The day before the trip August 27, 2019 is Red’s first day

Today was packing and prepping - and a lot of driving of Red the Cattle Dog up to the country club - Patrick Canine Resort in the western boonies of Petaluma - we were happy to get there without getting lost. We have finally perfected the wonky directions. No GPS works here we were told! Anyway two cattle crossings on a dirt road later, we emerged from vast grassland and dark oak trees at the farm. Met Roland the owner for the first time and had a conversation about the environment going to hell, air conditioning aka fog coming earlier today and of all things, how rock and roll just ain’t what it used to be. We forgot to ask him what he actually does with about 20 Big beautiful Great Pyrenees dogs!  Photo is a shot of DW opening the gate with the warning sign just before the turn to the kennel. After we left Red with instructions, a list of activities to keep him amused and his Pillow (thank you Wendy), we drove to San Anselmo then to the highway where we got a news bulletin from a neighbor that all lanes of our highway were closed due to a shooting! Ahhh life in the city - time to go on vacation!!