04. Love and Spirituality

The only thing Jim and I did without the animals is watch the geyser Old Faithful at Yellowstone.  It truly is amazing. Everyone should experience it.   You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKE-dT8sYOg

We drove by this bison in Yellowstone National Park. He glanced at me but he didn’t even lift his head. He says, “Ever since I was little I have known people to stop to look at me.  When people stopped coming for a while (because of covid), I actually missed being looked at.  But then

We practice group stays every chance we get.  Easter is still not one for sitting.

It was so tempting to let Hudson off his 16 foot lead to run.  It felt like we were the only ones in the woods. Hudson is prey driven and if he had seen a bear, elk, moose, deer, or any other animal he would have chased them for a great distance before he would

Felix says, “Every place we went made my spirit expand farther into the Universe. My itchy paws were soothed by the healthy Earth.”

Easter says, “The smell of the forest was pure and healthy.  I could feel the trees breathing.”

These woods outside of Yellowstone went on forever.  The stillness was incredible. Luca says, “I felt we belonged to the earth and to the trees.  Everything was in balance and we became part of it.”

Our first real stop was a campground outside of Yellowstone.   I am fascinated by breed characteristics.  Hudson acted like a true German Shepherd by standing guard over the campsite.   He did this everywhere we went. Hudson says, “Everyone at the campground was happy to be there.  Everyone had a house on wheels and

This is Seamora’s travel cage.  You can see her perch in the back.  My thoughts were that she would stand on the perch and grab hold of the rope if she needed to. That didn’t happen. For the first two days, she clung to the front door with her beak and talons.  I then moved