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www.texasequineva.com • 23 up stream. We saw eagle swooping down on the lake and carrying off fish. But the most amazing thing we would see was on the way back down. We had formed a well thought out plan to keep the old people safe and under observation. Some of the "younger folks" lead the way and pulled up the rear. This kept the middle group well observed and in control. I was in the very back. My job was to take an occasional arm and help with the steep spots. It was a blast. On the way back down, I was about a hundred feet behind the group when I saw a person coming up the trail toward us. It seemed really odd to me. We had not seen a soul in the last two hours and now, here comes a man wearing a business suit and a tie. What?????? I saw him coming toward us on the zig zag path that made up the ascent and wonder what in the heck a man in a business suit would be doing in the middle of nowhere. He was followed close by a woman wearing a pant suit and sunglasses. She was about 20 yards behind him. As they passed, I said hello, and they said nothing. They looked me over thoroughly and continued up the steep trail. About a minute later I heard Dot say…..WHY LOOKY there RUDY…. Its Walter Mondale. What? Walter Mondale? I couldn't see any one past the multiple turns that lay ahead of me, but I had a vision. In my mind, Walter Mondale would have to be about 100 years old if he was even still alive. All I could see was someone pushing a wheelchair up the side of this mountain with a withered ex politician covered by an umbrella. It kind of made sense. At least it would explain these two secret service looking people wearing suits in the rain forest. But then again….Walter Mondale? I finally caught up to the group just in time to hear Dot telling the person of interest that she wanted to have her picture made with Walter. I then heard Rudy telling her that it most certainly wasn't Walter Mondale. She kept insisting that it was. I finally caught sight of the person in question… and indeed it was not Walter Mondale. But what I did see made me laugh. And I mean laugh hard. The kind where you don't make any noise. The kind that adds three years to your life from the hormones that laughter brings. The celebrity in question was not wanting to have his picture made. He kept saying…NO…NO… no pictures. But when you are facing 75 year old lady from Florida that was determined to have her picture taken with Walter Mondale in the middle of nowhere…well, you just finally say OKAY. So we got a picture with Al Gore. I wasn't in it, I took the picture. And it was a little blurry because I couldn't quit laughing. I am 55 years old. My youngest daughter, who is pregnant with a boy we will call Asher, was on the trip with us. I felt bad leaving work for 10 days to go to Alaska. But as we went over the events of the day on the way home I realized. It seems like just a few days ago that I was holding Kimmi in my arms as she was a newborn. 25 years have passed so fast and I prolly don't even have 25 years left on earth. If I am going to get the honor of meeting Dot and Rudy and finding Al Gore in the middle of nowhere… I am gonna have to do it now. Vetadventure, a brainstorm of Mark Justice, filled our family with memories. It brought me close to veterinarians from four states, and it reminded me that there is more to being a vet that working all the time.

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