Heading East for a Change

We are going home in the morning. We aren’t done traveling yet, this is just a vacation. We’ll be back in Louisville for two weeks. We are hoping that they will be the two perfect weeks of fall weather that Louisville gets every year…

Asher will not be joining us. The airline allows no pets. So we’ve located a pet resort here in town. It’s called Raintree Pet Resort. They provide services for dogs, cats and “other critter friends,” meaning animals people keep as pets that aren’t canine or feline. This morning we bought a double supply of carrots and greens and took Asher over the resort. It really is resort-like for dogs and cats. They get their own “condos,” there are indoor and outdoor play yards and even a pool. For Asher it will not be quite so exciting. They gave us the option of the secluded critter room or the break room, where critters are often housed. We went with the break room so he will have lots of attention. We wrote out instructions for them on a little sign that starts, “My name is Asher..” and ends with “…If I like you I will lick your nose and if I don’t I will turn my back to you.” It was very hard to walk away from our little rabbit knowing we would be leaving him in the care of strangers for two weeks. He is essentially our child! He was happily munching his kale when we left, so at least he was comfortable. We told them about his ball-pushing habits and they said they’d try to get a picture of that for their lobby slide show. If Asher ends up on their web-site, we will surely let you all know.

We came home (so much more empty without a rabbit) and did our packing. It really didn’t take that long so now we are ready to go. Except we don’t leave until tomorrow so now we’re just sitting around twiddling our thumbs. To everyone in Louisville: We’ll see you soon!