It amazes me how some perfectly sweet and kind dogs can display another side on occasion that makes you want to strangle them. Such was the case yesterday – while on our way back from Tennessee (btw, we made it back safely). Nala had done so well on the trip yesterday until we stopped a few hours from home. Let me precede this by saying that Nala is always a bit weird about not wanting to pee in strange places – so, on trips it takes a while to convince her to go. We stopped at a gas station in the bustling metropolis of Metter, Georgia. We commenced to walking her for about 20 minutes – and she would not use the bathroom. Finally, we decided that she didn’t need to go (we don’t give her much to drink on trips). As soon as we put her back in the truck – she started to pee (also keep in mind that she peed in the truck on the way to Tennessee also – and that we had a much longer trip to Virginia a few weeks ago – and she did fine).

As if that wasn’t enough – I was awakened at 3am to discover that she had peed in her crate also. Fun Fun.

In a few hours we will be heading off to Tennessee to see family. If we get any good pictures on the way, we will put them here for you to see.

I have finally put together everything for our highlight reel. This gallery has captions at the bottom of each picture. We took our favorite 2 or 3 pictures from each day. Hope you enjoy!

Nala seemed to have a pretty good time at the kennel. However, she grew 6 pounds during our vacation. She has gotten a bit bigger, and she is just as hyper. Hope that you guys enjoy the pics and video (which is of us trying to teach her to roll over).

We are home.

Our first tip involves daylight. I know it sounds funny – but it is very important. First, I need to give you a bit of background. I wake up at 5:45am every day (except for the weekend). It is always dark at 5:45am. However, this is not true in England. We were in the middle of the island, and it started getting light at roughly 4am. It didn’t start getting dark until after 10pm. This was a big adjustment for me. Not only did I have to get past the jet lag, but I had to try and learn how to sleep when it is light outside. If you stay in a hotel, just be sure to pull the curtains at night. If you are staying somewhere without this luxury – you might want to get used to sleeping with an eye pillow.

Well, the long flight is over and we are back in the United States. The flight from England is about 1.5 hours longer than the flight to England (due to winds and such), so this one felt pretty long. There were several kids near us – which made it seem a bit longer too. However, we made it back without any major incidents or problems. The people that were directing everyone after we went through Customs were incredibly rude here in Philadelphia (the Customs / Immigration people were GREAT). It helped us understand how visitors get the wrong impression of the United States. All in all, we are ready to get these two last flights over with and get back to sunny Savannah.

We are currently in the air at 38,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. We truly did love the trip, however, as stated earlier, we will be glad to return home. Once we land in Philly, we will have to go through Customs and then catch our flight to Charlotte – and finally home. I pray that everything is fine back home, and that I don’t have too much jet lag tomorrow at work.

Well we are packed and ready to go. I am sitting in Martijn and Tucker’s living room – and in a matter of moments we will be on the road to Manchester Airport. We should be home by 9:30pm ET. We have connections in Philadelphia and Charlotte (we only had one on the way to England – oh well). I hope there are some good movies on the way home. We can’t wait to see and talk to all you guys.

For our last day – we decided to venture to Scotland. Edinburgh was three hours via train from Leeds. We got up early and took the bus into Leeds and got on a 7:10am train.

Once arriving in Edinburgh we quickly noticed how breathtaking it was. It was a gorgeous city with gorgeous country all around it. Take a peek below.