I’m sure you’re dying to know how Miss Sophie, The Princess, Sophia the wonder dog and PS is doing…. Well, she may have a wee infection but the Vet says she’s doing very well. She sent another video showing Sophie, up and responding to the staff… even asking to go out if I’m not mistaken. It’s clear to us that she has not only bonded a little with the staff, but she’s been teaching them to speak her language. You can see the video here.
Sophie in recovery from Kathy Mulholland on Vimeo.
Some of you have asked why we haven’t been up in Nogales with Sophie. There are a few reasons actually… the first, and foremost, is that if we were sitting outside in the waiting room all day… so that we could have a wee visit with her from time to time all we’d be doing is exciting her when she’s fragile and disappointing her each time we left. And then there’s Nogales itself. A border town in Mexico (which is not a good thing these days) and even the Vet and her husband feel it would be dangerous for us and our truck to be ‘staying’ in town… Now add the fact that the sailboat is half repaired and in need of some of our tlc before we can leave it to come home… and you see the situation.
We have altered our plans somewhat tho’. We were originally going to stay in San Carlos working on the boat until we got the call Sophie was ready to travel. We’ve realized that would be a two full days then before we’d be able to pick her up (one day to tidy up and lock up here, and one day to drive up). Soooo, our latest draft plan is….. we will spend this next week working hard on the boat. We will then put it back to bed until next season, tidy up our rented house affairs, and head north. We will stop in Nogales long enough to give Sophie a hug and stir her all up :-) and then we’ll keeping going.. .north to Yuma. We will recommission Lucy (you remember Lucy the trailer) and bring her back to Patagonia Lake just north of the border crossing at Nogales… and then we will rest and wait. When we get the call Sophie’s ready we’ll be only an hour away. We’ll be able to cross over and pick her up, receive all our nursing instructions, and have her back at the trailer within a few hours. And then we can start our journey home from there… already two-three days closer than if we’d started from San Carlos.
So that’s the plan (today). Only time will tell. Kathy’s knees seem to be a bit better but they are the worst skinned knees I’ve ever seen. We’re pretty sure she and Sophie will both have scars to show off along with the story to tell. So Kath needs a rest too and hopefully she will get that rest over these next couple of weeks.
So for now, know we are healing and we have a plan (of course :-) Will let you know, when we know, what dates we will begin our trek north. Take care everyone… and if you stop for coffee in a Mexican gas station, please don’t forget to carry a big stick. TTFN CJ
