Dad is Finally Home!

Hey pups and Girl Girl, Tasha here. I know it is supposed to be Few Words Friday, but I wanted to give you a little report on dad's motorcycle trip around the north shore of Lake Superior. It sure is nice to have dad home! He said he had a really good time. How he could have a good time without Eva and I is hard to believe, but he did. Here is a picture of dad and his friends Jeff and Tom before they left us. The first town they stopped in was Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. This is a pamphlet that dad found at the visitors center just across the boarder.

Dad thought about all our husky friends when he saw the bottom of the pamphlet. Here's a closer shot. Sorry that its blurry.

101 Things to do in Thunder Bay....When You Can't go Dog Sledding! We think that was pretty cool, too!

Dad said that the trip from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario was one of the most beautiful trips he has ever been on. He wanted to stop more often to take pictures, but there was just so much spectacular scenery that he said he would still be up there if he had stopped to photograph it all! Over 400 miles of rolling terrain and curves through granite cliffs and forests without a McDonald's or Home Depot in sight! (He says that was a good thing!). I bet there were a lot of small woodland creatures that would have been REALLY fun to chase!

Here are a couple of pictures from that stretch of dad's trip

One of many islands in Lake Superior

Granite cliff along the Trans-Canada Highway

The next part of dad's trip was spent in the northwest part of lower Michigan near Traverse City. Remember us mentioning that dad went fishing on Lake Michigan? Here's a shot of him in action. He hadn't been fishing in many years, so this was pretty exciting for him.

Remember we said that he caught a fish as big as our house? Well, we exaggerated just a little. He did catch a 15-pound and an 8-pound King salmon. They also caught a couple of Steel head salmon. Here's a shot of the day's catch.

The last part of dad's trip has along the northern shore of Lake Michigan. First they had to go across the Mackinaw Bridge to get from lower Michigan to the Upper Peninsula. Here is a picture of the bridge.

We sure were glad to have dad home again! Mom took really good care of us, but we really missed our dad. He's the one that takes us for our walkies and yesterday he took us to the dog park! Good ol' dad!!

P.S. from dad. If anyone has the time and interest to make the trip around Lake Superior, it is well worth the time. Truly stunning scenery! There are numerous resorts and camping areas along with hiking trails. I wish I would have had more time to enjoy the area.

P.S.S. If there was any doubt by anyone that dogs have emotions should have seen and heard my two girls when I walked in the door when I got home!