road trip (oh yeah!)

All systems go! It's 10am on a Saturday before christmas and while our neighbors are busy doing last minute shopping and preparing holiday feasts,we are ready to hit the road. The original plan was to be on the road by 8am and be at Uncle George and Aunt Martha's house by noon. But everybody woke up late, took a shower a bit longer than expected, and basically just didn't follow the schedule I laid out.
10:30. Still haven't hit the road yet. Everybody is in the van except for me. I have to do some last minute checking before we leave our house for 2 days. Make sure that no lights, computers, or tv is on.
10:45. Now we're really ready to go. As I opened the front passenger seat door, who could be sitting (or lying) there but Cranberry? She took one bored look at me and then closed her eyes again to go back to her sleep. "Cranberry, would you like to sit at the back with Kyle?" No response. "Well can you move just a little bit and make some space for me?" Cranberry looks at me, stands up and goes at the back to Kyle, wagging her tail excitedly, all her sleepiness from waiting for me now gone. "Thank you Cranberry!".
"Dad, can you open the windows here at the back so that Cranberry can look outside?" asks Kyle.

And that's how Cranberry was most of the trip. Standing on Kyle's lap, her wind blown face outside the window. Enjoying a road trip with her family, having a wonderful holiday season.