Cedar Rapids Iowa, look out! The hounds took a road trip south to Cedar Rapids last weekend. It was Olivia’s first road trip which was exciting. She has so many things to experience in life. Just the two of us and Mom went on the four hour drive. We have driven through the area many times, but never stopped. Bailie isn’t big on car rides, and the trial wasn’t set up to allow both her and I to compete, so she got to stay home with the pet sitter.
The weather could not have been better – temps in the 50’s, blue sky, and full sunshine. On the way down we stopped at Iowa’s largest frying pan. Emma stopped here on her last road trip with Mom. Unfortunately, someone had defaced the bottom of the pan a bit, but it was still fun to see. Do you know it can fry up 44 dozen eggs or 88 pounds of bacon! Yum!
In Cedar Rapids, we stayed at a nice La Quinta hotel. Olivia didn’t know what we were doing, but she eventually figured it all out. There is so much to learn, like being quiet in the room which is really tough!
Every time we stay at a hotel, I run into the room and claim the bed. This trip was no different. I love to be in the middle of the big bed all by myself!
Olivia was a little devil. This hotel had lots of things stored at pretty low levels which she realized right away. Mom was at the desk doing some work on her computer while Olivia was helping herself to all the towels and some tissues. Here she is caught, red pawed with a wash cloth.
Because we got in rather early and it was such a nice day, we drove into the city to walk along the Cedar River. There was a lot of industry along the part where we were walking, but it was still very nice.
There was a great trail that went for miles with bike and pedestrian access. Along the way, we saw a few sculptures but most were tall and narrow. We don’t look to great next to things like that, so we only took a photo of this one.
The walking path crossed under a railroad bridge Mom had us jump up and sit next to one of the supports. For some reason, she likes rusty steel as a backdrop, but the lighting wasn’t the best.
See how green it was along the way? The three of us were shocked at all the super fat, fearless squirrels we saw. Mom really had to use her muscles to hang on to us because those squirrels didn’t move until the last second! We also saw an otter on the way back to the car. It was just hanging out in the middle of the trail. Mom was afraid it might come after us because we got so close, but eventually it lumbered off into the bush. How crazy to see so much wildlife in a city!
After almost an hour walk, we were back to the area we started our walk at. We were thirsty, and ready to head back to our hotel for some food, water, and rest. The next two days we had our scent work trials, so there would not be time for any extra excursions.
Saturday morning we were up early to get to our trial on time. Both of us were a bit tired. Olivia didn’t sleep well, and kept waking us up with her barking at every little noise. We all go through learning to be quite in a hotel, but the first night is always a rough one. Cedar Rapids Iowa may not be the most exciting city to road trip to, but we had a great time, and will probably go again one day!
We are joining our friends at Living Laughing and Barking in Our Backyard for their Nature Friday blog hop.
It looks like you were having a big ole time girls!
We had a perfect weekend!
It looks pretty. Who would have known
It’s pretty nice for a small city.
We are with you Olivia… we have the same howltel bee-havior… we love the photos, that was a wonderful are you discovered…
Maybe the three of you could share a room so if anyone gets asked to leave it will be the right ones 😉
I am stuck on 88 pounds of bacon! Have fun this weekend. XOXO, Sparkle
LOL! More nose work this weekend. We have to help Mom on Saturday, and I’m in the trial on Sunday.
Looks like a great road trip.
It was nice, not too exciting, but we had a lot of fun.
Road trips are most fun and I see the mom always makes sure we get all the details. We’re happy about that.
Have a woof woof day and weekend. My best to your mom. ♥
Mom says our lives are open books, so she shares almost everything we girls do.
44 eggs and 88 lb of bacon…it must take 87 people to man the spatula.
What a nice trip especially with perfect weather.
Hugs Cecilia
44 dozen eggs! One would need a huge spatula!
What a beautiful weekend. That drives me nuts when I’m a hotel and my dogs have to bark at every little noise.
We are like that the first night or two, then we learn how it works in hotels. Bailie doesn’t make noise in the room, so I am quiet too, but since Olivia and I both love to be loud, we fire each other up!
Loved reading your road trip to Cedar Rapids. And seeing pictures of walkies in less famous places in different parts of the world is one of the pleasures of dog blogs.
If only that frying pan had been in use…
Toodle pip!
Bertie.
PS Of course one jumps right onto the middle of the bed in a hotel room. What other option is there?
Someone has to claim the prime sleeping spot!
What a SuperFun road trip! We never knew that frying pans could be so large!
We can’t imagine the size of the stove and kitchen!
What an exciting road trip! You know we love La Quintas…we are a bit jealous you got to see an otter pretty close, we’ve only seen them swimming in ponds!
HAppy Weekend!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
We were super excited, Mom was worried it might come after us!
How Fun!
It’s always good to see something different.
It looks like a great time and a good learning time, too.
It was a fun and successful weekend.
What a great weekend experience for you, Olivia! Before you know it, you’ll be a hotel pro before you know it!
Mom is hoping she learns to just let the noises go so we can all sleep through the night.
It looks like a fun time, and a great first experience for Olivia. We can’t help but notice that Olivia is about as big as you now, Madison?
She is bigger than I am but still smaller than Bailie. We hope she doesn’t get any taller, but who knows.
Your photos are so pretty. I really love the one of them on the bench with the city in the background. I’m glad y’all had a great time. Pierre has a hard not time not barking in hotels too.
We are hoping Olivia is better about sleeping all night quietly next time. Mom says she needs her rest, and so do I. Sometimes I growl a bit in the night if it is loud, but Olivia is in full out bark/howl mode.