Doggies in D.C.

A few weeks ago the Mexican, the dogs and I went to D.C. for the weekend. I wanted to see the cherry blossoms in bloom and to visit my friend Marni while the Mexican was planning to visit some cousins in Virginia. We headed out for the long ride with a couple of snacks in tow and a number of places where we could stop along the way to let the dogs explore.

At the time my back had already started to bother me and I was wearing a heating pad the whole ride down. It was very helpful. The dogs took turns napping and looking out the window. We stopped near Baltimore to let the dogs visit a farm that was open to pooches and had a nice scenic area to walk. As Foxy bounced around in the high grass, we knew she was having fun. Bonnette, on the other hand, had a bone to pick with the truck parked next door to us.

The remainder of the ride was nice even though we drove through some sketchy sections of Baltimore. We drove past some of the major monuments. I even told Foxy that the Washington monument was like a big stick except that she couldn’t play fetch with it. Foxy sat in the back seat and looked at all the landmarks and the skyline –taking it all in.

When we arrived at the hotel in Virginia the doggies were happy to be seeing a new place. We had a wonderful view of The Pentagon, which Foxy enjoyed. She consistently went to look out the window and watched as the planes took off and landed nearby. She sometimes followed the planes’ trajectories very visibly by moving her head in the same arc as the planes.

We checked out a couple of dog runs and parks in the Virginia area and the girls made friends. Bonnette wasn’t so happy about this because she’s very protective of her body (namely her butt) no matter where she is. When dogs try to sniff her, she won’t have it. But of course she wants free reign to sniff theirs. She also wasn’t so happy because it was very windy. Although she had he jacket on, she was cold.

We met up with Marni on Sunday morning to go see the cherry blossoms. We realized a little too late that there was a race happening right where we would be viewing the trees, but we went nonetheless. Foxy was excited by all the other dogs and mostly by the possibility of viewing a Washingtonian squirrel or two. Bonnette’s allergies started to act up and she ended up sounding like an old person with emphysema – coughing consistently and sounding horrible (this was common behavior for Bonnette during our trip).

To Foxy’s dismay, we didn’t see any squirrels during our trip until a block away from where we had parked the car. Somehow she noticed one in a branch just above us and she made an attempt to bite it. Marni was surprised by how she was able to see one from so far because we hadn’t noticed it. But this was my life with Foxy – I had to have squirrel radar otherwise, I’d lose a limb in hot pursuit! This time however, even I missed it! I was too taken away by the beauty of the cherry blossoms, I guess.

It was a nice little trip outside of the city with the pooches. The doggies finally got to see our nation’s capital even if it meant nothing to them. They were trying to exhibit canine duties!