Leelanau

So here I am, newly arrived in Traverse City, and we are already taking off on a trip. Mark has a conference for the American Heart Association in New Orleans, and I am fortunate enough to be able to accompany him. Except this means that Maggie, who JUST ARRIVED in her new home, has to be left. And Grandma is right now winging her way to her home in Bend, Oregon, which is now WAY too far away for a Maggie drop-off.

This is a major problem.

Fortunately, today I found a wonderful place called Sundog. Tracy, the woman who runs it, is a former zoo caretaker who took care of cougars and wolves and such before the zoo here shut down (and went to great pains to find good homes for all of them). Now she looks after dogs at her lovely place in the countryside of Leelanau County. They get to hang out together both inside and outside in an enormous yard, or have their private space if they need it. We made a visit there today and will be back tomorrow to drop Maggie off. (Gulp. I really wish this weren't coming up quite so soon! Especially in view of Maggie's escapade 6 years ago, when she was gone for a WEEK. I told Tracy about this, and she assured me all will be well. I really had a good feeling about the place, so here we go.)

So Maggie and I went for a walk along the Leelanau Trail after our visit with Tracy. This trail goes from Traverse City to Sutton's Bay, and is the exact trail where Mark was riding his bike two weeks ago and broke his collarbone. It is a lovely place, as you can see from the photos, as long as you do not wreck on your bike and break your collarbone.

On the way home, I stopped to take a picture of West Bay in downtown Traverse City, and then a vineyard that is just up the hill from Mark's house. The last picture is Maggie going into her new abode.

Sorry for so many posts in one day. I don't think my life will be quite so eventful from now on and I hope to keep up a bit better, so we'll just have one at a time from now on!