UKI trial and the beach

We went down to Charleston for a UKI trial and some time on the beach. I drove the RV down on Friday. It was hot as heck. (90 degrees in the shade and high humidity) .  Before I even got to the trial, which didnt start until 6pm, I was already thinking I might no be going. Yes, it was that miserable.

But then a storm came through. People who werent home, awning's were being blown about. Scary.  Anyway somewhere in the area there was a tornado and lots of people were without power.   Including the agility field, where the trial was being held at.  Plus it poured down rain for quiet some time.  I got a phone call from the club saying they had to cancel the trial for tonight but would be holding it tomorrow morning starting at 10am.  Ok, that works for me, plus it was suppose to be much cooler tomorrow.
My husband drove down on Friday night. He had to go through a little bit of the storm but he came from the opposite direction, which was good. I needed his car to go to the trial since I was staying at an RV park and not the trial site. The RV park is pretty nice.

There is a swimming pool, a playground and this cool chess set. They also have a pretty big dog run, so you have a place to let your dogs run around.

Saturday morning we drove to the beach. We went to Seabrook island. A friend of mine called me in a pass so we could go to the beach.

There is still an off leash area for dogs except now you can no longer go to the end of the island with the dogs. You know, where the dolphins herd the fish onto the beach.  That's sad. That was one of my favorite things, walking down their with the dogs and sitting taking pictures of the dolphins.  The condo we use to own, are now under construction. They are re-doing the whole outside of the buildings. Each owner was assessed $100,000. If we were still the owners, I would have freaked out.  When we owned it , we were assessed $60,000 and I thought that was ridiculous.  Plus , no rental income for the whole summer because no one is allowed in or around the condos while they work on them .
So I guess we sold at the right time and now I dont feel so sad about the whole thing.

I dont look good in this picture but its the best one of the dogs. LOL

 The puppy had a good time!!

 They look like twins, huh?

After walking on the beach, my husband dropped me off at the trial site.
All I needed was a novice standard Q, so I can get out of novice and I needded a speedstakes Q for nationals.  I didnt get either. LOL.  I only entered Java.

I did gamblers first and did it for NFC. So I could train in the ring. I wanted to work startlines and stopped contacts. she did great.  Then next up was Novice standard.

I was worried about RC after the dogwalk and the a-frame.  If she stops on the dogwalk, like she is suppose to , then I can get it. But since we are still working the stop on the dogwalk, she isnt always consistent. And the running a-frame and me being behind, she might go straight over that #16 jump.  Well we were having a beautiful run. She read both RC and then after #14, she went to the teeter. Ugh!!!  She got her first two feet on the bottom of it before I was able to call her off.  Still a great run but no Q.  (Sorry no video)
Next up was Master series heat.  We already had a Bye in this but I entered for practice.  This was a hard course with lots of backsides.

.I was behind and couldnt get a good push after the a-frame so she went sideways through the broad jump.
Next up was the second half of Master heat, jumpers.

We did manage to get through this course. We had a bobble from 12-13 but we manage to hang on and get through clean.  So we got another bye in Master series. My husband and daughter got there in time to see this run. We left after that and went to lunch. (We had to return at 6pm for the trial again)

I came back at 6pm. First up was Speedstakes.  I really wanted this.

I knew this was going to be a problem for me. If I FC 2-3, I know I couldnt beat her out of that tunnel , so I was going to have to RC between 3-4. If I didnt do the rear cross just right, she would turn to tight and not get out to #5.  So what if I ran the outside of the tunnel (3) . She would curl toward me coming out of the the tunnel and would I be there in time to push her out to #4?   Well she broke her start line, so I RC #3 and then RC #4.  She turned to tight on the RC and was pass #5, when she realized what I wanted, so she back jumped 5. Ugh. The rest was fine.

The next class was jumpers.  My daughter and husband had come back to get me. I had decided to not stay until the end so we could spend some time on the beach before it got to dark. Jumpers I did for NFC.  That way if she broke her start line, I could put her back and still be able to run.

Of course she didnt break her stay and we had a beautiful run!!!  Well at least my husband and daughter got to see a nice run.

After that we went back to the beach. Boy was it windy.

Plus it was high tide and the tide was really high. I guess because of the full moon.

The water was rough too!!

The sunset was nice.

 We picked up food from the King Street Gill. It was pretty good. We were all beat and just went back to the RV and went to bed. LOL
Then next morning Stephanie drove home and we decided not to drive back to the beach and just go home.

At the beach

I went to Sandy Beach. Its on Lake Murray.  Ive been here before. The good thing about this place, was there wasnt anyone there.  The bad thing is that the only way to get there is by boat or someone has to drop you off because you cant park anywhere, or the cops come.  Anyway, my husband dropped me off and I took Miley, Java and Zoey to the beach.  You have to walk through the wooded path for about 10 minutes, to get to the beach.  Along the path was a small deer leg. Ugh!!  It still had hair on it.  Must be coyotes. Yikes.
We get to the water and the puppy it very happy. Running back and forth along the water's edge. Then all of a sudden, she takes off running into the water.

Ok, no biggie.

  Ok, we are still ok.

Now Im worried.

She comes up and keeps swimming away from shore. "Oh Crap". I throw my camera on the sand and run into the water. By the time I get to her, she has turned around and started swimming to shore. Crazy dog, scared the crap out of me. LOL

Doesn't it look like Miley is laughing at poor Zoey.

So after that she had a harness and long line put on her. I should have put it on when we first got there.

This side of the island was mostly shaded.

Then we walked to the other side of the island, to anther beach area. Usually boats are anchored here but there werent any.

Miley and Java didnt really play with the puppy. She wanted to run and play chase but for some reason they didnt.

 I kept trying to get a picture with all 3 of them but the puppy kept moving. lol

 We only stayed an hour, I was feeling guilty that my husband was just trying to hang out and find something to do, while he waited for me.

New RV

Yup, I bought a new RV.  I know you all think Im crazy after all the work Ive been putting into the old RV.  Ive been looking for a while now.  I came across this one and it was located in South Carolina and in my price range.  I called but they had just sold it (they had a deposit on it).  But then that evening they called me back and said the sale fell through, was I still interested.  So the next day I drove down to Charleston  to see it.   I really liked it. So I gave them a deposit. I drove home and told them I would be back Monday.
Its a 2004 Newmar Kountry Star diesel pusher.  Its really nice.  So Monday I drove my old RV down to Charleston. It was a horrible drive down.  Traffic accident after traffic accident.  One of them was 1 1/2 hour delay. Ugh!!  So I get off the highway and take some back roads but there was lots on construction going on. So stressful to drive though small roads with big orange barrels every where.  I finally get there. I think the guys could tell I was spent.  They had the RV  all ready to go. They helped me transfer everything from my old RV to the new RV. And  then I followed them , in the new RV to a  RV park down the road.
I bought it from TJ Auto Sales but their website comes up at Coastalrvcenter.com They only sell RV's.

They put you up for 2 nights  at an RV park so you get to know the RV and can make sure everything works.  You  also get driving lessons but I didnt really think I needed that.  I mean they did go over the difference in shifting and the breaking and parking break in the diesel.  It is very different.  It has air breaks.  The break actually looks like a gas pedal to me.  The  guy must have realize I was having trouble taking off from a stop, like from a stop light. Because when we got to the RV park he explained to me, that I need to slowly press the gas all the way down to the floor when starting from a stop. Its different then driving a gas RV or car.  That made a big difference.  I was just trying to give it a little bit of gas  at a time.  LOL, didnt work very well.
The RV park was very nice. Oak Plantation Campground. This is the first campground that Ive been to that had  a cable TV connection.  The RV guy went though the entire coach with me explaining everything.

(They had replaced the carpet and put wood floors in too.) I had to bring the puppy with me because my son works 11 hour shifts and I didnt think she should be alone that long. So she was in that little crate starting at 9am and I finally got her out for the night at 5:30pm.  She did have a couple of bathroom breaks. But she never cried the whole time. Wow!!  What a good puppy.
 They offer you 2 nights at the RV park but I only had time for one night. I had to teach a class from our club Tuesday night and then had to work on Wednesday. Then I was going to a dog trial on Thursday.  So I got up the next morning. The guy came back and fixed a couple of little things that I found and then I was on my way. I was so nervous driving it.  Thank goodness the drive home was easy and no traffic.
Driving it up to the dog trial on Thursday was soooo nice.  Its quiet and I can hear the radio. Its much easier to drive.  I dont feel stressed out when I get out of the thing.  I think the dogs like it better too. They hated getting in that other RV.  Not when it was parked but when they knew we were going for a ride.  It was noisy and loud.  This is 10 times better and I think they were surprised it wasnt like before.

How to make your life harder!!

Get a puppy!!  LOL,  Yes I did. I got another dog.  Miley is struggling in agility.  She just takes off way to early, with jumping, so I figured I better get started training another dog.  And now Im feeling really tired and thinking this maybe my last puppy. Because boy am I tried!!

Here she is at 10 weeks. She is from Blackmyst Shelties in Minnesota .

Her litter name is Blur.  Im still trying to pick a name.


She has lots of energy , happy and fun. Some names Im throwing around are Pip, Busy and Zora.

She was flown in  last Friday to Atlanta.  My friend  was picking her up for me because  she was suppose to come in at 6:30pm and I couldnt get there in time. We'll the flight never took off due to mechanical problems.  The plane finally took off at 6pm and she landed at 9:10pm. Then it took about 1 hour  to get them off the plane and over to the cargo area.  So my very nice friend went back to  the airport and got her. The crate was soaked with urine but besides that she seemed ok.  

So far none of the dogs like her or will play with her. I hope that changes. Over the last week, everyone has started to adjust except Java. Which I figured would happen.