We finally reached the end of our trip to the East coast of the USA after traveling through 10 States from the big Pacific pond to the big Atlantic pond. Dad says we drove almost 2700 miles in the RV. Dad says this area is known to humans as Chocowinity in the state of North Carolina. To me it's just fishy. Don't get me wrong, I like fishy. We are next to a big river (called the Tar River) and that makes the fishy smells I guess.

Megan wants to be out with her Dad, Ronnie, who is riding my Dad's Segway.

I like it here though. I finally got to see my big sister, Genevieve for the first time in a very long time, like 14 dog years!. She has two dogs living with her now, Megan and Annie. I met Megan when I visited her last time. Megan and Annie act like they are chasing invisible squirrels all the time, running, jumping and nipping each other (and me) and such. They are fun but it becomes quite a bit tiring for me after a little while. After all, I'm still recovering from surgery. I'm really doing pretty good though, considering all I had to endure.


We are staying at a very big RV park with lots of water to see and interesting things to smell. It's called Twin Lakes Camping Resort in Chocowinity, North Carolina. The humans that named it either didn't bother to walk around it or they can't count very well because even me, with my not so good ability for counting, count three big ponds here. It should be called Triple Ponds Camp Resort!


The humans here have a lot of boats that carry them on the water from their RVs to the Tar/Pamlico River (this according to Dad's research) and then to the giant Atlantic pond. The ponds here are nice because Dad and I walk a couple times per day around them. The back pond is away from the RVs and I can go walking there without my leash! Hurray! Because other dogs have the same idea, I get to smell many of them on my walk. The ponds have ducks and today we saw a big tall heron with a fish in his mouth. They also have these little swimming animals that live in a small and round RV under the water. Dad calls them turtles. They come and lay on the side of the ponds until I come near and then they quickly drive their RVs under water so I can't get them. They should know that I wouldn't hurt them. I just want to smell them.

I just saw a turtle drive his RV into the water. Strange creatures.

There are lots of tall trees here too. That means there are a lot of squirrels for me to find. Yesterday I was looking out of our RV window and a squirrel stood up below me and stared at me. I got a little excited and barked but he stayed right there. Dad threw him a peanut and he grabbed it and he ran away with it. But, he soon came right back and asked for another peanut. Squirrels are all over this RV park so I'm not as excited now as I first was, but it makes for a more interesting day when I lay outside or take a walk to watch them run from tree to tree.


Some humans live at the RV Park all around the year or part of the year. Dad says a lot of them come here each weekend and use the RVs as a second home. A lot of them are right next to the water and many have pretty yards with flowers and little statues of funny looking humans. I guess they like to ride on the water a lot because some have boats tied next to their RVs. Dad and Mom said they wouldn't want to live here because it gets real hot and humid (that means water is floating in the air all the time so you are always wet!) and that I wouldn't like it at all. Plus there are those pesky, noisy mosquitoes that live here in springtime. They land on my nose and drink my blood, then my nose itches. So far I haven't seen any yet. But Dad says April is a good time to visit here. I'm glad its April now.

Humans here have little statues of themselves all over the place! Strange.

On the end of the weeks here lots of people come and bring their dogs and children. They play with balls and ride their bikes. I like to watch them when I'm lying down outside. Some come up to talk to me and pet me. Mostly the little girls do that. I like that.

Ronnie is riding Dad's Segway. Ronnie's a nice man who my sister wants to marry.

We came here because my big sister, Genevieve is getting married to Ronnie in a couple weeks. Dad says that married means that two humans who are in love decide it is cheaper to live together and share their food and house and everything else. Mom and Dad are married, but they still spend too much money, so I don't know if it is cheaper. As far as love goes, I'm not sure what that is, except that it is a word I hear a lot. Humans seem to think it is something important and worth having. Dad says that he and Mom love me, so it must be something good! Ronnie is a nice human and Dad let him ride his Segway. Ronnie liked to ride the Segway. I would too, but Dad won't let me get on it.

There's Dad and I on the big bridge at the RV Park. Walking here is fun.

I enjoy walking around the RV Park here. It is big and there are so many nice places to walk. There's a big bridge to walk across and a walk over the water that Mom calls a dock. Sometimes Dad glides on his Segway while I walk along the side. We can go faster that way. I like that! I am still wearing a sock on my back foot. My pad is still sore so Mom and Dad put a sock on me. It's OK. It makes it hurt less. Dad says he knows why dogs don't normally wear socks. He said that after I pee'd and stepped in it and got my sock wet. Hey, my backward visibility isn't so good. If humans had to know where four feet were at the same time, they'd have trouble too!


The ducks and birds on the big ponds are fun to watch too. I can also visit all the other dogs that live here. I even saw one other Golden Retriever walking around here. They leave p-mail and it says they are happy here. I'm not sure that cats are so happy. I saw a sign on one of the RVs that said: "So many cats, so few recipes." Not a cat lover I'm guessing.


Dad says we will explore this area in our car soon. He says that we are only 16 miles from Bath, North Carolina where the pirate Blackbeard used to live. I guess a pirate is a nasty human that uses boats to steal things from other humans with boats. Sounds boring to me.

We will also go to the big Atlantic pond soon and maybe even to a place Dad calls Kitty Hawk where humans first learned how to fly machines. Well, it will probably not be too interesting to me, but I like to ride in the car, especially when I can see cows and horses and other dogs. Maybe we will stop and I'll get to run off my leash. That will be fun.

So, come see me and visit the Twin (Triple) Lakes (Ponds) Camping Resort if you get a chance (in April).

Arf

Reggie