I finally got caught up only to find we can't chat any more? That might be the death of this thread... That's where all the fun was. 
cfpackerfan wrote:what happened with Ashley??

It was just before 6am and I was loading up the car, getting ready to head home. There was one other motel guest doing the same. As I made the four or five trips, back and forth between the room and car, Ashley slowly plodded along behind me. Usually, she keeps up with me pretty well, but we had done a LOT of walking in Aurora, NV and Bodie, CA over the past two days, and for some reason I kept forgetting to put her boots on (bad daddy!), so her paws were a bit sore and she was going slow. As I put the last of the camera gear in the trunk, the other guest got in his car and fired it up. I made one more trip, to get Ashley's bed, and walked back to the car to put it in the back seat, when the other guest put the car in gear and started to drive away. I looked up to see Ashley, halfway across the parking lot, disappear behind the front of his car. I was sure I had just seen her alive for the last time! I probably woke up everyone staying in the motel when I shouted "Hey, hey, STOP!" Fortunately, he did stop. I ran to the front of his car to see Ashley just standing there with that dopey little tongue-dragging grin of hers, like nothing untoward had ever happened. Ugh... Dogs! Gotta love 'em, right?