Meeting Magi

Monday May 7, 2012
Lithia Springs Site 40

 

 

They say you don’t remember the things you want to forget.

So I guess that’s why when I posted the blog about coming back to the Tampa area and having Monday as a day of rest, it was because that’s what I was wishing.   Actually David had an appointment with his Moffitt Doctor at 2:00 today.   So we drove to Moffitt where David had blood drawn and talked with Doctor Ken Shain who told him that his numbers were down again (great) but not far enough yet (sigh).   So it’s another round of treatment.   The good news and the bad news.

 

Actually the best thing that happened today happened in the morning.

 

And no it was not running at sunup in order to beat the heat.

I’ve talked before about having had pairs of beagles for most of my life and that they are my very favorite dogs.  I stop people with beagles anywhere I see them to meet their dogs.  I usually take pictures of them.  The dogs always and sometimes the people too. :-))

 

But lately I’ve also become enamored with bulldogs.  Don’t think I’d ever own one, my heart still belongs to beagles.  But there is something about a bulldog that just makes me smile.  I love reading Life With Luci and Loree about their foster dog Carl.  Carl is actually Loree’s son Brian’s dog but he seems to live mostly with Loree and poor Luci who tolerates him. Just typing his name now makes me start laughing.  Loree is great at talking about all Carl’s trials and tribulations.

 

I just love looking at Carl.

Here’s a picture of Carl I keep on my desktop.  Take a good look at him.  Doesn’t he just make you laugh too?

 

 

Anyway, today when David was coming down the driveway from somewhere, he announced that there was a bulldog in the only site next to us, site 38, which we had been in when his brother and SIL came to visit.   So of course I went over and said that I’d been informed of a bulldog sighting and Woody and Carol were happy for me to meet Magi.

 

I mean who doesn’t love having others interested in their dog or cat for that matter? 

Seems Woody had always wanted a bulldog but his first wife was having none of it.  So when he and Carol married, she sold some jewelry from her first marriage to buy Magi.   Thus her name.   O’Henry would be proud!!

 

Now Magi is not fond of cameras so I had a hard time getting her to pose.  And could not get her to stand still long enough for a close up like Loree got of Carl. 

 

Carol had a hard time getting her to pose too.  Not sure who looks cuter here, Magi or Carol. 

 

 

But I wanted to get some pictures of her so when Loree reads the blog she could show Carl.   Maybe I can do some bulldog matchmaking.

 

 

So I cropped that first picture. 

 

Here you go Carl, can you see this? 

What do you think?   She’s only all the way across the country from you.  I’ll bet Luci would be happy to buy you a plane ticket.

 

 

 

Magi has a great life. 

Her people understand that bulldogs have a hard time in the heat and they put her in the car and turn on the AC when she gets too hot.   They also have a stroller for her so she doesn’t have to walk if she gets over heated.  

Her mom Carol was very interested in our full timing life.  She and Woody came over to take a Winnona tour and we talked about work camping.  Carol wrote down the work camper news URL.  She’d love to find a way to travel like most full timers are doing.  When I told her there are lots of folks working on the road, her eyes lit up.

Her dad Woody has lived in this area a very long time and is a regular at Lithia Springs.  He gave us some great ideas of other parks to visit in Florida when we can get further away from Tampa than currently and when it isn’t too hot.

Today was break camp day for them.  So they had to get back over to their site.  But it was great fun meeting Magi and her family.

 

 

This all tells a lot about my life currently,  Meeting Magi was the highlight of my day.  Thanks to her and to Carl for putting smiles on my face.
Maybe Carl and Magi can be my first internet “match”!  And maybe we’ll be seeing the 3 of them on the road in the future when we all get the kinks worked out of those plans.