Waiting at the baggage carousel for our - ugh - checked bags in the international area at Washington-Dulles (IAD) last week, we watched a cute little beagle and his ICE handler, like the one profiled in this article in USA Today, wander around sniffing suitcases.
He had one positive "hit" just in the few minutes we were standing there, and his female handler took the traveler's Customs Declaration Form and scribbled something on it.
We've seen them before but it was fun to run across the article and learn a little bit more about it.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.