October 2013. The scene is set for an epic adventure into the west with my wonderfully amazing friend Jen from Maryland (she’s a photographer too, check out her lovelies: J. L. Gould). The plan: Jen was to travel from Maryland, snag me in Minnesota then we’d head west, armed with our cameras. The trip was misadventure redirected adventure after a pair of 2 right shoes set the course rolling. Many miles later, Jen arrived in Minnesota. And her back promptly decided that it needed to be all kinds of fancy and be extremely out of wack. An ambulance ride, ER visit and some loopy drugs later, it was decided that I would pilot the road tripping vehicle back the direction it had come. Enter in my first road trip to the east coast.
Jen, being impaired under some spectacular loopy drugs, wasn’t up for much activity when we arrived back to Maryland. Luckily she had furry companions who were happy to entertain me. Brie, her funky old man lounged and mostly was indifferent to my camera. (Fun fact: all of Jen’s cats have been named after cheese…)
*Brie passed away in May 2014
Afterwards I spent a lovely amount of time outside (who’s fall is 70-80 degrees?!?) doling out treats and snagging pictures of the antics of Jen’s gang. Chakotay the reddish husky mix who delighted in mugging for the camera and showing me where he kept his frogs and Bosco his brother and the big wimpy baby with fluffy black fur and a well aged face (the brothers were 14 years old at the time) evened out with the bit of crazy from the lard butt that is Townsend. They adored the treats I offered (after I left Jen said I broke her dogs because they now insisted on having treats whenever anyone would go outside – heehee).
*In the fall of 2015, Chakotay & Bosco passed away. I’m honored to have met and photographed them.
