Horses of All Colors

Our stay at the Benton Oaks RV Park has been an interesting one. We arrived a few days ahead of a Four H equestrian event!  Benton Oaks is located within the Benton County Fairgrounds and is managed by the county. The RV park and fairgrounds went from quite, calm and barely occupied to bustling, busy and full capacity. Families and horses provided energy and entertaining animal/people watching. It made morning walks an adventure too! 

Cherelle did not seem overly interested with the horses. However some of the horses did seem interested in her and a few of them seemed to give a shout out greeting to her with loud whinnying. One of the organizers said that many of the horses have been raised around dogs so I have no doubt that they were missing their canine buddies and were happy to see Cher.

Watching the activities at the RV park and fairgrounds got even more interesting when some of the folks who were attending the DiVinci Days celebration camped overnight at the fairgrounds along with their very creative vehicles or "kinetic sculptures". There was a giant foot, and a "Hell on Wheels" kinetic piece, and multiple smaller one-person kinetic works. If you are curious about kinetic sculptures as done by Corvallis DiVinci Days participants go to www.davincidays.org/races-revelry

Cher has been busy during our stay here. She has informed me when there was someone outside our RV. It turned out to be the camp host helping Larry move a collapsed picnic table. Nice to know that she thinks I need to know the presence of someone moving around the outside of the RV. When she and I were sauntering along the road around fairgrounds I noticed that she did a quick glance behind her. I turned to look and saw that there was a car behind us. I quickly moved us to the side of the road so that the driver could pass. And once again when I did not get the refrigerator door closed tight, my girl let me know. Cherelle also came to get me when the camp host knocked on our RV door. Daily she continues work the sound of the microwave beeping. And of course she gets in her naps on the front dash of the motorhome.

We will be leaving here on Wednesday and heading north to McMinnville, Oregon where we will stay at a RV park right next to the air museum. So stay tuned!

Warm wishes from me to all of you and tail wags from hearing dog Cherelle, aka Cher.