Getting There is...

Tracey and I were both very excited that Saturday had arrived. Ruffino was excited as well, though, he had no idea why. Our plan was to be on the road by noon and at the cottage by 3:30 or 4:00. And we followed that plan exactly -- in the Pacific Time Zone.

No matter! We are on vacation and making our own schedule.

We arrived a little after 7:00 last night. We were a bit disappointed to discover that the cottage is not actually on the lake. The water is across the street and blocked by other cottages. This did not bother Ruffino one bit, however. He had a whole new world to explore and pee on. We were still pulling up the driveway, in fact, when Ruffino saw a new friend that he just had to say hello to. Waiting for the car to stop would take too long apparently, so he shot out the back window and raced down the driveway towards two kids who were walking a dog. I have to admit that it was entertaining to see the looks of terror on the faces of these kids as 70 pounds of German Shepherd bounded towards them. Ruffino said hello with a quick sniff of the terrier's posterior and then ran back to Tracey who had been screaming his name.

That was the excitement of Day 1. We unpacked the car, put food away and sat down to relax. The power went out around 9:00, which could just be the way things work around here. I'm not sure.