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 all,
Time to check in from rainy Durham, ME. From what we have been told, or have seen ourselves, the rain just won't quit. The summer has been wet and cold so far, Luckily, the weather was great down in Virginia when we were down for the third graduation back in June. It was a good time and it was nice to see Hally, Shadow, and Toby. John was able to get a load down to Virginia so he could start getting some money back into the bank (whatever that means). As long as I have food, what else matters. On our way home after the graduation, we had loaded a backhoe in New York. We had just gotten back on the highway and up to speed when I heard John mutter to himself, "what was that?" Luckily for him, I was watching out the window, and was able to tell him it was the roof off the backhoe that blew off and was now lying in the median. John pulled over and walked back to retrieve it. For some reason the roof was not attached properly and had blown off. It is a 25 year old machine so that may have something to do with it. John was able to get it to its new owner without losing any more parts.
We spent the next week at home trying to find loads out of Maine. Things are quite slow so John caught up on stuff around the house and worked on the truck. I played with Brody and Lilly next door, slept, and caught up on some light reading which comes in handy at the truck stops. I let John tell the jokes and pretend that they're his jokes.
Finally, John found a load down in Newport, RI going out to Seattle.It was 7 empty periscope crates we picked up at the Navy Base. We loaded on Friday and finally headed west. It was nice to be able to get out and do some riding for a change. The trip out went well and I even made some horse friends out in Montana. After unloading in Seattle, John found a load nearby going back to Vermont that he loaded the next day.
After unloading in Vermont, We went to Albany to load some culverts heading back to Maine. We are loaded for New York now and need to get out to Illinois to pick up some truck sanders that need to come back to Maine. For the time being, things seem to be picking up a little. Everyone keeps talking about the economy and how bad it is. I don't even know what it is but I have all the food I need so what is the big deal. Sometimes I just don't get you humans.
Well, that's about all for now. It's time to get packed up for our next adventure.
Hudson
