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 from Columbia Falls, MT. We just delivered a load of ski lift equipment out here. John got hooked up with a broker who deals with used ski-lift equip. We have been hauling all his stuff since the end of May.
It's obviously been a couple of months since our last update. I think John needs to get his priorities straight. He says we have been busy. I have been lying around pretty much all the time waiting to dictate. Who needs a paycheck when there is plenty of opportunities to enhance my celebrity status! Oh well...back to the story.
After our harrowing trip to Colorado, through the tornado, we got back home and picked up John's nephew, Alex. He flew to Boston from Virginia, and we picked him up Saturday evening in Portsmouth, NH. We spent Sunday in Kittery with John's mom and we left Monday to load a load of lumber in NH going to Binghampton, NY and Scranton, PA. This put us within striking distance of Monticello, NY where the ski lift equipment was. After spending all day loading, John and Alex were ready to get a good nights rest. The next night we stayed at a truckstop in Portage, WI. Alex humored John and let him buy a cheese hat for him as a souvenir. Unfortunately, I was the poor sap that had to get his picture taken wearing it! Sometimes life just isn't fair.
We made it out to Kalispell, MT Sunday and got a motel room for a couple days. We couldn't deliver until tuesday because of the fourth of July weekend. Later Tuesday, after we got unloaded, John's sister came out from Spokane,WA with her son and stayed over and left the next day with Alex. He spent a day with them in Spokane and then flew back to Virginia. It was fun to have him along, but it is always nice to get back to our routine.
The next day, we went west to Libby, MY and loaded a heavy duty wrecker going to Syracuse, NY. John's computer crashed and we spent the day in Missoulla, MT waiting for the Geek Squad to repair it. He is still trying to work out some minor bugs.John was also able to pick up a small machine going to Massachusetts that fit on with the wrecker. Overall, it was a pretty good out and back. We didn't have to sneak around scales, nothing broke, and we got rid of John's obnoxious nephew! (John's words, not mine!)
That's all for now. Hope to be able to make it to the Beagle Bash!
Hudson, the semi-beagle
