You FAiTHFULLY gave us your "One-A-Day" and it did the trick and got GABE to LA....Soooo, we tried to chronicle our adventures so we could share with all of our GabesteRoOTeRs when we got back. Let's get started! My son, Micah also brought his pro-video camera along and is working on the "DoGumentary", so look for that to be up on YouTube in a couple weeks, as well!
Many were concerned about how Gabie got down to LA...well he flew in style, of course! He had all of his Service Dog credentials (being short half a lung can come in real handy sometimes! ) Gabe traveled right beside me, laying at my feet on board the plane...and he did a wonderful job of it, too, taking it all in stride as he usually does!
Here's Gabe with "his" plane...
Bone Voyage!
We found out about two weeks before the voting ended that we were well in the lead & they wanted to start getting our paperwork in order for our trip to the Finals (of course we were reminded that voting was not complete yet, so it was not totally a done deal...they waited another week to give us the "FOR SURE"!)
We were flown down last Wednesday (the morning after the polls closed) & arrived in Santa Monica, where they put us up at Le Merigot Hotel near Santa Monica Pier. This classy hotel caters to pets & had a "garden" area for pottying your pooch. Gabie made sure all the plants & shrubs got equal watering! (he's pretty thoughtful that way!)
He quickly made friends with the hotel crew & is seen here with several of his friends...
(these guys asked me if I could tell which one was the bulldog...but I told them I knew mine was the WHITE one!
Here's Gabe hangin' with The Concierge...
(we missed catching the evening one, as she'd gone home for the night when we came back with the camera)
It was fun watching the other five Finalists wander in--and we all KNEW who each other was as soon as we saw their pooch, since we'd been following each others progress for 3-4 months! Many of us had commented on each other's videos and had become friends of sorts...
There was great comraderie & no feeling of "competition" at all...we were all just enjoying being a part of the fun!
Well, enough for tonight...stay tuned for Part 2 tomorrow sometime!
Posted on Oct 6, 2008, 10:17 PM from IP address 76.28.212.3
) Gabe traveled right beside me, laying at my feet on board the plane...and he did a wonderful job of it, too, taking it all in stride as he usually does!
