Our great friends, Herb and Karen Cares flew down from Boston for a vacation and to give us a visit. Well, yesterday they arrived at the rescue ranch around 2:30 for a visit—and we had fun!
First off, before Karen and Herb had come inside our trailer, Karen surprised me with an incredibly beautiful necklace—that she custom made for me, and I love it! After a brief visit here, we went over to see Kinky at the Lodge.
When we went inside the Lodge, Herb was carrying a large suitcase with him. Once inside, Herb sat the suitcase down and opened it. First, Herb handed Kinky a wooden box of cigars, I mean chewgars—for the Friedmans to enjoy! Kinky quickly unwrapped the chewgars and handed them out to his dogs. The Friedmans loved their presents, and spent several hours chewing on them. And, they looked like they had cigars in their mouths.
Herb presented Kinky with a Jewish Swiss Army pocket knife—engraved with the Star of David. Then Herb says, “And, this is for the rescue ranch from Karen and me."
When I took the check, I nearly fainted because of the huge amount! And, before I could recover from their most generous donation—Herb hands me a box of chewgars for our dogs!
After Kinky had given them a tour of the Lodge, we settled in the living room as Tony and Kinky played a few games of pool. After the Hummingbird Man had tied with the Medina Bulldog, we decided to go for a walk around the ranch.
Along the way, I told Karen that we were wanting to build an agility course for our dogs, and then it hit me! “Karen, Herb? How about us using your donation to build an agility course for our dogs?”
They loved the idea, and so did Kinky and Tony! I was on cloud nine!
Around 5:00, Kinky told us that he was starving and wanted us to go to dinner earlier than planned at The Cowboy Steak House, so we all agreed to meet at 6:00. Then we hurried home, Karen and Herb hurried back to the Inn of the Hills, and Kinky took off for Kerrville, so he could get some groceries before our dinner.
At 5:45, Tony and I swung by John’s apartment and picked him up and then we raced (35 mph) through Kerrville, so as not to be late! When we arrived, Herb and Karen were waiting for us at the table, and then Kinky showed up six minutes later.
Our meal was delicious and the conversation was even better! Once the last dinner plate was removed from the table—we surprised Herb! “Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday dear Herb...” We all sang, as a dessert with a lighted candle was placed in front of Herb. I am pretty sure that he was surprised, even though his actual birthday had been the day before.
After the birthday celebration, we took pictures and then went outside and took more pictures. We have invited them back for a longer visit and we can’t wait!
This morning, Kinky, Tony, John and I all agreed that we had really enjoyed their visit, and as of two o’clock today—the fence builders came out to begin building fence for our “Herb and Karen Cares’ Play Pen!”
P.S. Nomads, we have put y’all on standby, because we are going to need your help to show us how to set up our super agility course—and to train us!
P.S.S. Thank you Cowboy Steak House for a great meal and surprising ‘Erb!’
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