Day 2762

 We got up at 7, did the pet stuff and and breakfast,, and left for Spokane.  We were on the road before 8.

When we got to Woodburn I screwed up.  I took the Salem entrance instead of the Portland entrance.  That resulted in a 20 minute drive down to Brooks and back.

After that the trip was uneventful, and fast.  I got into a group of people on I84 the were going 80+  I drove along with them through most of the gorge.  I drove 10+ over for most of the trip.  We stopped at Mickey D's in Kennewick for lunch.  We got 34.7 mpg for the whole trip thanks to a strong headwind.

We got to the trainer early.  He was working with another couple, so we waited.  Abby was amazing.  She did pretty good finding the birds.  She did amazing on point.  They held her for at least 40 seconds and she was steady to the shot.  They gave us some time to play off leash with her.  She found a bird that was out, but it flushed on her.  She marked where it went down, but overran it and it flushed again.  She spent a lot of time finding and pointing the empty traps.

The trainer spent some time going over her pedigree with us.  She has several national champions in her lineage.   The cost for the two weeks was only $500.

The hotel was only 5 miles away.  Just before we got there Ellen told me to turn left at a traffic circle.  That put us back on I90.  That detour was only 6 miles total.

We ordered dinner from "Longhorn BBQ".  If they did business in Texas they would be shot.  The BBQ beef was good, but not great.  The BBQ turkey and ham were sliced from deli meat like in a grocery store.

We spent the evening watching TV (soccer) and surfing.

Abby didn't whine the whole day.  She also understands the word "quiet".  Apparently the trainer doesn't put up with noise.