Hello Hello everyone!

I honestly don't know where the time went this month...but our purple bus adventure took an unexpected detour to Las Vegas to get me on a flight for a last-minute trip to Florida. Didn't know what to expect driving to Vegas but oh my goodness, was it incredible. Tim navigated us through a wind storm in Utah's ever-changing landscape, across vast valleys that took my breath away, and then down into Vegas which was hidden by a duststorm!

We stayed on the strip (Circus Circus RV park of all places) and took the pack strutting down past all the sights while F1 race preparations buzzed around us - definitely not your average dog walk!

After dropping me at the airport, Tim and the dogs braved Death Valley, though "brave" might be the wrong word since it was a perfectly civilized 71°F! They had the place practically to themselves and saw some amazing stars as the place transformed at night (apparently Death Valley is a designated International Dark Sky Park)We reunited in Reno, where we saw snow and stayed on an alpaca farm! Every morning, we’d wake up to these curious, gentle creatures surrounding our bus...and then Blanca* begin barking at them! We took the dogs to one of the fields so they could explore and run them while Tim got some lovely pics with some dreamlike fall colors with snow-capped mountains looming over us.

*Blanca claimed the Alpacas gave her suspicious looks! And for those asking about our new Omega oils - they're flying off the shelves in California…must be all these pups getting ready for their winter coats!

Then over to beautiful Truckee and on down the 7,000ft descent that had me white-knuckling it the whole way (thank goodness for our brakes!).

Once in the valley we found paradise at Six Sigma Vineyard in Napa, where we finally slowed down enough to catch our breath and reconnect with our amazing Seattle team. The dogs particularly appreciated this pause - they've become quite the connoisseurs of vineyard napping spots!