Friday, February 23
Checkpoint on Interstate-10 at the Arizona-California border, west of Quartzsite
The Perfect Tow Vehicle with Best Little Trailer hitched behind pulls up to the checkpoint and the attendant waves us through.
After an overnight camp at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, the crew and I are on our way to Midland Long Term Visitor Center, northwest of Blythe, California. We purchased an LTVA permit ($180) when at Midland last November. The permit is good until April 15.
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At Smart and Final grocery in Blythe, I walk Reggie and Roger on-leash around the parking lot.
Roger twirls and hops and jerks his head first one way, then another.
Very odd. Could he be remembering this place? Does he know we’re near the camp where Skeeter lives? No, can’t be . . . .
Our stock replenished, we travel the familiar road out of Blythe toward Midland.
Gee, it’s good to be back! I hope our old campsite is vacant. Then the boys can run free to visit their friends. . . .
We turn at the Midland LTVA sign.
There’s Del’s rig! There’s our tree! And no one is camped there!
I park us in the campsite, jump out, and go around to the passenger door.
Our campsite (Photo taken later)
The boys are bursting with delight, shifting their weight from side to side in squirms that insist . . .
“Let us out!”
I set them on the ground and ask, “You wanna’ see Skeeter? You wanna’ go see SKEETER?”
It takes about one second for the boys to realize where they are. Off they go in a dash through the creosote bushes, sprinting over the gravel, flying over washes . . . .
They run so fast I can’t keep up. While trotting after them, I zoom my camera to capture the first moments of reunion. There is such an explosion of energy and joy that my photos turn out to be a jumble of paws and fur and noses and tails . . . .
These few are the best of the lot.
Buddy and Beebee (out of frame) must have been outside already, as they’re the first ones to appear. Right behind them comes the airborne Skeeter who is followed by chunky, little River.
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The photos tell the story better than words.
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A laughing Del greets me with a hug. We watch our happy pups, catch up on each other’s “news,” and then it’s time for me and my crew to return to our campsite. I need to put away the groceries and set up our new home.
“We’ll be back later!”
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Later, as I settle into the covers, wrapped in the warmth of my sleeping crew in the security of our home, the day replays through my mind.
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There are moments when time and place and purpose come together, when all is as we hoped it would be.
During those blessed moments, our spirits are lifted . . . .
And even dogs can fly.
rvsue
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