serviceguy
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Sorry for your loss, he was a lucky cat to be with you two for sure.
The Joy of Mountain Biking
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mwlikesbikes
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Sorry about Franklin, he was definitely one of a kind. Isn’t it crazy how these silly little creatures steal our hearts and become family? 😢
I am still having a hard time with Franklin's passing. I have good days and then sad moments. I forgot Chewy sends you flowers or a gift when your pet passes and the delivery of 12 beautiful rainbow roses threw me for a loop a week ago. (I'm pretty sure the UPS driver had driven off before I started to cry, but he might also think I'm a crazy emotional wreck.) Yesterday, I got a pet portrait from one of my sisters and the vet office sent me a card everyone signed (there's more messages on the back).
iman29
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Such nice tributes especially from the vets office. Just takes some time for sure.
serviceguy
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Wow, that is so above and beyond, very nice of them.
teabagger11
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I think I posted this some where before on here and I don't know if it will help I had a pup that passed and the operator of the kennel where we boarded them occasionally knew how much we(and everyone) loved our pets(family members) said to me "if love could save them they would live forever"
We all try to give them their best lives and I'm sure you did
We all try to give them their best lives and I'm sure you did
I thought I'd post a few updates.
First: I want to thank everyone for all the messages sent when we said good-bye to Franklin... here, text messages, FB, IG, etc etc... I read them all and I am so very appreciative of all the love and support.
Second: Also thank you for all the birthday wishes... 2025 has not been the easiest year to say the least.
All the other stuff:
Work sucks... we can move on.
Vacation: We are still heading to the Grand Canyon for a long weekend in October. I was hoping the north side stuff would open or at least Phantom Ranch at the bottom after all the fire stuff calmed down but, we're less than 2 weeks away and it doesn't look like that's happening... So our plan is to do about 20 miles on the south side.
S. Kaibab to Tipoff... Tonto to Bright Angel... Bright Angel down to the river and then back up. If Plateau Point is open, hit that up on the way back up.
We've done a few 20 mile hikes in Pisgah which I think are way harder than these trails at the GC so I think we're in good shape and well prepared for this. The fewer miles will also give us some time to chill and take more pictures and really enjoy ourselves... no time crunch worries. I think food and nutrition are all dialed in and the only question is what to wear which will be a last minute call to see what the weather will be like. We have about a dozen people going... some will be running/hiking and some (including myself) will just be hiking so we'll all be in good company.
We also had @2Julianas and @MurderBort come down and stay with us this past weekend and it was soooo good to see them... We took them on a few hikes and tried to show them the best restaurants in Brevard. Unfortunately, we didn't get to hit them all up and they didn't bring their bikes so they're just going to have to come down and visit us again. 🙂
First: I want to thank everyone for all the messages sent when we said good-bye to Franklin... here, text messages, FB, IG, etc etc... I read them all and I am so very appreciative of all the love and support.
Second: Also thank you for all the birthday wishes... 2025 has not been the easiest year to say the least.
All the other stuff:
Work sucks... we can move on.
Vacation: We are still heading to the Grand Canyon for a long weekend in October. I was hoping the north side stuff would open or at least Phantom Ranch at the bottom after all the fire stuff calmed down but, we're less than 2 weeks away and it doesn't look like that's happening... So our plan is to do about 20 miles on the south side.
S. Kaibab to Tipoff... Tonto to Bright Angel... Bright Angel down to the river and then back up. If Plateau Point is open, hit that up on the way back up.
We've done a few 20 mile hikes in Pisgah which I think are way harder than these trails at the GC so I think we're in good shape and well prepared for this. The fewer miles will also give us some time to chill and take more pictures and really enjoy ourselves... no time crunch worries. I think food and nutrition are all dialed in and the only question is what to wear which will be a last minute call to see what the weather will be like. We have about a dozen people going... some will be running/hiking and some (including myself) will just be hiking so we'll all be in good company.
We also had @2Julianas and @MurderBort come down and stay with us this past weekend and it was soooo good to see them... We took them on a few hikes and tried to show them the best restaurants in Brevard. Unfortunately, we didn't get to hit them all up and they didn't bring their bikes so they're just going to have to come down and visit us again. 🙂