Okay we are ready to go outside...

We have successfully convinced Russ that he can't jump up or down from the bed. I am not entirely sure how we did it but we did. Music on the other hand is a regular acrobat and there is no convincing her of the evil of stairs, bed jumping, and other sorts of Cardi misadventures.

So while we were traveling, Music is on and off the bed at will, while Russ had to resort to barking, whining and other cajoling to get what he wanted. On the day the picture was taken Music decided to wait for Russ to make her grand jump and skid across the floor. For a pretty small dog, she makes quite the show of her landing. She lands and slides several feet before her braking system is fully operational. And for Russ' part he decided to save our ears and not bark!

Fresh Air Please

My buddy Russ has become quite the traveler--well at least in the RV. Music heads straight for the bedroom but Russ prefers to watch the scenery. His latest trick is to come up to the air conditioning vent for a breath of cool air. He also likes watching the back up camera especially when Kathy is back there guiding us into a site!

This is Where I Should Ride

Russ here.

We are still on vacation, and boy is it ever fun. But I want to ride in front of Mom's driving chair. She just keeps saying, "No Russ." I don't get it!

Russ out.

Hey Those are My Hot Dogs

Poor Nick decided he wanted to cook some hot dogs over the open fire. The only hot dogs I had on hand were ones I use for training and baiting the Cardigans. That is to say the 100% white meat turkey hot dogs.

So he braves the turkey dogs, but later a request came in for cheese dogs--I digress. He puts the hot dogs on his expandable stick and proceeds to cook. Well the Russ and Music were having none of it. Their opinion was, "Hey those are my hot dogs." They sat at rapt attention on the top of the RV stairs while Nick cooked and ate. Nick ended up feeling like a real heel. Poor Nick!

On Vacation

We packed up the RV, loaded the dogs and humans and headed North.

Russ and Music are really digging their vacation on the sunny but cool shores of Lake Superior. They have rolled in fish guts, and taken more than a few strolls on the beautiful stony beaches.

Of course, it wouldn't be a vacation or a day without a few Cardi Capers so let's see... Russ stole some bacon, made a valiant attempt to bust open the garbage and Music brought enough sand to bed to build her very own sand castle.

Puppies

Okay we are nuts, we went to see the puppies and the only available path across the Cedar River was through Cedar Rapids. It was quite an adventure getting there but even more so getting home.

Russ and Music joined us for the trip. Music made herself at home and in fact jumped up on the couch and acted like she was there for an extended visit. Of course it wouldn't be a true Cardi visit if one didn't embarrass me. But believe it or not it wasn't Russ. Music decided to relieve herself in front of Moose's crate. Yesh, ya just can't take 'em anywhere!

Russ seemed to enjoy his visit with Grandpa Fred, but unfortunately it started raining before Grandpa could show him how to use the wading pool.

But I digress...the visit was all about the puppies. Oh my goodness were they ever cutey pies! They were so precious with their little pink feet and their little cute noses starting to turn black. Well one of the little boys will be Russ' and Music's newest sibling!