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July 13, 2018 – A new theory

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You all probably can imagine that I can’t write and read although I am writing this blog. My mistress is my secretary and I tell her what to write. After she wrote it she has to read it to me to make sure she didn’t get anything wrong. I am a perfectionist. Now you might think, how come my mistress understands me. She is a human being and I am a dog and we do not speak the same language. From the first second I met my mistress when I was only 3 weeks old she knew what I felt. After I moved in with my humans she was the one that always understood best what I needed. The last couple of years she could read my mind like an open book and there is nothing I can hide from her. Trust me, this is not always easy for me as I do have my private thoughts too. Dictating this to her is even worth. I thought of this quite a while. I wasn’t sure if I should talk about my theory in public, to all of you. You might think I am crazy after all. But I would like to hear your opinion on that, as I am

July 2, 2018 – Snoop Dog, Ice Cube and Diesel

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My humans and I moved into the camper. A different camper than last year, it’s more comfortable. One of my humans takes me to the lake every day so I can have a bath and have fun. Well, there is plenty of fun on the property. Sometimes there are a lot of dogs around. Most of all I enjoy playing with my friend Diesel. We love to run and chase each other. Sally and Silver are not that much fun, they don’t play with me and at the beach they try to bite me when I chase the stick in the water. They don’t go in the water, well not really, they stay on the beach. Snoop Dog and Ice Cube are the new dogs on the property. They belong to Reggie. Snoop Dog is a Chihuahua and Ice Cube, he is still a baby is some other kind of dog. Snoop Dog behaves like he is the boss here. Seriously? I don’t think so. Diesel and I are way bigger than Snoop Dog but never the less he barks at us and tries to scare us away. Ice Cube on the other hand is cute, he is a little afraid of us big ones. Sometimes Silver

June 25, 2018 – Finally free to run again

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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

June 24, 2018 – What are borders good for anyways?

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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

June 23, 2018 – Almost in Canada

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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

June 22, 2018 – I hope the turtle made it to the other side of the street

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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

June 21, 2018 – I don't care about the trails that went through here in the 1800

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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