Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Finding Gobi - Dion Leonard

This is a story that I had seen on both the news and 60 minutes and also read about on several news sites.  In 2016, while on an endurance race through the Gobi Desert, runner Dion Leonard finds himself joined by a little stray dog that stays by his side through hours of running in the heat, over sand dunes and roads.

When the race ends, Dion realizes that he has a real connection with the wee pup he calls Gobi and sets about to see if he can get her taken back to his home in Scotland.  Things are not quite so simple though, and the story reinforces your faith in most people (of course there are a few crazy and dangerous ones too).

So all in all, a good little man and dog story.  5/5

2 comments:

John Bellen said...

It sounfds like the little dog needed a friend and found one at just the right moment.

sallyhicks said...

That must be a good book to earn a 5. I remember well the story at the time and found it both sad and heart warming.