All's Well

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I was going to describe Mark's return trip on Thursday but decided not to further alarm some readers. The roads are somewhat better now, allowing Brou to return home safely today. He is looking great and his appetite is back. He does tire more easily now so we will take it easy for the next few weeks. I am also watching his outings more closely to make sure that he doesn't wander into coyote scat again. A surprisingly large group of coyotes set up a noisy chorus this afternoon only a half mile away. We silenced them abruptly, that Brou and I did, with our own barrage of howls and barks. Showed them good, we did.

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The photo shows Mark's 'new' truck after this last town trip. Hard to believe that there is a dark metallic charcoal paint beneath the mud. I had originally suggested that we take a handful of mud to a paint shop and have them match the color but the cost of a custom paint job was not in the budget. If you're familiar with the looks of the Dodge Ram, you will notice that the black plastic styling effect beneath the chrome bumper is missing. It lasted all of about three weeks and was then scrubbed off by a sharply eroded bank on the other side of the creek. A neighbor said that she had seen the bumperette in the creek and tossed it off to one side before it got even more abused. The next day, Mark let me out at the creek and I slogged across to pick it up. Mark laughed when I returned with not one but TWO identical bumper pieces. I bet the Chrysler folks see brisk sales on these things. We decided to leave it off given the condition of our commuter roads. Also notice the aggressive BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain tires - one of the best investments we could have made for living out here.

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It's great to have everyone home again!

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