Poor Baby!

Our Golden Retriever is sick! She has been sick for over a month. In fact, she has been sick since a couple of days after we returned from a trip that included a bumpy ride along the route of the 2007 GBES Rally (see story below) and a journey to Utah and Wyoming! She has been bed ridden in the garage since we discovered transmission fluid all over the garage floor!

Today was the first day she was able to venture out. Unfortunately, she needed help and we had to call on AAA to get her to the doctor! The doctor has not been available until now because of an important jeep jamboree during the month of July. I guess it is a good thing we didn't want to participate in this jamboree!

















We called AAA at 6:30 this morning. The tow truck arrived about 6:45. Wow--that was fast! We were impressed! I hopped behind the wheel of the Golden Retriever, turned the key ( not far enough to start), released the brake and put her in neutral.

Larry and the tow truck driver pushed her out of the garage while I steered her backwards onto the street. Then they moved to the rear and we guided her to the edge of the tow truck platform. The driver attached the tow chain and slowly inched her up on to the truck! It was a heart wrenching moment!

By now we had attracted a couple of the neighbors and we had to withstand the usual ribbing. It was a rough moment!

Larry signed all the "admission forms" and made arrangements to meet the driver and our Golden Retriever at Extreme Gear. We jumped in our Sequoia and followed our jeep down the road. We were sad, but we finally experienced something we had never experienced before. Instead of following GeoJeep down the road, we were following our very own Golden Retriever. Talk about a change of scenery!

We arrived at the jeep hospital and Larry backed GR down the ramp and into a parking space--sort of. He misjudged the arc of the curve at the end of the ramp and ended up a little "cattywompused" in the parking space. Oh well, that is the way she was going to have to stay!

She is still at the doctors. We aren't sure how long she will remain there. Hopefully, not too long! We may lose a few arms and legs to get her out, but she is worth it as she has taken us on many fine adventures! In the meantime, we will continue to do some urban caching and save the more adventuresome caches for sometime in the future!