Live From Chillicothe (Taped Earlier)

I initially started this post from a hotel room in Chillicothe, but the internet service there wasn't working properly, and I couldn't upload the pictures or finish the post. Now, we're finally home, so we'll try this again.

We find ourselves in a Comfort Inn in Chillicothe, Ohio today. The Dread Reverend's grandfather is sick and in the hospital, he wanted to come down and see him, and Tyler and I accompanied him on the trip.

But he's spending the day at the hospital and with family, and I didn't go because I felt this was more of a private family time - not to mention, I didn't want to leave The Poo alone in the hotel room; the one time I trie to go to the vending machines, he barked his head off. So we're hanging out here.

Tyler's an excellent traveling companion, and seems to enjoy it. He adapts so easily to these things. I think it's been good for him to get out and do something, anyway - he's been very mopey and dejected-looking lately, and I think it's just boredom. The trip has perked him up - he's been alert, energetic, and curious. Traveling usually seems to go well for him. He's been on a weekend trip to Cook Forest in PA, week-long trips to Virginia Beach and Emerald Isle, NC, and I'm sure a few other brief trips I'm not remembering at the moment. I'd love to take him to Oregon, but I won't subject him to plane travel, and we can't get enough time off work in one chunk to drive there and back.

He did really good till the trip home, when he seemed pretty tired and fed up with it all. I think he'd just had enough 'adventure' and was just looking forward to being home. (For his own account of the trip, check out his MySpace page).