It's been awhile since I have done any blogging about our friend, Luke Robinson and da' boys, Hudson and Murphy, so I thought it was time to bring everyone up to date on their progress.

Here is an update on their whereabouts, courtesy of my Uncle Erich, The True Bloginator, and my BFF!


Luke and The Boys recently hit Route 1 in Connecticut, the last major highway they'll be taking all the way in to Boston. Well, there will certainly be some side trips, but Luke posted a great photo of where they were just a couple of days ago and I snatched it off of Facebook and put it up on the blog. You can see it here: http://2dogs2000miles.blogspot.com/2010/04/almost-home.html I think the look in Hudson and Murphy's eyes tell it all … "We're ready for that nice king-sized bed we talked about at the beginning of the walk, Papi." To really grasp the enormity of the Walk and how far the three have come, you need to look at the map and see where they have been and how close to home they are: http://www.communitywalk.com/2dogs2000miles

The map is pretty simplistic in its rendering of everything the Boys have done in just a little over two years – hundreds of events with universities and grade schools and rescues and shelters, and meet and greets, and birthdays on the road, and scores of host homes and wonderful new families, and meeting mayors and congressmen, and river crossings, walking through the Appalachians, camps, trails, tenting in the woods and by the road, in churchyards and back yards and snuggles in the tent when it was scorching hot and freezing cold. Yes, the weather! And the bugs. And the fairly odd people they have encountered along the way … the "Are you homeless" questions, "Are you dead" questions, and of course the "Whatcha ya doin' on MY highway?" questions.

Isn't it amazing how far our Mr. Luke and Huds and Murphy have come?    I know for a fact that I am much better suited to working on my causes from the comfort of my bed and in our office.    I know that life on the road would be just too hard for me.   There, I admit it, I said it and furthermore, Huds and Murphy are my heroes for taking this journey with their Pappi.

When they finally arrive in Boston in June, my Sister, Lydia will be there to greet them and participate in all of the GALA events that will be held.       Mom says that she and I will hold down the fort in Leesburg, but of course, we will be blogging about Boston as fast as my paws can Blog.   Lydia will send us lots of photos and we'll get her first hand reports as to all the happenings.    So watch for Blog Updates about the Fearsome Threesome!

And guess what Mr. Luke went and did?    He joined up with our friends from Rescue Ink and he got a TATOO!  Oh boy, Oh boy......  now that is something I think I would like, even though I would have to be brave during the process since I hear that it is somewhat painful.



                           

Here is my favorite picture of the Rescue Ink men and let me tell you, these guys know ALL there is to know about getting a Tatoo.  Absolutely!

Luke got the tattoo he's been wanting for so long. He met with the guys from Rescue Ink http://www.rescueink.org/index1.10.html and had a special tat done. The tattoo artist who did his tat is Justin Hendelman who owns New York Kreep Kustom Tattoos http://newyorkkreepykustomtattoo.com/ but because Luke and The Boys are in Connecticut, the tat was actually done at The Iron Butterfly in Danbury, CT http://www.theironbutterflytattoo.com/ owned by Annette Mathews.

Luke wrote on Facebook: "INKED! Thanks to Annette & her team at Iron Butterfly in Danbury (and her Chihuahua mix Tito), The Rescue Ink guys - Joe, Big Ant, Johnny O, Stevie. They took time out of their jobs rescuing abused animals & stayed late til it was done. And Jerome & the artist, Justin, thanks 4 doing such a beautiful job portraying Malcolm."

I guess we'll all just have to wait for the unveiling. No pictures yet, but I'm crazy with curiousity trying to figure out what this will look like and more importantly --- where is it on Mr. Luke?     Mom says we will have to make sure it isn't in some X-rated spot, whatever that means.    

And another thing I wanted to remind you about is the Memorial Shirt program!
Shirt #6 is now in the works ----- my Mom has two of the shirts, and our Princess Daisy has her beautiful little name appearing right on them.  Here is what Uncle Erich has to say

Yes, we're taking names and donations for the final Memorial Shirt of the Walk. As many of you know by now, Luke wears a special memorial shirt that bares the names of all the dogs (and, yes, even a couple of cats) who walk with them in Spirit, having lost their lives to cancer. These are Luke's angels, and the current shirt, number 5, has hundreds of names on it. With each new shirt that he has worn, the names on the previous shirts have been added to the new names. We already have over 100 new names to add to Shirt 6.

If you or someone you know would like to add your dog's name to Memorial Shirt 6, to walk with Luke and The Boys, please follow this link: https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=33900 Make sure you tell us the name of the dog the memorial is made to so he or she can be added to this last shirt. And please make sure you get your name(s) in soon as the deadline for submissions is APRIL 18th. (I double checked with Ginger and she has spoken!) I think you'll really like the shirt – it's high quality cotton in steel blue with white lettering. Very nice and washes well. It is a great way to honor a beloved dog who will keep Luke, Hudson, and Murphy company for the rest of the journey.

Here is a picture of the Memorial Shirt, which I tried to make a bit bigger so you could appreciate all the names ---- this is being worn by Miss Ginger, or Mama G as I call her, and although you can't really see it too good.... you get the idea, I am sure.
 
                                                 

I think that on the newest shirt, the names may have to go onto the sleeves, or down the back as well as the front, because there are more and more being added every day.    This, in itself, is NOT a good thing because it makes us so very sad to think about all our friends, including our own Daisy, who have lost their lives from this awful, terrible disease.  

But it is also a thing to remind us that we will never forget our friends and that there is HOPE, thanks to the good work of everyone associated with and supporting Luke, Huds and Murphy.

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Love and Licks,

Bob
Boy Bloginator, PitBull Reporter Extra Ordinary
...........  and friend of Luke, Hudson and Murphy
..................   glad to be blogging, not walking, however