A big reason for my blog silence recently was our trip to Utah. We stayed in Park City, but spent some time in Salt Lake City as well. A lot of people asked us why we were going to Utah or, “Why don’t you go to Florida?” Well, I’ve been to Florida (and the surrounding areas) a lot and have seen the Atlantic Ocean a lot, as has N so we wanted to see a part of this country we hadn’t before. Another reason is a good friend of ours lives out that way, so it was a win, win. We got to spend time with him and his girlfriend while seeing a beautiful part of America.
If you know me, you know I’m not big into the outdoors, but I’m proud to say I hiked and got trapped at the top of a mountain for four hours due to an avalanche. Yes, you read that correctly, an avalanche. It blocked the only road that goes up and down the mountain. What we were told would be about a thirty minute wait for the road to be cleared turned into over four hours. Here’s the thing, yes we were stuck and could not get down the mountain, but we were stuck in a very nice ski resort. So, needless to say we were not roughing it. We ate lunch at a nice restaurant at the resort and then sat outside in the sun (we all got a little sunburned) and chatted. While we hadn’t planned on being stuck there we ending up having a nice afternoon with friends and a funny story as a result. The one time Susanna goes into nature an avalanche happens! Our hikes were beautiful and I even walked across a log that was over a pretty serious mountain stream that would have caused some serious damage if I’d fallen. Am I brave or what?!
No, I didn’t ski. N did, but I just wasn’t feeling it. I’d tired before and it didn’t turn out well. While they skied one day I shopped – another win, win. We had an amazing view anywhere we went and the Mormon Temple in downtown SLC, was beautiful. It reminded me of a Disney princess castle. I’d also like to point out how clean SLC is…very impressive! Other American cities could/should take note of that. We visited Sundance (ski resort owned by Robert Redford) and took a tram up to 11,000 feet at the same ski resort we got stuck at for the view. We had a wonderful and relaxing time.
Now you may be asking yourself what this all has to do with Georgia? Well, not much really, but I thought our trip was worth sharing. I will say that I missed her like crazy. We humans are attached to our dogs and things seem a little off when they aren’t around. Not starting my day with Georgia is a little strange. My mom and her dog, Auburn, took care of Georgia while we were gone. Georgia missed us I’m sure, but loves being spoiled by my mom. She also loves Auburn (he weighs about 4 lbs and Georgia weighs about 40 lbs). 99% of the time they play and are best friends, but sometimes food gets in the way of that friendship and they fight. There was one episode while we were gone, but everyone is fine and they are friends again. Georgia has no food aggression with people, just other dogs. We assume her days on the streets of Indianapolis caused this before she found her way to us. So, thank you to my mom and Auburn for watching our fur kid. She had a great time.
I’m proud to report she remembered her commands – sit, stay, lay down, shake. I was worried those might go out the window, but they didn’t. We still have a lot of work to do though in regards to being in public. I took her to a new pet store last night and we had moments of good behavior and moments of extreme pulling on the leash when she saw a new person or dog. We’ll keep working though and keep venturing out into stores that will allow us for her to get used to all of the distractions that exist outside of our home.
Hoping warm weather is around the corner for some nice walks with Georgia. Stay warm and have a good day!
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