SUMMARY: Yes, I'm lucky where I live.
In response to a comment about being lucky where I live to have 14 USDAA trials in a year--yes...yes, I am. Although, since I feel compelled to be at all of them plus a few CPEs as well (such is the nature of addiction), it would actually be nice to live somewhere were they *weren't* so convenient and I could spend my weekends doing something creative, exploratory, or even (gasp!) relaxing.
Here's a quick calendar of the USDAA events that I put on my personal calendar for 2007. Notes:
- The ones that are nearly 2 hours, I spend the night. So there are really only 3-4 USDAA trials a year where I can sleep in my own bed.
- The ones that are farther than that, I just don't go to (except Nationals), although many of my friends do, and I keep thinking that someday I might want to go to them again (did for a couple of years).
- And I haven't even included the Oregon ones, to which some diehards travel. And I think there might be a few more of those southern Cal ones (5-8 hours) that I didn't even note on my calendar.
- Times are actual driving times, not including stops.
| January | Bay Team Santa Rosa | <2 hrs |
| San Diego | 7 hrs | |
| February | VAST Turlock | <2 hrs |
| Pomona | 5 1/2 hrs | |
| March | Fillmore | 5 hrs |
| CAT Madera | <2 hrs | |
| April | Haute TRACS Dixon | <2 hrs |
| SMART Salinas | < 1 hr | |
| May | Bay Team | varies...used to be sunnyvale 20 mins, but in any case <2 hrs |
| Quicksilver Carson City | 4 hrs | |
| Moorpark | 5 hrs | |
| June | NAF Turlock | <2 hrs |
| July | City of Industry | 5 hrs |
| Moorpark | 5 hrs | |
| Aug | SMART Salinas | < 1 hr |
| Sept | Bay Team Sunnyvale | 20 mins |
| VAST Turlock | < 2hrs | |
| TRACS Woodland | 2 hrs | |
| Oct | Haute Dawgs Dixon | <2hrs |
| CAT Madera | <2 hrs | |
| Nov | Nationals | 11 hrs |
| NAF Turlock | <2 hrs | |
| DART Irwindale | 5 1/2 hrs |
I have to say that I have been enjoying staying home for so many weekends this spring and summer. I've actually had a chance to see my non-dog friends again, I've been to see a couple of movies and even been out to dinner with my husband once or twice.
ReplyDeleteAnd because I haven't used up all my vacation days by taking every other Friday off for travel to trials, I'm actually taking a real vacation this Fall.
It's good to know that there is life outside of agility--something that seems unlikely when you're really caught up in it :-)