Up early yesterday. Some last minute things to do then off toCostco , had to rush things as we were running late. Got the stuff for the ladies luncheon on Wednesday. ( provided by the men).
Back to change and head to the club for set up and perpetration for bowling and the sunset ceremony. Bowls were all fun games, then entertainment by a pipe and drum band, a march around the green, did the spider roll then finished the out door part with the lowering of the flags by two of our juniors and our oldest active member. Quite impressive. This was then followed by a catered dinner, also impressive!had a hot tub when we got home, then early to bed.

CHAPTER 2

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 little later the car stopped and me and my box and the suitcase were lifted out and packed into a large building.  There were humans bustling about everywhere.

  My lady talked to a man behind a counter and then she leaned down to me and said, “Now you be good, I’ll try and get down to see you later today.”

  I really had no idea what she was talking about, so I just looked at her and then feeling an itch scratched my ear.  I was lifted up onto the counter and was whisked away and put on a platform of some kind. Beside my crate was a large crate somewhat like mine only much bigger.  There was a huge dog inside it, many times bigger than even my mother.

  A large noisy machine suddenly appeared and somehow lifted our platform and carried it and us outside. We were then deposited alongside a monstrous steel thing that I came to learn was a boat, or was it a ship, doesn’t matter it floated on water though.  A man came and hooked a steel rope to each corner of our platform, we were jerked up into the air, the platform swaying we rose higher and higher.  I would have been okay even though I was a bit scared, but when the big dog beside me started to howl and cry I joined in a bit – just to keep her company of course. We moved sideways through the air then as suddenly as we had risen we descended down into a deep dark hole!  Down and down then stopped abruptly with a small bump. Another machine appeared or was it the same one? It moved us over into a corner then left.  When my eyes adjusted I realized that there were some small lights burning so we weren’t entirely in the dark.

  It seemed like a long time later when there was a throbbing and a humming noise and it seemed like the boat moved or swayed.  It must have been hours later when I could hear my lady’s voice, she came over with a man and looked down into my crate; she knelt down and opening the top she reached in and petted and rubbed me for a few minutes.  She then passed me a few more of those cookies and placed a large bowl of milk in one corner.  I wasn’t really hungry and I kind of liked the petting so I just rolled about and enjoyed the moment.  All too soon she quit and fastened the top again and was gone.  I whined and yapped a bit; only because I wanted to be petted a little longer, when she didn’t come back I decided to have some of the milk.  Wouldn’t you know it - just as I got going that stupid boat gave a lurch and I stumbled and tipped the bowl, there were only a few licks left!