Days 7 & 8 - Final Day at Best Friends and Travel Home

Day 1: Travel
Day 2: Hoover Dam Half Marathon
Day 3: Best Friends: tour/orientation/dogs
Day 4: Best Friends: cats
Day 5: Bryce Canyon National Park
Day 6: Zion National Park

It's crazy how quickly a vacation passes after month and months of waiting in anticipation. Before I could blink, it was already Thursday, our last full day at Best Friends. We were scheduled with dogs the whole day.

We were assigned to puppies in the morning (wasn't going to choose puppies because I figured everyone would want puppies but they didn't have anyone for that time!). After completing a puppy socialization class, we cleaned their kennels and took several on walks. So much fun. I got trapped in a kennel with an energetic set of 4 puppies:

After lunch at Angel Village and getting to listen to the Thursday meeting updates from all the areas at Best Friends, we headed back to Dog Headquarters and chose to spend the afternoon at 'Old Friends'. I love working with older dogs and shy dogs and the kind souls housed at Best Friends didn't disappoint! We spent the afternoon cleaning and feeding before it was time to load up that night's sleepover buddy. Here's Reuben, an older dog who is very sweet and laid back.

We took him to Coral Pink Sand Dunes for a quick walk, picked up some takeout for dinner and then start packing up and loading the car. Before we knew it, it was time to return Reuben to Best Friends and make the trek back to Las Vegas and fly home. I'm usually ready to head home at the end of a vacation - this is one where I wanted to stay longer!

It was an amazing week, learned a lot, had lots of inspiration and ready to find the next challenge for myself. Back to normal, running related posts now.

I have been running the past couple of weeks, but nothing of great importance or interest!