What a great Looper convention!!! Floyd and I volunteered to help with set up for the registration...our effort to get to know some of the in crowd. Can't say that worked but we sure did. That first afternoon Jim and Elaine (who drove down from London, On, Canada) came by our boat and Floyd invited them aboard. We became fast friends and they adopted us for the rest of the week. We had such fun hanging out with them. It was so good to catch up with Larry and Cindy aboard BUCKET LIST...they started their Loop Sept 1st...and re-connect with Nanse and Rik aboard NANSEANN who also just started the Loop...(we adopted them last year!!!) We also spent time with a very nice "boat less" couple from Joplin, Dale and Peg Janssen and their dog, Pete. We fell head over heels in love with Pete....and the more we knew the better we liked him. He met all of Floyd's rather extensive list of DOG MUST HAVES...and before you could say let's get a dog...we were on the phone negotiating for Pete's half brother...Dakota.  So back to Ditto Landing...close up TUMBLEWEED...drive to Wichita...arrive home on Saturday evening. We spent the first part of the week catching up on laundry and making doggie purchases. Thursday we drove to Harrisonville MO and picked up our new male child...a 7 pound ball of fur. Dakota is an Australian Labradoodle...who will mature at about 25 pounds and 18 inches...in the meantime he is very much puppy...quickly becoming spoiled and not so quickly potty trained..but, hey, it has only been 24 hours. He is already enrolled in Puppy Training 101...so stay tuned...photos will follow....