A Very Special Spring Break

Hello everyone! I feel awesome and ispired to write today! I just had another adventure. At this point, the biggest one in my life (I am 1.5 years old now by the way).
My mom and my boy had a break at their school and our whole family went away. And I mean AWAY! It was a very long drive. In human hours, it was 3, and in young dog hours, it was forever... But - I still enjoyed it because I was a little worried I might have to stay behind and watch the house. It is my job, you know.
Anyway... When we got there, it looked like this:

and like this

 

Lots of huge rocks and lots of places to run around. Kind of brown everywhere and not very many tall trees. Quiet, many trails and even a river nearby. Smells like sage (that's what mom said), and very windy. Not like where we live at all. 

I had a very special job to do while we were there. You see, my boy needs me by his side. Sometimes he decides he wants to go places on his own, and I have to be with him every step of the way. When I was very little, my birth parents taught us that that's what we are destined to do - love and protect humans. Pretty much the same as

 serve and protect. 

 

 

But we did have fun, too. First time in my life I thought I would try to get really wet in the river. I wasn't sure at first, but they I just took a chance and jumped in. Deeper and deeper I went. I've heard that all dogs know how to swim, but I didn't know what it meant for sure. So, I walked around in the water, and it did feel so good - cool, making my skin kind of shivery and ticklish.

 

 

And then we had a fire. It was so wonderful being together with my family and relaxing to the sound of crackling wood and my humans laughing and having a good time. And even though I can't laugh, I was smiling inside. And of course, always keeping a close watch. After all, that's my real destiny - to keep my humans safe.