress can publish what I am writing. I am good in telling my story but my mistress has to write it down for me and publish it. We stayed in St. Paul for about two hours to find out if there was somebody that wa

The plan for today was driving as far as possible. Remember, the van – Lupoloon Mobile – is old, to be exact it is 30 years old and the engine already made almost 370,000 miles. This means we have to stop every 100 – 150 miles to check on the fluids. And who checks on my fluids? I clearly would prefer ice cubes over water but I only get water, warm water to be precise. We left Grand Island in the morning. After a short while we left Nebraska and entered Iowa. Iowa is between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. There are a lot of cornfields here. Somehow the navigation of my master made us leave the Interstate and we drove through the countryside. One time a turtle was crossing the street. It was on the other lane and unfortunately a truck came that way a few minutes later. I hope that little turtle made it safe to the other side and wasn’t run over by the truck. Later on the Interstate we saw a deer next to the street and a lot of dead deer along the road. At lunchtime my humans

I had a very good night and I had sweet dreams. You humans got up early. The weather wasn’t too good and it was very windy. My humans stopped at one of the Rest Areas and there was a nice lady, Judy that gave my humans some information about Nebraska. Nebraska lies in the Great Plains and the Midwestern. The tribes of Indigenous peoples that lived in Nebraska originally included the Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux), some of which migrated from eastern areas into this region. The Lakota was the tribe that fought at Little Big Horn. Back in the 1800 were a couple of trails going through Nebraska From 1804 to 1806 the Lewis and Clark Expedition took place. This was the first expedition to cross the western portion of the United States. It started in in St. Louis, passed through the Continental Divide of the Americas to the Pacific coast. Lewis and Clark were Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark

This morning my master had another look at the car as they found out that one light of the Van did not work. He repaired it. After that he went to Walmart to wash his hands and he saw one of the security people talking to two kids. To my master it seemed like these kids did something wrong but instead of calling the police to report them he talked to them, explained them why they should not do this and asked them that from now, every time they come in this Walmart they should come to him, greet him and tell him how they are. He couldn't help hearing all this as they stood right next to him and he couldn't step away. My master was impressed by this as to him this seems to be the right way to deal with these kids. And he told that the security man. His name is Chris. They talked for a short time and my master told him about my blog. After they had breakfast my mistress started the car. It didn't sound right, something was wrong but they couldn't figure out what so the

This morning my humans were busy with their phones. Something about meeting some balloon artists in Denver, My humans took a shower and luckily they didn't want me to take one. We left Grand Junction and we had to cross the Rocky Mountains. I remember we’ve been in the Rocky Mountains exactly one year ago with Brooke but the Rocky Mountains in Canada are way more beautiful than here in the USA. Is there more than one Rocky Mountains? The van had to climb the hill a lot today. It didn't like it and we had to stop a couple of times. Today the highest point was 3537 m / 11604 ft. And the lowest point was 1310 m / 4298 ft. As we had to make so many stops to let the van cool down my humans were late for their appointment with the balloon artists. When we arrived in Denver Laura the balloon artist with the shop they wanted to meet at had to leave due to an emergency. They said they would meet later. I think I told you that my humans and Ken made a software for balloon artists w