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| All set to go on a Great Canadian Adventure. |
My legs twitched, my eyelids fluttered, my
lips pulled back from my fangs. I moaned and groaned in fear. It was awful.
Then Servant reached down to pat me, to stop my nightmare.
A month ago my humans, Driver and Servant,
started packing their suitcases – and then a dog cage appeared. I didn’t like
that one bit.
The last time a dog cage appeared my roommate, Max, went away and
never came back. Now there is only me living with my two humans and I was
pretty sure that this carrier was meant for me.
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| Good view from upstairs on Ultramar |
I had been having nightmares for several nights
wondering where I was going to be sent. I really like living here, even though
I am a bit of a Divo at times. I am a
very picky eater. I like to sit beside my humans on the sofa. However, I do
come when I am called - most of the time. Well, okay, I come if it suits me.
But all of a sudden we are all leaving, with
suitcases, the pet carrier and me! Driver and Servant kept telling me we were
going on a Great Canadian Adventure, whatever that meant.
First step was a golf cart ride with some of our
human friends to the big blue and yellow boat. It’s the same boat my humans drive
our winter friends to every April and then pick them up again in October.
I
usually get to come along to woof
goodbye, or greet them when they return. My buddies Skipper the dog and Jax the
cat met us at the boat with their humans. All of us four-legged folks were
given the nice upstairs view seats, while some of our humans had to sit inside
on lower deck.
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| On the big tube stuffed with people |
Next was a ride in a big white van to a large
scary place called the Cancun International Airport. I pretended I was an
experienced traveler, and not bothered by the crowds and noises. I wasn’t even
afraid of the weird little room with the sliding door that moved us to a
different area. I think it is called an elevator.
Servant had to carry me through the Security
area so that the grumpy people in uniform could check my tummy for recent
incisions. People have a lot of strange ideas. They should have had the other
dogs sniff me and confirm I wasn’t carrying anything illegal in my stomach. As
if! Famous dogs like me don’t do bad
things like that.
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| My bed and blanket kept me warm |
Then we walked inside a big tube-shaped thing
stuffed with people. I was a bit nervous for a few minutes, but the WestJet
staff made such a fuss over me, telling me how good and brave I was, I
pretended it was nothing unusual. Oh
sure, I ride in jets all the time.
Many hours later, after a long and boring
time without even one pee break we landed in a dark and cold place.
I was sure
we had travelled to the North Pole for a visit with Santa Claus, it was that
cold! Driver and Servant said we were in
a place called Kelowna, and would be spending the night at Skipper and Jax’s house.
I was so relieved to get to their house with the big yard, where I could pee,
and pee, and pee some more.
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| View from our place in Westbank |
Next day we moved to another pretty house in
Westbank.
Servant and I walked all around the neighbourhood, but I had to be on
a leash all the time. We went every morning to a special park where dogs are
allowed to run free and play.
I met many Canadian dogs who loved swimming in
the lake. I put the toes of my right paw in the water, then quickly pulled it
back. Brrr, they must be nuts! It was freezing cold.
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| This water is cold! Not going in there. |
Canada is not like my colonia in Mexico where I can run up and
down the beach visiting my friends Izabella
and Luna.
The funny thing was, my
good friend Luna who we waved goodbye to the week before on Isla, was also living
nearby. I really liked Luna’s yard! I
spent one whole day playing with her while my humans did things they called
appointments.
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| One of their 'appointments' was lunch at Quail's Gate Winery |
Driver and Servant took me for lunch with
Servant’s cousins, then we drove for an hour up a mountain so that they could
introduce me to snow.
I was excited because I thought Snow
was the name of another dog, but no, snow is cold sand. Very cold sand. I
sniffed and got back in the car.
Shut
that door please!
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| Open that car door, and turn the heat on! |
After teaching me about snow, we drove to
another city, where we stayed at the Days’ Inn in Penticton. Servant used to
work there before she and Driver moved to Mexico. The people there were very nice to me and the owners invited me to their house! It must be because they know how famous I am.
I also got to meet two more dog that my humans have known for many years. Cleo and Sophie were friends of Thomas the Cat when he lived in the nearby city of Summerland.
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| I met the family, plus Caitlin who is missing from photo |
We
stayed several days while Driver had more really boring appointments.
The really great thing
was while we were there I got to visit with more of our family, John, Maia, Caitlin,
Ethan and Evan.
It was really fun to see them, and to meet the younger
generation for the first time. I liked them a lot, and I think they liked me
too. They gave me lots of tummy rubs.
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| Brrr. Still cold. But at least I tried it. |
In Penticton I finally had a quick dip in
Skaha Lake.
It had been a month since we had arrived in Canada and with weather
had warmed up enough that I decided to try a swim. Once! Still too darn cold
for this low-to-the-ground Mexican.
After our time in Penticton we drove back to
Skipper and Jax’s house in Kelowna. Lots of people, plus my friend Luna, came
to a fun party to say Buen Viaje.
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| Nicole, Lawrie, Linda G., Kara |
The next day we flew from Kelowna to
Edmonton, where I got to stay in a beautiful hotel.
Then we went through the
same procedure of being walked through Customs, onto the plane and home to
Mexico.
The WestJet staff let Servant hold me up to see out the window,
once! Wow! What a sight, seeing my home
from a way up there. It’s beautiful.
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| A quick peak out the window. |
I am now back on our island, I’m happy to be
running on the sand, swimming in the warm Caribbean Sea, and settled into my Divo routine in our little house.
I would like to thank everyone for their
generosity, hospitality, and love on my Great Canadian Adventure.
Cheers
Sparky,
Lynda and Lawrie
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| Caribbean Sea - flying into Cancun |
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