June 27 - Meeting Becky Blanton

In the motel room, Cooper was thrilled to see a BED 

after only one night of camping

Cooper loves it when I scrub him.  It seems to never matter where we are, he burries his head in my stomach and says, "Mama" over and over again.  That means he wants me to scrub him.  So I did, even though I'm not a morning parson and it was only moments after I opened my eyes for the day.  

It takes time getting motivated to ride.  Shower, eat breakfast, etc.  Cooper is good with the routine.  He seems really to have adjusted perfectly to the idea of traveling. 

Much of the day was spent in parking lots talking to people about fixing Jesse's bike.  Cooper enjoyed the time off the bikes smelling and peeing and smelling some more.  We made very little progress in the area of repairs, but Cooper peed a lot!

We did meet a bus load of elderly folks coming off a tour bus.  Many of them got to greet Cooper.  We passed out a bunch of cards.  I can't wait to see who writes from that group.

We made it to Becky's in time to have pizza with her.  We put our bikes into a storage unit for the night.  Koko and Cooper seemed to like each other just fine.  

Cooper finally got his new weather proof travel crate.  I had it shipped to Becky because I didn't want to not get it in time for our trip.  I knew if I had them ship it to Becky we would have it for all but the first few days of our trip.

Becky and her neighbor took pictures of us on our bike as we arrived AND as we left, but I'm never good at remembering to take them.  

Slept a lot at Becky's because of all the traveling.  

It was a great visit! I would have loved to visit for a week and really get to know her, but we'll be back I think.  Maybe next year Becky will come with us if we can do this again.  Cooper would love a Koko companion for a while.