I bring you the infamous wayward Madison Barlow!
This beauty shipped on July 22nd. I guess he didn't want to come live with me right away, because he swapped his plane ticket to Canada for a stopover in Brazil to laze around on the beaches, take in the sights, and catch a few football matches. After private investigators were dispatched, he was located and deported for being in country without a passport.
His plane had a stopover in Miami, but he still wasn't done attempting to evade me! He gave his chaperones the slip and missed his connecting flight. A little late for spring break, but determined to party, he enjoyed a few days of debauchery. After taking a "Walking with Dexter" tour, he hit up some beach side bars, got into some trouble, and had to spend some time in the drunk tank. Officials released him after he dried out and escorted him to the airport and sent him to New York.
Upon landing, he went on a tour of the Statue of Liberty, and did some wandering around Times Square. Investigators found him hanging out in the subway tunnels looking for aligators, marched him to the airport, and watched him board his flight to Canada.
Landing in Richmond, he tried to escape again and track down Charlie. Kind soul that he is, Charlie told Madison he was too big to hang with his TC Barlows, and that he'd be much happier living with me. Sadly Madison left and boarded his flight to Calgary.
Almost two months and plenty of Aeroplan points later, he finally arrived at home today, looking not in the least worse for wear, and with plenty of travel stories.
And so ends the journey of the Wayward Madison Barlow.
All joking aside, I'd like to thank Tyler at KSF for all the reassurances during these trying times, and our amusing emails back and forth speculating on what Madison was up to on his journey.