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.
Hello from Salt Lake City, UT. We are waiting to unload here in the morning.
Before I get rambling on, I would like to take a moment to send out condolences to a friend who, in a short period of time lost two of her beloved beagles. She is a friend of ours, a great friend of bones, and a great friend to many. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Pam and her clan.
Now for the rest of the story. Our trip out to Washington went well. it is hard to remember that far back. I guess that's what I get for sleeping so much. John had a lot of freight scattered about the country, so the trip home was spent backtracking all over the place trying to get all his customers taken care of. Things have been busy this year which John is thankful for. Me...I could care less.
Once we got home, John got a call from a broker in Vermont, who deals in ski lift equipment. We loaded a load of snow guns in Maine and took them down to a ski resort in North Carolina, yes, I said the same thing. They do have them down there. We reloaded another load of snow guns there and took them up to Massachusetts. From there we loaded some barn doors in Mass going to Colorado. after a few days we were able to fill out the trailer with a load of stone going here to Salt Lake City.
The trip out was uneventful until we were outside Denver. THe sky grew dark, the storm clouds looked menacing, What ever that means, John told me to use that word. Before long we were headed right for the storm. At the same time there was a tornado warning for the same storm we were approaching. We both saw a funnel come down from the clouds and then the wind, rain and hail proceeded to make our trip very intense, The rain and hail was at times sideways and the truck was rocking violently. after about ten minutes we made it through and continued on into the Denver rush hour which can be just as bad. So far this year, we have been in an earthquake, and experienced a tornado. I can only wonder what is next.
Once we unload in the morning, we have a load to pick up west of the city, going to Mountain View, CA. From there We have a control panel to pick up in Arcata, which is way up the coast north of Eureka. John has loaded for this company before, in fact, the last time we were up there, we encountered a rock slide and hit a coup[le bowling ball sized rocks which damaged the trailer. The last 100 miles of rt 101 going to Eureka is restricted to 60 feet for trucks. Since we are quite a bit longer, we have to sneak up there after dark, and hope nobody is paying attention. Wish us luck!
Hudson, the semi-beagle
