Hudson was rescued by B.O.N.E.S. from a bad situation in Limington, ME. After the gentleman called 911 (and subsequently passed away), the local ACO found 20 dogs living in squalid conditions.
B.O.N.E.S. took most of them and found them new homes. Overall, Hudson was in very good shape but when he had his physical, they found a serious mast cell tumor in his nose. As much as possible was removed.
B.O.N.E.S. wanted to find a wonderful home for Hudson and we did. John is a long-haul trucker that had lost his beagle companion of 13 years. He wanted a new companion. Luckily John found Hudson (or Hudson found John). It was a wonderful match. Hudson reported in regularly, and we share his "Chronicles" on this page.
Hi everyone, checking in from our last trip to the west coast. John had two partial loads here in Maine going out to California and Oregon. The first thing we loaded was a tractor up in Lincolnville, ME. It was going from a farm on Islesboro, to a farm in Medford, OR, that was owned by the same person. since it was on an island, we met the ferry, and loaded it in the parking lot. We went up the night before so we would have room enough to get the truck in and turned around in the parking lot. Good thing we did, it was a tiny parking lot! Next, we went down to Westbrook, where we loaded a power transformer at a paper mill that was going to California. Once John had that loaded and tarped, we headed down to Kittery where we stopped and had lunch with John's mom. We went to a restaurant on the water, and THEY went inside to have what I imagine was a wonderful meal. I stayed in the car and barked my head off as usual. For once my barking payed off, because I finally got some attention. A man came by and started looking at me. he had blue clothes on, and was wearing a funny looking hat. He also had on some kind of badge. He arrived just as John and his mom came out from the restaurant. From what I can tell, since I don't understand the english language very well, was that someone saw me in the car, and called the police. It seems that the officer wasn't too concerned, since it was a cool day, the car was in the shade and most importantly, I still had "all sorts of energy". It seems that the good Samaritan was being a little over cautious in this case. After one more pick up in Massachusetts, we were off on another cross country adventure.
It was an uneventful trip across and we made our deliveries without any problems. We were able to enjoy a long weekend in the Bay area, visiting all the relatives out there. John found some loads going back to Michigan, since he had a load of pipe in Michigan that had to go to a ski area in Massachusetts.
While we were waiting to pick up one of the loads at a pier on the Oregon coast, a cruise ship came into port right in front of us. We were parked at the end of the pier, waiting to load some ship cranes, and here comes this cruise ship. It was HUGE! It docked at the end of the pier next to the one we were at. We even got to see a harbor seal playing around in the currents.
After we were loaded and headed east,John kept trying to get in touch with the ski area to confirm the load of pipe. He had no luck, and by the time he made all of his deliveries in Michigan he still hadn't been able to get an answer, so he booked another load that didn't load for two days. That meant we could visit his brother and family for a few days.
They recently moved to a house on a lake, so we spent a couple days lakeside relaxing, watching KC and PJ chasing the geese off the grass several times a day, and boating. I really enjoyed the boating! It was fun to stand on the edge and watch the water go by and see what was swimming below. the only part I didn't like is when everyone jumped in to go swimming. Well, I didn't mind THEM swimming, I didn't like it when they took me with them! After a couple of laps around John, with a "What were you thinking!" look in my eyes, John finally put me back on the boat. If I was meant to be in the water, I would have a dorsal fin!
After a couple days of R&R, we loaded a load of industrial shelving and delivered that to a new warehouse in Nashua, NH. From there we went home for a few days until our next trip.
That's all for now.
Hudson, the semi-beagle
