Anyone who flys the airlines from time to time is familiar with the two pieces of reading material in the pockets of the seat backs. One is a catalog with all sorts of unusual devices and the other is a magazine written for the particular airline. Sunday I was enjoying my twice a year flight to Colorado on one of Midwest's newer Boing 717's. One with the nice comfy brown leather seats. As my first appointment was Monday afternoon, I asked our travel department for a later PM flight. Mine departed at 7:35 AM.
There was a fair amount of ground fog in the area and from 36,000 feet it looked like regular low level clouds. It was when we flew over the wind turbines near Dodgeville or wherever, that I noticed the turbines were chopping up the fog! A very unusual sight. I tried to fire up my cell phone camera to capture the sight but when you are moving around 500mph, things are quickly in the distance. Besides, the cell phone might disrupt the navionics and cause the jet to do snap-rolls. (a little pilot humor)
After I became boared with the distant scenery, I pulled the Midwest magazine from the pouch and came across an article discussing how airlines and hotels are becoming more dog friendly for travelers. Some dog friendly places at several cities were mentioned. In the Milwaukee area they mentioned the Granville dog park, which was called Milwaukee's only dog park (it is not) and also mentioned Petlicious Dog Bakery, which is located in Waukesha over on Silvernail.
While I like traveling, I dislike the business trips where I am away from my wife and my dog for any length of time. The cell phone keeps Pat and me in touch each evening. I've tried talking to Kanook but the sounds coming from the phone must not be much different from a squeeker in a chew toy for him. In my free time, I did "sniff out" some area dog parks. Golden has a dog park that is on land donated by a former Coors employee. It's a bit hidden behind the baseball diamonds but never the less a dog park. In Fort Collins, where I held another class, they have a smaller neighborhood dog park about the size of a city lot. The entire lot is covered with wood chips so mud is never a problem. Waukesha Dog Parks Organization has supporters who would like to see such neighborhood dog parks built here. In time, after a full season of observation at Minooka Park, I think such neighborhood dog parks might be considered. Time and money will tell.
