"Hi, I am Maggie and I will be your tour guide for the the day. Today we are going to visit the University that is right by my house. We go to the University often but just to where the big fields are. My mom takes me there to do my tracking and Bosley gets to go there to practice his carting. We sometimes just go there for a nice walk around the lake. But today you will get a special treat. My Mom took me right on campus where the students hang out. There weren't many students there today because it is summer break, but a few people stopped to pet me, which is always nice. Anyway, on to our tour:
Here I am in the big sculpture thing that is right outside the Student Union building. It probably has an official name, but I don't know any of that stuff - I'm just a dog"
"Next we will visit the sculpture park where we find this interesting sculpture with a chair under it. For some odd reason, the chair is on these springy things so it moves when you are on it. Good thing I'm an agility dog and don't mind sitting on something that is wiggling around. Your everyday, average dog tour guide would not be able to show you this work of art by posing on it, so you are lucky that I am your tour guide today"
"Next we take a walk down the side of a building where we find this very interesting pattern. Not sure what this is all about, but my Mom thought it would make an interesting picture."
"Moving on to more of the sculpture park. This sculpture is filled with books. Not sure how they got all those books stuffed in there, but some of them looked interesting even though I didn't see anything dog related."
"Here is a picture of the entire piece of art. See the book on the very top? That's funny. On another interesting tour note, the long building in the background is U-Hall. This is the oldest building on campus. U-Hall was designed by a world famous architect, but I don't know his name, I just know he is very famous. The building was built right into the side of the coulee so that it would blend in with nature. Nature is good - so that was a very nice idea."
"Since the University was originally built into the side of the hills, that means that there are a lot of stairs. Here I am taking a rest on some stairs. We didn't go all the way up them, so I can't tell you what is at the very top, but I am sure I saw some doors that probably go somewhere very interesting"
"This is one of the newer building on campus. It looks fancy with it's big pillars"
"Outside the fancy, big pillar building are these mirror window things. I like these mirror windows, they make me look long and sleek like a Greyhound, don't you think?"
"My next stop on our tour takes us to this nice rocky place. It is kind of like being in the mountains. We climbed up the rocks and had a great time.
"This rocky place is also a good place to take a rest. If you are coming to this place, I suggest bringing some water. My mom left the water in the car and all that rock climbing made me thirsty. She should really know better, but she didn't expect that we would be doing any mountain climbing today"
"The final stop on our tour takes us back to the sculpture park. This piece of art has very nice lines and movement. It really 'speaks to me'. This was my favourite sculpture in the park"
"Well, that ends our tour for today. I hope you enjoyed having a look around the University and some of the interesting things that it has to offer. I also must mention that there are lots of gophers here, if that is your thing. I really wanted to chase them and catch them and shake them, but my Mom said that's not good for the tourism business."
"So, until next time, this is Maggie your tour guide wishing you happy touring"