Dear Diary 2021

Dear Diary,


August 13, 2021


Well, I finally got the long nap I’ve been dreaming about. Seriously, my people have been the best and today they had to make the tough decision. I have been feeling lousy for while, and as the vet said, “just plain crummy” these last few days. My people tried everything- even foods that I knew were yummy just didn’t entice me. I’m tired and it’s time to say goodbye.

I cried, they cried, the vet people cried. It’s all for the best. I lived a long, fun, adventuresome life. I made my people laugh every day. What more could a dog like me ask for, just saying 🙂

Thanks for following me on this blog- my stories will live on forever, right? Just look at some of these pictures and stories about me- I did some awesome stuff, huh?

as always, still confused,

and at peace,


yours forever, Rhylee

    Dear Diary,


    I saw my old friend, Derek! He’s pretty chill, just like me 🙂 Lots of good food while he was around! mmmmm.


    However, it has been COLD. How cold, you ask? Well, let me tell you, some days I wear my night-time jacket all day long- inside and out- but I don’t really want to go out anyway!

    That is Green RIver, WY way down there. It snowed way up here. Why are we here?


    And , then it snowed…really?


    I hear, not that my hearing is very good, that we are headed back to Maine, however I know that we got a lot of territory to cover.

    happily on the road headed east, so not so confused.

    Rhylee

    Dear Diary,


    May, 2021


    I need a haircut! I am no longer a black dog- some white, gray, red, and tan sand has gotten into my fur- I know not how 😉 and it is weighing me down. I hear rumor of a groomer in my future.


    I have been in lakes a couple of times, but it just isn’t enough. And now, it is getting HOT! My people found us a nice RV Park with electricity just so I can snooze in AC comfort while they go traipsing around. I would like to go, but it sounds like it is all way too far and too long for me to hike, at my advanced age 🙂


    If you look over my shoulder, you can see a couple of arches behind me- I was just fine with being this close and no closer…just saying!


    I went up to the mountains with my people- cooler and even snow on the ground. I like it!
    Confused and groomed,
    Your Rhylee.

    Dear Diary,

    Things are pretty slow around here, at least for me. It is hot, dry and windy, so I like to hunker down in the camper.

    We did go to a huge lake, or so my people tell me, because you can’t really get to it. I did get a swim in one day, but it was a long hike down and the water looked great…until I got in it…

    That isn’t just MY dirt in the water…just saying.

    confused as always, but happy,

    Rhylee

    Dear Diary,

    April 2021


    I am SO covered in red dirt here- what a mess…or mesa, thinking about where we are, but who cares, really? And then there is white sand…

    I was just minding my own business, walking along….Fortunately there is NO pic of me tripping and sprawling…


    It is pretty awesome here though. I go hiking some, but it is tough walking, the ground just keeps moving around- nothing is solid until you get on a rock- like this one!

    Hiking out here is a bit tricky, but with a little help from my people, I can get most anyplace! Note the red dust on my feet…


    Life is in the slow lane these days, and I am liking it!


    dusty and confused,
    Rhylee

    Dear Diary,

    April, 2021

    We are at some really big, big canyon! And I can go to some of the places-


    This is me with Spider Rock behind me


    This is me practicing living in a cliff dwelling- it was hot but it was cool under that rock.


    It’s super dusty here, so some days, I look more brown than black!

    Happy and always confused,

    Rhylee

    Dear Diary,


    March 2021


    Someplace in the south going west…I dunno where and don’t really care. I am SO happy to be on the move. I had almost forgotten how great it is to be exploring new places every few days. AND, most of them have had creeks or lakes- some of which have had really GREAT tasting water- it has been a pleasure, for sure!


    And then, my people just had to amuse themselves, using ME as their amusement:

    I really did not enjoy this, OR see the point of it, just saying 🙂


    I have even settled into riding in the truck- I have my morning chill pill, put on my Thunder Shirt, get a few treats as I settle in and stretch out in my dog bed for a long snooze between each stop.

    Yours truly, and not so confused,

    Rhylee

    Dear Diary,
    Feb. 2021

    Just been hanging out around here. Pretty sweet really. Some days we go to the beach and walk or just sit. There is some good walking here at the RV park- some days a bunch of dogs run off leash and chase balls- I watched them one day- I couldn’t see the point…why ever would you run around and get all tired out?


    One day, while I was wading at the boat ramp, my person went out along the dock and I swam right over to him- TWICE! boy, was he ever surprised. Well, I was, too 🙂 The one time no one was taking photos though…

    Check out these pics-

    Documentation that HE, not me :-), walked around the WRONG side of the post twice on the same walk…what the heck is wrong with him?


    I got my hair cut- I was getting SO hot, and now I a freezing all the time- wearing my winter coat for walks- guess I’ve gotten “southern blood”.


    Lots of activity around this camper, somethings going to happen I think, maybe we’re getting ready to leave? Nobody tells me anything, ever…oh, wait, I am pretty deaf…


    as always, your confused canine,

    Rhylee


    ps Lady Bug has disappeared! YAY for me. Is there a Lady Bug heaven?

    Dear Diary,

    January 2021

    I am confused, truly…there is a new pet in this camper…how could they do this to me? I thought I was the one and only…apparently not.


    My people talk about the great attributes this new pet has- no need to feed it, walk it, pet it, groom it…on and on and on… And apparently “Lady”, as they call her, has been with us since at least October—how did I miss THAT?


    How could I be so easily displaced? How could this happen to ME? This ain’t right, I tell ya!
    You be the judge! Who is cuter? smarter? more loving? Me or…..her?

    Notice my Christmas bow! Just a glance at…her…

    Gotcha! You did NOT expect a Lady Bug, didya? At least the Bug stays outta my areas- she seems to like the higher elevations…good thing or she would be toast down on my level!

    And I am the cuter one, right? I knew it- my adoring fans will always be loyal, right? I must say, though, that my people are still taking good care of me- I know they love me….

    Oh, isn’t there always one more thing? We think that I had another tiny little stroke- that makes four. I had a lousy day or two, my eye was leaking goo, one of my rear legs was lagging. And, as always, my people pampered me, made me a walk a little, lots of times a day and here I am- feeling pretty close to hunky dory and got the spring back in my step. I am almost 16 years old, so, pretty good, I’d say!

    Yours in pet confusion,

    Rhylee

    In fact, apparently I am so confused that my pawprint has disappeared…something about “upgrades” to the site that made things worse….go figure…