Theydrovethe108milestoRawlings， ， who’.“Whatafunny-lookinglittleseriouscreatureyouaretobetravelinginsuchstyle，” sheteased.“Imagine， privatechauffeursacrossfivestates.” Butthatevening， whenshephonedRodinIndianatoreportthatSnoopyhadarrivedsafelyinCasper， shecalledher "adearoldgirl" ， andadmittedthat， “Ifsheweremine， I’dgotoalotoftroubletogetherback， too.”
SnoopywenttobedatCathy’shouseanondescriptlittlebrown-and-whitedog， verylonginthetooth， ， dazedbythecamerabut， asalways， polite， ， inFortWayne， theToppswerecaughtbetweenlaughterandtearsastheysawtheiroldgirlpeeroutatthemfromthetelevisionset.
Withtheinterviewbehindher， SnoopysetoutforNorthPlatte， 350milesaway， inthecompanyofahumanesocietyofficialinCasperwhohadvolunteeredforthelongestsinglehoponSnoopy’， butassoonasshe’dbeeninterviewed.Snoopywasbackontheroadfora138-miletriptoGrandIsland.
Twicemorethatdayshewaspassedalong， arrivinginLincoln， Nebraska， afterdarkandsotiredthatshecurledupinthefirstdoggiebedshesawdespitethegrowlsofitsrightfulowner.
Withagiftofanewwickersleepingbasketandanote “HappytobepartofthechainreunitingSnoopywithherfamily，” ， SnoopyspedonandbynightfallwasinCedarRapids.
Atnightfallofherfifthdayontheroad， SnoopywasinChicago， ， ， thevetwhoexaminedhertoldthereportersthat， “Foranoldladywho’sbeentravelingallweekandhascomemorethan1300miles， she’’sgoingtomakeithometomorrowjustfine.” TheTopps， watchingthenightlyupdateofSnoopy’sjourneyontheFortWayneTVstation， brokeintocheers.
