24 days ago by SamiLou | 54 views | 10 barks

Why I've been MIA

Sorry I have been MIA.  I just got back from vacation.  I went to Philly with my parents for a few days.  I was going to let everyone know I would be  gone for a bit  but  on Friday the site was real slow so we logged off and didn’t get a chance to log back on before we left.  I was a little miffed because I missed denim days and didn’t get to say good bye to my friends, but I suppose I can’t be too mad at my parents.  After all they did take me with them.  They usually do  let me go when I can,  but sometimes I have to go stay with my aunty.  She is very nice,  but I love going on trips.  Especially if it means I get to stay with my parents.  So when I saw those suitcases come out of the closet,  I wasn’t sure what was in store.  Lucky me,  I got to go!

It was a really long ride to get there but I didn’t mind.  I love riding in the car.  We got to stay at a very nice dog friendly hotel called Lowes.  When we checked in I was given my own doggy gift bag.  It had dishes and treats just for me.  I have never stayed in a big hotel before where we had to go up and down on an elevator.  In our room there was a really big bed.  (I figured there was plenty of room for me to allow my parents to share.) There was even a special blanket on the bed just for me.  We didn’t order room service,  but if we did they even had a special pet friendly menu.

So Philly is as clean and friendly as I heard.  Every where I went people wanted to say hello to me.  A couple of them even asked permission to take my picture.  Even  most of the stores allowed me in.  Not just in my carriage or being held, some even said it was fine to put me down.  They even had treats for me.  And of course we had to check out some doggy stores.  (All the shopping can’t be just for mommy.)  And there are lots of outdoor dinning places that I could go to as well.  Of course we had to check  out the famous Geno’s for some cheese steaks.  I think that was daddy’s favorite part. 

We did lots and lots of walking and I never thought I would say this,  but I’m glad mom bought my new carriage.  It  it much more comfortable than my old one and I did need to take some breaks.  My little paws sure got a work out.  There was one place I had to do myself though.  Do  you remember the scene in the movie Rocky when he ran up all those steps?  I decided I wanted to re-enact that myself.  Of course I had to stop in between to let my parents catch up. 

We took lots of pictures and hopefully mom won’t take forever to post them.  I had a great trip but like Toto said,  “there is no place like home”.  (I know Dorothy gets credit for that,  but  Toto did say it first.)  It’s good to be back,  I missed all my pals.  Mommy says I may have to get off the ‘puter soon so if I will be sure to sneak on as soon as I can and finish my barks.  Hope everyone had a great week.  Wags and licks -Sami