Words cannot express how exciting this week was for our pack! All three of our pups qualified for the World Championship, we drove further West than we’ve ever been before, we got to see some pretty cool sights along the way, all three Liver Killers finished within the top 10 in the world in their own divisions, and best of all, we had a safe trip out and back, with no injuries or illnesses. Here is a recap of the Liver Killer’s preparation for our road trip, and some of our adventures on the drive!
Everyone was asking for us to bring Tommy D’s famous Limoncello, so Brian made a few batches to bring with us:
We ordered lots of bling the month before our trip! We designed and ordered team gear from CustomInk.com – – and when the company saw we donate to the GSP Rescue of NJ, they made their own donation in the Liver Killers name to the GSP Rescue of NJ – how nice was THAT?!
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- Lager and Jenny and Hooch and Jenny’s team gear
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- Brian and Cello’s team gear
Our trip wouldn’t be complete without truck bling!
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- Magnets for truck doors
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- Window deal for the truck
Our talented friend, Mandy made our trading cards:
And, of course, we did lots of shopping:
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- Brian bought Cello-yellow sneakers
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- ….and a Cello-yellow tie for the big awards gala
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- Jenny bought a dress for the big gala!
Jenny has a very difficult time packing lightly, so the packing started (and never seemed to stop!)… and Brian decided it was a good idea to rent a little trailer just in case 🙂
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- Lager checking out all the gear Jenny was packing
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- A trailer to haul all our stuff!
DockDogs had a window decorating contest for everyone making the road trip out to Iowa… so of course we dressed up the truck windows!
And we’re off!
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- Longest family road trip
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- Cello checking out the sights along the way
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- Pointer Pile!
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- Hooch likes to check out the scenes from the back window
As we crossed state borders along our ride, we saw some pretty neat sights:
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- Further West then we’ve ever been!
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- Lukoil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, home to the Indianapolis Colts
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- World’s Largest cross, Effingham, Illinois: 198 feet tall and 113 feet wide, forged out of over 180 tons of steel
It was difficult to be in the car for so many hours, so we stopped often to let everyone potty and stretch their legs
Along our stops, we came across the coolest place right off of I-70 in Indiana! Not only is it the World’s largest “candle,” it was a candle company and gift store that had a cute little restaurant, THE coolest bathrooms ever, huge and safe areas to walk the dogs – and best part of all ???… they welcome dogs INside!
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- World’s Largest Candle (not real of course!)
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- Cool front doors
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- YAY!
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- We got lunch to go – food was great!
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- Women’s bathroom!
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- Women’s bathroom!
We are huge American Pickers fans, so we couldn’t help but stop to see their Antique Archaeology shop!
Crossing the Mighty Mississippi!
We went a bit out of our way for this one, but we couldn’t miss the opportunity to stop at the movie set from Field of Dreams!
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- Our pack out on the pitchers mound
Once we checked into the hotel, and got the pups settled, we celebrated our adventurous road trip, and our safe arrival at our destination in Iowa!
What an exciting week of competition we have ahead!
Y’all are absolutely the cutest couple! I hope that dock diving brings you down south someday! I’d love to meet in person. ♥ We watched the championships on the computer and cheered for Team Limoncello! ♥
Haha! Thanks so much, Melissa! It would be wonderful to meet our biggest supporter in person some day! Thank you for everything!
That is a long drive, I hopes you haf funs and good luck int he championships
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
Thanks so much, Princess Leah!! We did so well at the championship! I just posted the results from November (I am waaaaaaaay behind in documenting our advenetures!!)