4th of July weekend... or Puddi's terrible trip day 1!

Chuck and Debbie decided it would be fun for us all to go down to St. George on the 4th of July weekend... Juanita was coming and so I said yep sounds fun.
And well it did for the most part except the thought HOTTER than HELL kept going through my head lol.

I packed up early Friday morning and started grabbing Puddi's things he was a bit anxious so I took him to the dog park for about a half hour, then we stopped and got gas, checked my Oil and grabbed our favorite breakfast Bagles. Hopped in the car and headed out.

This trip was different in that Chuck and Debbi and Juanita all drove down together and kept calling me about the stops and the journey! for me its about getting there and fast lol.

I stopped 2 times once in Filmore I think to see them eating frozen yogurt or something in a cone and puddi got to walk around with chuck for a bit, (his alpha male!) then I jumped back on the road and proceeded to head on down the road, they called me from Beaver and I said I wouldn't be stopping there but at a rest stop just north of the TA Truck stop where a dog run was for puddi.

I did stop at the rest stop and Puddi ran about for a bit and did his thing and then I loaded up and headed out again, behind me I though I had seen Chuck's car and I was right however as they existed the truck stop they got a flat and I didn't which I thank god for since having puddi in the car would have made changing the flat a bit tricky since he normally rides on top of the donut and tools in the back. His barrier that keeps him back there is a b..tch to get out as well.

They changed the tire and then headed on to Cedar city to get it repaired I told them have fun with their journey and I would see them at Mom and Dad's.

I got to Mom and Dad's and puddi and eti had a blast, they are good together and I know dad and I enjoy their crazy antics. Dad needed to take mom to her hair appointment so I climbed in the van with puddi and after dropping mom off we all went to the new dog park in St. George area.
I have been there many times but still keep forgetting to pay attention so I know how to drive there myself lol.

the heat was hot and all but not bad there, however they have a hose to water the dogs and I gave puddi a good spray so he could stay cool.

I tried to so some karate in the shade and went for an extended Iron horse stance and again pulled my hamstring abit. OWWWW!

after hanging for an hour and yes puddi dried off in that time we grabbed mom and headed back to the Trailer. Finally Chuck and Debbi and Juanita got there and We decided puddi would stay at Mom and Dad's trailer with Mom and Dad, Eti and Juanita while I went with Chuck and Debbie to the hotel to drop off all the stuff and check in. I paid for Puddi and an Extra Cot so that we would be comfortable and all.

It was decided that Chuck and Debbi and I would meet Mom and Dad and Juanita at Chuck O Rama's for Dinner after we were all settled in. Mind you it didn't take long for me to get out all the electronics I have and started to hook up my Western Digital HD Media Player to the TV. (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=572)

This is where the story gets insanely funny... well at least for me since I was there...
This electronic device acts as a conduit to a TV so I can access Movies (.iso) and other shows (avi, divx, wma etc) Photos, and MP3's from an external Hard drive thus NO CD/DVD to carry around just the Media Player and a few cables and My Hard drive. I love it as I use it at home in the living room to watch any TV show I like with no Commercials at all!

Well upon hooking it all up I realized I had forgotten the remote control and there is no way to control it without a remote. Well Debbie could see the Device on the TV since we had changed the TV to input and there it was the UI and all ready to use except no remote. Well she said it had to have a way to work without the remote and proceeded to touch the tv screen on the icons and then type on the hard drive and on the actual device, and since it didn't work for her Chuck felt if he did the exact same thing it would work for him! I was just laughing so hard because even though yes it would be nice that the device had the ability to change a regular CRT TV to a touch screen device alas it didn't have that technology. Oh my gosh we decided then that yes I was a member of Technology Illiterate Family who loved the technology I brought to there lives but had no idea what to do with it most the time.

Any way I decided to go to Best Buy site to see if they had the WD Media Player and they did so I dropped by after dinner with juanita on the way back to the Hotel and grabbed one and bought it to return after the trip was over, just so I could use the remote control!

Mom and Dad then hung out at the hotel which was a bit humid with so many peeps after going to their house to grab puddi with Debbi and Chuck. Puddi was upset at me and yes I needed to give him all my attention in the hotel that night, he never left my side ever!

Seems I didn't have a good choice of Movies on the hard drive this time since they were things I enjoyed but Mom and Dad didn't find any of the titles good we tried a bit of Last Chance Harvey but the sound on the tv was horrible or the Rip of the ISO and it was hard to follow. We then tried InkHeart which wasn't too bad for me. During this time however Puddi started to Fart, because he had a sour stomach and was so upset about being left at Mom and Dad's while I went to the hotel. And they were so potent made your eyes water a bit. Very very sad night for puddi... I felt bad for him. Mom and Dad finally left for home (around 9 pm) and we didn't finish the movie because really it was very hard to hear. After mom and dad left We all got ready for sleep and watched "So you think you can Dance" that I had downloaded prior to heading to St. George. They were all amazed at the picture and the fact there was 0 Commercials lol.

I slept on a sliver of the cot with Puddi and Chuck and Debbi in the bed next to my cot and juanita on the bed closest to the Bathroom I slept horribly since Puddi was taking all the cot and all the blankets but we all survived our first day of the weekend. Thinking back on it I probably should have slept at Mom and Dad's since puddi might have been a bit more relaxed since he is familiar with the floor and my Blow up mattress I keep there for Christmas. But it was so funny in the hotel that I would have missed that part of the JOURNEY!