Sunday, March 17, 2024

Quick Trip to Canada

This weekend, C and I went up to Canada to visit his parents. His mom recently spent 11 days in the hospital with pneumonia and his dad was also very sick. As I've previously shared, they are truly my second mom and dad and we were so worried about them!

So despite the ten hours of driving it takes to get there, we left on Friday afternoon, arrived late Friday night, spent yesterday with them, and then left this morning for our ten hour drive home. A nice bonus was being able to visit my aunt and uncle who only live about 25 minutes from C's parents!

Avalanche was a champion in the car as usual and loved seeing his grandparents! He is typically not one for tail wagging, but when we pulled into their driveway, he knew exactly where we were and stood on the back seat wagging his tail! So cute!

One fun thing that happened on our drive was that for the third time in five trips since last June, we got the same border agent when we were crossing the border into Canada! I feel like the chance of that happening is pretty slim; on Friday night, there were seven lanes open and we randomly chose one and it happened to be his! He said, "I think I've had you guys before! I remember your plate!" He was just as great this time as the two times we got him last summer!

While 20 hours of driving in the span of about 42 hours might not be everyone's idea of a good time, we love road trips! C's mom and dad are on the mend and getting to see them and hug them was everything!

love!


we drove through some crazy fog on our way there


and then crazy snow on our way home









eventually the snow ended and it was a beautiful day!


Happy Tails to you!

Saturday, March 9, 2024

WDW February 2024

We almost had our monthly streak of trips to WDW interrupted in February, but fortunately we were able to make it happen! Our trip was originally planned for February 17-19, which was Presidents' Day weekend, meaning Monday was a holiday. However, Avalanche ended up having surgery on February 8 (a story for another day), and he was recovering and on several different medications. We didn't want to leave him until the meds were finished and he was feeling better, so we canceled our trip and ended up rebooking it for the last weekend in February. We were worried about resort availability and crowds in the park because it was a marathon weekend, but we were able to find one night at Pop Century and easily rescheduled our flights. It ended up being a very short trip, from Saturday morning to Sunday evening, but I was glad we were able to keep our streak going! A shorter trip also meant less time away from Avalanche, even though he LOVES his dog hotel and never gives us so much as a backward glance when we drop him!

Given the very limited less-than-36-hours, we did feel a little rushed trying to do as much as we could, but we went to three of the parks, had dinner at Beaches and Cream, and had lunch at Sci-Fi Dine In Theater, so it was absolutely a great trip! The nice thing about these weekend trips is knowing if we don't get to do something, we'll be back soon!

the shadow of our plane as we were landing

every time we stay here, I'm
reminded how cute these rooms are

one of the least expensive places to stay at WDW
and absolutely one of our go-to resorts

the table/seating area can be pulled down
into a bed if you have more than two people in the room

and it had the most adorable art inside













this custom-mixed popcorn has quickly become
one of my favorite things to eat at WDW


got to ride the vastly superior
Soarin' Over California
one more time before it reverted back to
Soarin' Around the World
























Happy Tails to you!