Trip to Retreat
Last Friday Mommy began packing lots of things, including some of my things in to my suitcase. The next day I got in a car with 1 of Mommy's friends and another lady who I found out was very nice. We drove for a long long time. We stopped and went in to a human eating place, then drove some more. We finally arrived at a place called Twin Rocks Camp. It took us about 6 hours.
There were lots of people with all kinds of disabilities at this camp. Many of them were in wheelchairs. I like wheelchairs! I was learning to be a wheelchair guide dog before I became Mommy's dog. Also many of the disabled people were kids. I wish mommy would've let them all pet me.
We spent a lot of time at camp sitting around - sitting at meals, sitting in the worship and teaching times, sitting outside while mommy talked with people. I got tired of sitting or laying. There were so many people making noise and moving around that most of the time it was hard to relax. I also had to work guiding mommy. Most of the time I did a good job. One day, Wednesday I think it was, I was very very tired all day and didn't want to work or do anything. I wanted to be asleep on my bed at home. But I got a good night's sleep that night and felt better the next day.
Some times other people held me while Mommy did things like walk horses around or dance. I always watched closely and waited for her to come back. I'm glad I didn't have to guide her during the dancing. There were too many commands to follow. Mommy kept laughing because her guide was going the wrong way. She never laughs when I try to go the wrong way. What's up with that?!
Mommy fit in time for me to play. She remembered my bone. She would make me stay and put it clear at the other end of the cabin from me, then tell me to get it. I'd run and pounce and grab and then run like crazy!! Speaking of running, one really neat thing that happened 3 times while I was at camp is that people ran with me. There was a big field we ran in. It was a different person each time. They had fun and so did I. One day we ran in to a game of capture the flag. I ran with the kids and it was fun!
Mommy was mostly always happy at retreat. That was really nice because she isn't as happy at home. I'm glad she had a good time, but I'm really glad to be home. Today I got a chance to rest.