After Easter Mass and breakfast we hit the road at 11:15. Gracie has never been on a long car trip, but had been carsick twice before, so we'd primed her with an anti-carsick pill and hoped for the best.
just a 4-hour trip to Manatee Springs, with a lunch stop along the way. A sunny day in the low 70s, with spring wildflowers carpeting the roadside along Rte. 19 in pink, red and white.
Not warm enough to swim in the cold spring water, but just as well: no swimming pending a "security check". Turns out there's a big alligator which ate a dog.
Preparation for this trip seemed like a bigger job than usual; checklists, etc. And Gracie occupying one side of the back seat made packing more like a puzzle. To get anything, you must move something. But it all fits, and we don't seem to have forgotten anything critical.
ADA regulations for service animals actually do qualify Gracie. We've all heard of silly abuses, but the guidelines give as an example a person with hearing loss- check: my last test rated my hearing loss "profound"- and a dog trained to alert to sounds I can't hear, e.g. something or someone approaching from behind.- check. So Gracie has a Service Dog vest and she can go anywhere at all with me. Makes a big difference.
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