Thank you to these people who helped to get us on the road.  I'm sure all you dog lovers know how important it is to leave your dog in good hands when you need to. We are so grateful to Beth and Stephen who are staying with our Cairn Terrier Maddie, as seen in this picture. What great friends they are for giving us this important peace of mind for the next couple weeks!

 

Next, thanks to Gail at AAA for heading us in the right direction- we have three bags of maps and all the information we need to meet up with our Veterans. She made the itinerary of this 4,000 mile trip actually look possible.

And now for the Avis Crew at the Mpls International Airport. Avis has the motto "We Try Harder" and believe me- they really do. Avis is responsible for the gas efficient Toyota we are using -we'll tell you more about their role in this blog a little later. Just know they helped us reserve exactly what we needed, model wise, when no one else would! In the picture with Paul are three of the Avis crew who helped us get on the road.




 

Thanks to Casey (son) and Melissa for putting us up in Kansas City for our first night on the road. We spent Saturday driving to Louisville, KY and just can't get over how spectacular the colors are right now- absolutely perfect timing.




This morning we met with Chris and Alex our first two incredible heroes and it couldn't have started better - these are truly two of America's finest. We had hoped to tell you all about this wonderful day but like Murphy's Law, we had a glitch downloading our photos. Hopefully the "Geek" squad here in Memphis can resolve all our problems in the morning!

Tomorrow we are meeting our next hero Melissa and service dog Chauncey, a beautiful golden. We promise to give you a full report with photos tomorrow night!