During the first week of July, Lorne and I flew into Chicago. Unfortantly while arriving, Lorne swallowed a small slip lead and became obstructed. He had to have emergency surgery which ended up costing thousands of dollars, but without it he would have surely died, so the choice to preform the operation wasn't a choice at all! I was very scared. It was the middle of the night and I was far away in Minnesota visiting some friends. I called every hour to check on him and I can't describe what a relief it was speaking with the surgeon afterwards to hear that everything went flawlessly and that there was no internal damage.

He recovered remarkably quickly and we spent the next week and a half visiting with family and friends all across the Midwest. When it was time to come home we drove. An unforgettable experience and one I had taken with Sugar Tree, too, when she was just a pup.

We left Indiana on Saturday and made our way to Arizona. We were on the road together for four days and met many different people and places we even met a Bison in Oklahoma and went to the house that was used in the television series Breaking Bad in New Mexico.

Some places we stopped in included Northwest, Indiana, the Chicago suburbs, Springfield, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, Branson, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas panhandle, Albuquerque, New Mexico and finally home. We even drove past Sugar Tree exit. A road I passed many years ago while on a crosscountry trip with a then nine week old Sugar Tree. I'll never forget passing the exit sign and glancing at my little dobie pup and asking, "Sugar Tree?" She looked back at me and that was that. It was strange seeing it again with a new nine week old puppy, after four long years. This time I got out and took a picture on the road. I think I'd like to have it framed and I'll post it up on Facebook account when I get a chance (  / camelsandfriends  .

Despite Lorne's scary accident, we had an incredible trip and it was a very rewarding experience for Lorne to have so many new and unique experiences. Once we returned to Arizona, Lorne's staples were removed and he's 100% recovered. The leash incident was a freak accident and I do not expect it to develop into a chronic problem. I have a couple more shorter clips to upload from our trip and I hope many other adventures still await us.

If you would like to donate any toys, treats or food to Lorne for everything he's been though and help offset the cost of the multithousand dollar bill I now owe the wonderful veterinary clinic that saved his life. You can see our wish list here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wis...

All items go directly to the animals to enrich their lives. As always, thank you for watching. I hope you love watching these videos, just as much as I love making them. Pretty soon I'll be sending everyone's feathers out who donated toward finding a friend for Sniper. Even though sadly our first attempt did not work out, I'm confident that with your help, we will see some ostrich chicks in the future. Even if it has to be next year.

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