Travelin' Jack here......takin' a few moments out of my travel schedule to look back at 2012....and let me tell you it was one Dog-Dandy Year for this pup! So many dog-memories for the ol' journal...don't hardly know where to start!
Guess it would be good to start with JANUARY, eh? And here I am startin' the event circuit at the New Mexico Boat and RV Show...where I was the dog-celebrity. Gotta take some time out to check out the goods, eh? This boat seems Mighty Fine to me!
Oh...but I can't forget...this was a banner year for New Mexico! We celebrated our CENTENNIAL as a U.S. state on January 12th. I helped honk in the celebration at an Albuquerque Library with a special Centennial Storytelling!
....the kissin' month if ya ask this dawg! We got into the Valentine spirit at the Bob Gerding Outdoors Show in Albuquerque with the JACK'S SMACKS KISSING BOOTH! It was one slurpy fundraiser for animal welfare let me tell you! Now this is MY idea of a SWEEEET way to earn bucks for the pups and kitties at the shelters. We supported 3 charities that weekend! And I'm ready to do it again!
My runway debut also took place in February at the Bridal Expo at Buffalo Thunder Resort in Santa Fe. Now you tell me.....do I know how to work a runway or what!?!? I'm just made for this job! FUN!
But back to work......
MARCH
...to my real job of travelin' and finding special pet friendly spots around New Mexico! We combined this trip with some more photos for the 'Get The Picture' contest. Here I am posin' for a photo at Salt Mission Ruins. Pretty doggone cool place to explore...YOU better check it out soon!
It's Easter time on the TV set with my favorite host (and girlfriend) Nikki Stanzione. Springtime activities for pups and people around the state on "New Mexico Style" TV show on KASA Fox 2 television! LUV that Nikki! She's my #1 TV dream gal (after Jill of dog-course!)
And then it's on to help out the pups and kitties at the shelter again. Love participating in New Mexico's largest adopt-a-thon FETCH-A-PALOOZA! Here I am with the #1 gal, Barbara Bruin, Director of the Albuquerque Animal Shelter. LOTS of deserving pups and cats were adopted out at this grand event! YAH!
MAY
.....and speaking of grand events. There's no more important Tourism happenin' than the New Mexico Governor's Conference on Tourism....and of dog-course this pup would be there! After all, I am New Mexico's ONLY award winning dog-travel-journalist!
Here I am with my FAV tourism team....North Central Region Tourism Board and T.A.N.M. Executive Director, Sharon Schultz. We WON another award! Are we good or what? (that's a rhetorical question...we all know that answer, don't we?)
.....time to get ready for summer! And the best way to kick it off is at the Tourism Mixer where all tourism professionals gathered at Buffalo Thunder Resort to share the scoop about the great places of New Mexico. They said it was a Pool Party....don't know about you...but I'M ready!
AND.....I got in a really grand meet-up with my Barkin' Pen-Pal...and OEB cuzin, Gunny Monster at the conference! He came ready to impress in his Marine dress duds....and let me tell you.... this was a double-dog barking event! Almost looks like my twin bro, doesn't he? Not only did I get to visit with him...but those folks were snappin' pictures of us right and left. Why we couldn't even get a moment to bark to ourselves...just posin' for the cameras and all! FUN....love my adopted bro, Gunny. He's my new dog-spiration of what I wanna be when I grow up.... a mascot for the Marines...just like him! You are one cool dog-dude Gunny!
Happy Birthday ME! I turned 4 on the 4th of July.....that makes me a Yankee Doodle Doggie. And who else should I celebrate my big day with than with Nikki on the set at "New Mexico Style". We talked about pet safety on the 4th of July! Now are we one star-studded team or what? (that too is a rhetorical question!)
AUGUST
...back on the road, makin' sure there are Pet-Friendly lodging options in New Mexico...and here I am at one of my all-time-dog-favorites. Golden Eagle Lodge in Red River. Now I LIKE the way they spell out that they are PET FRIENDLY....pretty clear to see, eh?
...time to bring together the brainiacs in our SMART city Los Alamos....where those hard-thinkin' inventin' scientists are hard at work. I was invited to be the Dog-Celeb at the annual "Next Big Idea" festival...and what did they do...but create a JACK CAM. Here I am sporting this creation...which BTW was dog-vented by a 13 year old Brainiac-Drake. He's one tecky dude...and I LUV him! Click on this link if ya want to see the results of our little dog-speriment! Pretteeeee doggone cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7qYLsQlZXs&feature=plcp
.......and that's the LOW-DOWN on this great festival from my pup-spective!
(get it-LOW DOWN....bulldog....ANOTHER one of my bulldog jokes...I'm on a roll today, eh?)
Wonderin' where we captured this pup-pic? Well it would be in Tucumcari at the historic and authentic Blue Swallow Motel-a vintage motorcourt motel that is the REAL thing. In their mini-garages between the rooms (see-I told you it was a motorcourt!) they painted these dog-fabulous murals on the walls....I do dog-believe they painted this one special for me. Do you agree?
OCTOBER
...and that means it is time for BALLOON FIESTA in Albuquerque! Just the doggone grandest (and biggest) balloon event in the whole world! That would be a true statement too...I know....'cause I'm there every year! One fantastic photo op after another.....and I LUV to experience it from the Balloon Museum's lawn where this year I also hosted the 2nd annual FURRY FRIENDS FIESTA DAY! We had loads of hot-air fun...and we raised $$s for Lucky Paws Shelter and adopted some pups to new families too! YAH again!
And speakin' of pup adoptions. I also co-hosted the 2nd Four-Footed Fashion Show (with my TV doll, Nikki at "New Mexico Style" where we watched the adoptable dog models work the red carpet runway showing off great dog apparel and themselves too! We got all 6 of our adoptable models placed in homes....and I sure did enjoy watching the TV spot at my house afterwards too! Oh, BTW, on the tube...that's Nikki and Jill...and me (I'm in the middle case ya didn't know-HA!...another bulldog joke) sitting on the sideline at the Fashion Show doing the commentary. It's my job to make sure they TALK right! And they did! Good job gals! LUV ya both!
And barkin' about dogs....it's time to get serious here (????) and put on my Golf Knickers for a good cause. It's the SAVE LUCKY PAWS Charity Golf Tournament....and I helped raise bucks for the pups at this dog-fabulous tournament.
NOVEMBER
...time to pawse and reflect on the good things in life. I spent some (much dogserved) down-time at the Elkhorn Lodge for Thanksgiving! Here I am toasting my toes in front of our fireplace at the lodge. AND here's the kicker for the year! PetSmart posted this pic on their Facebook page as a holiday greeting to all their friends and fans.....and my photo got 16,000 LIKES in 24 hours! Whew-doggies now THAT's a lot of luv from those PetSmart fans! YAH! Luv ya back...all 16,000+ of ya!
Now is that a doggone grand idea or what!?!
Thanks Rio Grande Books for being the brain child of this book project! We of course had to capture a photo for the book cover....so we took some time out of our busy holiday schedules for this photo shoot. AND a special thanks to our photographer extra-ordinaire, Christena Stephens, who came all the way from Texas to shoot us (with her camera of course!)
And then it was time to celebrate the holidays!...so I added to my resume the title of 'Pup-Poet' by writing my own special version of a timeless Christmas poem treasure...only I renamed it to.....
"THE NIGHT BEFORE DOGMAS"
It was my special holiday greeting this year....and if you missed it just scroll down to the previous blog....
AND that my friends is a dog-breviated look at my year.....Un-dog-fortunately, I couldn't include ALL my special happenings (why it would take a year to do that!) but these were a few of my favorite .....
..... 2012 Dog-Moments.
But now it's the end of the year...and as we get ready to ring in the new year......Here's my wish to everyone!
Have a Safe And Happy New Year.....and I'll see you in 2013
.....ready to PAWTEE of course!
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DOGGIE HUGS AND SLURPY KISSES!
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