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Loud Birds in the Sky
Living on the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we are very accustomed to all sorts of wildlife, including birds. But sometimes, we get some really loud birds in the sky. The ranges of the Appalachian Mountains make for terrific training grounds for our fighter pilots, so we do get buzzed by them…
Read Today's Herd StoryThe Scales of Judgement
As we mentioned late last week, the scales of judgement were out on Saturday – the official weigh-in for Qannik (trying to lose weight) and Typhoon (trying to gain weight). Are you ready for the results? Qannik had reached a peak of 64.9 pounds (29.4 kg) back in December, significantly over his historical weight of…
Read Today's Herd StoryLadies Man
Qannik. Mr. Suave and Sophisticated. Handsome. Ladies Man. Anyone have any doubts? After a long day of hiking, the humans stopped at their favorite sports bar on the way to the house. We were napping in the car. Some ladies in the restaurant asked permission to meet The Herd. Q-tip, ever the greeter, was more…
Read Today's Herd StoryPoor Man’s Fertilizer
A late season snow is often referred to as poor man’s fertilizer. Both rain and snow contain trace amounts of nitrogen, but snow settles on the ground and melts slowly, soaking into the ground. Add the fact that a layer of snow can keep young, spring plants warm on a cold night (it was 14ºF…
Read Today's Herd StoryWrong Side of the Door
Around Chez Herd, Hu-dad is forever opening the door to let someone in or out of the house. Of course, sometimes somepup discovers themselves on the wrong side of the door. The good news is their brothers and sisters always look out for them. Ok, well, usually look out for them.
Read Today's Herd StoryWishing Hard
As most of our readers know, Qannik has been on a diet for several weeks now. The next weigh-in is Saturday morning and Q-Tip is wishing hard for a very favorable result so he can go off the green bean diet (where you substitute a portion of green beans for part of a normal meal –…
Read Today's Herd StorySister Sister
All of the Herd respects the leadership of Queen Natasha the Evil, but they also respect the power of Princess Kiska the Enforcer. And when the sisters are together, no one dares to challenge their rules. They are quite the sister sister combination. On the bright side, when the sisters are patrolling the perimeter together,…
Read Today's Herd StoryDeep Thinking
Whenever we catch puppy-in-perpetuity Typhoon engaged in deep thinking, we know that something big is about to happen. Let’s check in on the munchkin now . . .
Read Today's Herd StoryUnexpected Sunshine
Our weather forecast for Monday was cloudy with rain returning. Nothing like returning from an S-RV weekend to some rainy, cloudy weather, and we were prepared for the worst. Imagine our surprise when we woke up to some unexpected sunshine. When you get surprise sun, you must sunbathe in it. We all scrambled outside and…
Read Today's Herd StoryNo Place Like Home
We had a terrific weekend RVing and hanging out in the campsite. And, don’t get us wrong, we all had a blast, but Cheoah has a specific message.
Read Today's Herd StorySaturday Night’s Alright . . . For Camping
As we mentioned in Friday’s post, we had had a rainy, gloomy week, but noted that the weekend weather forecast called for some beautiful weather. The forecasters were spot on, so we are so glad that we took the S-RV out for a weekend camping trip. After a day of being on the move, settling into…
Read Today's Herd StoryCampground Amenities
If you talk to enough RV’ers, you quickly learn that they have varied opinions about the best campgrounds and best campground amenities. Many of the RV resorts have cable television, swimming pools, and other entertainment activities. We, however, prefer state parks because they offer hiking trails, wilderness, and camping sites more comfortable for us (and…
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