Spring is in the air and ”bless you” is the new greeting.  For all the green in The Woodlands, I don’t remember sneezing as much as we have been doing while visiting Eugene.   Every part of the city is in bloom with buds bursting daily into color.   It is beautiful here but I miss the blankets of wildflowers spread out along the highways.

We finally received an email from the insurance company that approves the start of repairs and we hope they can start right away.   Dead time is so frustrating when we have so many places to go and people to see.  Until now, enjoying our time with Millie and watching way too much TV was our pastime.  Now that the work will start, we no longer need to stay close to the RV or call hourly to check status.  In the morning we will check out places to visit in nearby cities and as soon as the weather warms, take a drive back to the seaside so the dogs can run on the beach.

We visited the dog park today.  This was the second time clueless owners brought their un-socialized Pit-bull’s into the large play yard and made inappropriate remarks when their dogs mauled other dogs.  Millie faced the Pit and barked loud once, then when it came towards her again, John and I decided to take both pups to the other large dog area.  Before I could pick up KatieBug, the Pit-bull jumped her and she vanished under him, loud growling and twisted dogs wrestled within a foot of where I stood.   When the owner pulled up his dog holding him in the air, KatieBug was attached to its underside, snarling and shaking its tummy skin but hanging on firmly with no intention of letting loose.  John quickly pulled her off and we moved to the other large dog section, shaken, with me loudly commenting that clueless owners shouldn’t bring un-socialized animals they couldn’t handle.  He loudly blamed me for bringing KatieBug into the large dog area.

A woman with her young daughter brought in a huge friendly white male dog.  Within the first minute the Pit-bull, one third the size of the white dog, came after the white dog, jumping on it as it rolled on its back in a clear sign of “I give up”.  The Pit-bull bit into the white dogs neck and ear, blood spots on its pure white coat with the woman kicking the Pit and the owner of the Pit hitting and pulling on his dog.  When it was over, the idiot still tried to blame the sweet white dog.  Stupid, stupid people.  By that time the rest of the owners and dogs moved over to our side.  Someone called the police and I gave a report although the idiot and his dog had already left.  Fortunately KatieBug was not hurt at all, only a little slobber on her neck but nothing else.  The white dog had a few bite holes in its neck and ear and the woman had blood all over her hands and legs but she seemed to be OK.  The little girl was very upset about her pup but the police and her mom were assuring her the pup would be OK.  We will never again enter a dog park where there is a pit-bull and we will leave if one comes in.   I’m sure there are sweet ones, but I don’t want to find out the hard way that the owners are clueless idiots.  This town seems to be full of stupid dog owners.