That was the funny statement I made this past weekend. Jason and I have been working on installing the hot tub. It's been way too long since it's been up and running and it's almost winter. So, we spent all weekend digging a trench to bury the wire. The trench had to be 2 feet deep. Seems like a small task however we live in a place where the rain fall grows rocks. I'm not kidding either. These are huge boulders. So we basically spent all day Saturday digging a trench 5 feet long by 2 feet deep. I was helping with my trowel. Yes, I looked dorky with the smallest shovel known to man but the trench shovel was hard for me to handle. My arms were not long enough. So, here I am with my trowel. Trying to place it underneath what I thought was a small piece of slate I could break up. Ha. We ended up having to dig the whole much bigger than planned. The boulder the huge that we pulled out. This was the biggest one yet. So, hence the title of this blog.
Let's see, what have we been up to? Well last weekend was an agility trial down in Doyelstown. Doyelstown is just north of Philly. The trial site was very nice. We set up our camper just about 200ft or so from the ring I would be in all day. I had planned on blogging after the trial and uploading a piece of video from it. However, my new camera sucks and the file extension is not readable using my editing software. So basically all the footage I have shot since February is crap. Very very sad and disapointing. I plan on selling it on Ebay and spending some time looking for a different one. Anyway, Chase Q'd in jumpers giving us 2 legs. Woo Hoo. She also rec'd a 1st place. Taylor Q'd in her jumpers run giving her 2 legs in Excellent A and placing 2nd. Woo Hoo for her too. Standard runs were a different story for the both of us. Let's just say one of these days I may get my NA. I really can't complain though. Chase has come a long way. She's starting to listen very well to me. She's a great dog and I'm very proud to be her mom and handler. Also, I'm always talking about Chase, Sam and Taylor's Boyfriend Jynx. Here he is, jumping like a frog. Isn't he the cutest? Sam and Chase especially are in LOVE with him. He's a womanizer.
Let's see, now onto all of my friends......
Congrats to Jacqui and Gy. Gy was recently named the #1 PBGV in the country. He was invited to the AKC Invitationals being held in California this year. I was very excited to learn about good Ol Gy.
Congrats to Tammy on getting her NA with Simi. FINALLY! I feel your pain. Both of us have spent a year in Novice Standard. Maybe this month Chase and I will get it.
Congrats to Kim and Foster for getting all those 1st places this weekend in Franklin. I sure miss trialling with you two.
Now onto 2008 Traveling Plans and ideas........
2008 should be the year for our National Park visits. For those who don't know Jason and I have a plan to visit all the 56 scenic National Parks in the US. Now we have only been able to get 3 so far but our recent move to PA has put us a little bit behind. So, we plan on getting Shenendoah and Cuyahoga Valley this year. Shennendoah we may get this weekend. We have not decided 100% on that yet. Cuyohoga Valley we plan on getting Christmas time. Next year, however will be awesome. We are planning to visit Washington State late Sept early October and get the North Cascades, Olympic, Mt Rainier National Parks and Mt St Helens National Monument. I spent most of the evening last night starting to jot down our plans. We planned on backpacking 30+ miles of the Wonderland Trail however after discussions we decided to play tourist and visit the parks. We'll still backcountry camp but we'll just hike in and hike out the next morning. We'll day hike several trails in each park and hit come scenic spots along the way. I'm getting very excited about this trip. I have never seen a Rocky Mountain before. Not to mention a snow covered one.
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