Cooper and I decided to see about playing at the dog show in Tucson, Arizona. We left the house around 10:00. We drove as far as Las Cruces and stopped to get gas. $2.81!!! Woo Hoo!! I do get excited about the smallest things. We then drove the rest of the way to Silver City, New Mexico, where we went to Walmart to met Tiffany. She introduced me to a couple of people who immediately wanted to go out and meet Cooper. He was so excited to meet people!
After Tiffany got off work, we went over to her place. We walked around a bit, unloaded the car and just hung out. We did watch a movie and have popcorn, but we went to bed early for the early rising time on the morning.
We all got up around 5 ish, took showers, groomed Cooper, reloaded the car and hit the road. None of us have ever been to Tucson before so we had the GPS giving us directions all the way. In places it seemed like the GPS lady had never been there either. Once we got to Tucson, she took us on a round about route to the show site. We made it with time to spare. I knew I was in trouble when I saw people wearing shorts and flip flops. I took long sleeves and and pants to wear. It was really hot! Cooper thought he was going to have heat stroke!
Cooper showed pretty well. The judge was really nice and talked to him and was very gentle. Cooper got reserve, we went back to the car and went shopping! We found a mall close by that had some big trees for shade. Poor Cooper had to stay in the car and take a nap. I don't think he even noticed I was gone. We didn't stay long, but Tiffany did get a new iPhone. We had so much fun playing with Siri later that night.
Again the GPS took us all over town. She took us to some not so nice parts of town. We did eventually get to the motel, but I had my doubts. We had picked up some pizza and caramel apples at the mall so we had something to eat. The caramel apple I got was called "Apple Pie". So, it was an apple dipped in caramel, then dipped in the white coating and then rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Absolutely no calories there. In fact, I am writing it down as a healthy fruit snack.
We didn't get much sleep because the people outside were yelling and making all kinds of noise. Little Cooper even did a very deep growl and barked at the door just to let them know he was in the room and they had better watch out. It sure scared us. So, no sleep, but we got up at six the next day anyway and repeated the whole thing. Cooper did even better with the judge this time so I feel confident that he will do even better next time.
All in all, it was a good weekend. No points this time, but good experience for him and I got to meet some very nice people. We had a great time visiting with Tiff and doing some sightseeing there in Silver City. Next time we spend more time and see some more. I can't wait.
