I'm Back From My Vacation!

I can't believe that my vacation is over. I had such a great time at Barkwells and in Indy that I can't wait to go back to both places. Last week was the best week of my life and I hope I can go on vacation at least once a year.

After we left Barkwells, we stopped in Indy. It was on our way back to Chicago and we wanted to to meetup with Salinger and his peeps, and attend their monthly pug meetup. I haven't been around that many puggies in a long time and while it was a little overwhelming at times, I had a great time. I loved checking all the puggies out and I even had some of Apollo's birthday cake. That's me in the middle of the picture cruisin' around.

Here's my buddy Salinger with his brother Holden. Holden is a super brother and I wish that he could come live with me. He takes really good care of Salinger, is an honor roll student, plants a garden, and is a really good kid. I liked him a lot and I can't wait until he comes to visit me.

Salinger and I had lots to talk about and here we are discussing our lunch plans. Dad is holding me and Salinger's pretty mom Laura is holding him. We got along great like I knew we would and I would have to say that if we lived closer to each other, we would probably be best buds.

Here I am with Apollo, Salinger, and our moms. Mom really didn't want to be in any pictures (not that she's running from the law or anything), but she just had to pose with me. Don't we all look so handsome? For once in my life, I wasn't the biggest puggie at the party!

After the meetup, we went back to Salinger's house for lunch. That guy has got a great pad and a really sweet yard. I had a problem stepping off his deck so his dad Kevin got me a ramp that Salinger used to use when he was a baby. I walked down the ramp once and then couldn't figure out how to use it again. Salinger even has a doggy door, but it confused me so I had to get someone to open the sliding glass door each time I want to go out.

Laura could not get enough of me and that didn't surprise me one bit. She kept holding me, cuddling me, and giving me lots of love. I secretly wished that Mom would leave me there, but then I thought that Mom would be sad if she didn't have me around. Salinger and I swapped moms for some pictures and you can see that I look really good in Laura's lap. I think she likes old guys.

Salinger even got me some presents. He asked his mom to bake me some delicious bacon treats and I loved them. He gave me a whole bag of them and they're shaped like little pigs. I love bacon more than anything (even Mom) and I am going to savor these little piggies. Hopefully, Laura will send Mom the recipe so she can make some for me.

Salinger also got me this cool stuffie. I named him Pendleton because that's where Salinger lives. Pendleton has a plastic bottle in him and when you squeeze him he makes that cool plastic bottle crunching sound - how cool is that?

I definitely need a vacation after my vacation, so I am taking it easy today. Tomorrow I will be back to working with Dad and gardening with Mom, but for the rest of today, I am sleeping in the family room which I missed while I was gone. I liked being on vacation, but I love being back home. There's really no place like it.