Missed Photos from the HCA trip

Oliver and I made a stop in West Virginia or maybe it was Virginia, I can't remember now. I took pictures and Oliver marked his territory. There wasn't much to do that this stop other than to take in the breath taking view so Oliver and I went back into the car and drove off.

It might have been at this stop I lost Oliver's water dish... opps.    A gas a long our way gave us a cup for Oliver to drink out of.

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Oliver's Comments on Hotel Living

Hotel Living isn't so bad: beds are made and tucked when I get back; carpets are vacuumed; and there is lots of nice fluffy pillows to jump on.

This bed spread is much too nice, I should roll around on them.

I think I will just hang out on this bed.  There are *two* beds here to choose from.  One minute I am on that one, the next, if I want, I could be on the other one.  Life is grand here.

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Oliver May have Found His Long Lost Twin Brother

Who is who?  Which one is our Oliver and which one is Fabio?

Answer: Oliver is in front of the yellow ribbon. 

We talked about how, if we were to come back to the nationals with our two boys that we should enter them in Brace.

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Day 1 at the HCA Nationals 2011

Today is day one for Oliver at the Havanese Club of America National Specialty.   It was a day for people to arrive, attend seminars, tour AKC, join meetings, etc.

Here is Oliver taking notes at one of the seminars.  The nutrition seminar by Dr. Korinn Saker was fabulous, I doubt many who attended wanted to leave.

Here is Oliver at the Meet and Greet.  He sure did get to "meet and greet" many people.

Here is a photo of Madalyne, loved by Nadine J.. Oliver and I shared a room last night with a few furry friends, including Madalyne.  Others seemed a bit camera shy.

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Took 13 1/2 hours to get to Durham, NC

I took Oliver and I about 13 1/2 hours to get from Grimsby, Ontario (10 minutes away from Hamilton, Ont.) to Durham, North Carolina.

We arrived safely but extremely tired.

 Soon after we crossed over the North Carolina boarder, it was thunder storming.  Lightening, hard rain, and the booming thunder made it feel like we were driving through the wrath of God.  I noticed bikers were stopped under the bridges.  It was a good idea as we drivers were have never have noticed them.  I could barely see the car in front of me let a lone a possible biker. 

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Decision has been made: We are going to North Carolina!

Durham, North Carolina is our destination next month, and Oliver and I will be heading there all by ourselves! Crazy or what?

Heading to the Havanese of America National Specialty.

I stopped by CAA to order a trip-tic which should point out all the construction zone and other useful information a modern GPS just can’t do for me yet.

I signed up and paid for all the extra activities like seminars, tours, meet and greets, and dinners – I am doing it all and I am going to be a social butterfly doing about it.

I hope to have a replacement camera by the time I get there, I promised Nathan, the editor of the Havanese Breed Magazine, I would capture some photos of the event. We’ll see how any of them turn out.

I should make up a check list so I don’t forget anything.

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