Bath day

The spring weather was lovely yesterday.  The feeling of wanting to do some "spring cleaning" hit me.  After house cleaning, I decided to bathe the greyhounds!  Cold water didn't appeal to my ideas, so I decided to use the outdoor faucet on my motorhome in the bathing process.

 I got out a dog shampoo which claims to be a cleaner, conditioner and detangler all-in-one.  While I was washing Power, I fastened Hera's leash to a fixture nearby, so that she could observe and hopefully get used to the idea (and not panic).

After finishing with Power, I took him to the camp shelter so that he could lie on the doggie blanket, and chew on his rawhide treat!

If I'd saved the pool, bathing would have been easier!

So, next was Hera's turn. After the bath, I thought about the drying off process, and decided to tie them for a bike walk so that they could bask in the sunshine, breeze, and not lie down in the sandy gravel.  So off we went for a brief walk, a "dry the dogs" walk.  These hounds were almost entirely dry by the time we got home.

As well, I had decided to hand wash the cog collars and leashes while getting the dogs clean, so they were soaking in a basin of hot water and detergent.  After soaking for a while, a bit of hand rubbing and much rinsing giving a lot of dirty rinse water, which gradually became clear as the third rinse was done.  Then the collars and leashes were hung to dry on the bike rack which rides on the rear of the car.

So, we have two clean dogs, two clean collars and two clean leashes!  As I said, it was bath day!

Pedals for my bike

Yesterday I went to Walmart, and one of my purchases was a pair of pedals for my bike.  I never knew how they would be installed, but after getting out my wrenches and trying several things, I figured it out and got the job done!  I ended up using the adapters that were supplied in the pedal package.

Since I got rid of my bicycle shoes, I didn't need the clips that fit the bottom of the shoes.

Note the bottoms of my shoes, those tiny clips which used to hold my bicycle shoes to the bike.

Now with the regular pedals, my feet will have good support from the wider surface, even in these soft soled sandals.

I'm enjoying riding again!

A Move

Today I drove about 100 miles to Leasburg State Park, and will hope to be here  week or so.  I reserved a site for 4 days and hope a site becomes available after that.  This weekend, the park is fully booked. Therefore, I could not reserve a site for longer than 4 days.  After being here an hour or so, I decided to take my bike off the rack and take the dogs for some exercise.  Hera is getting more used to the bike.

HOWEVER, when we returned to the campsite, she got freaked by something and jerked herself lose and ran off through the desert.  I had to pursue her on foot!  She, being her royal highness, ignored me when I called, but did let me catch up with her after a while!