And there the little dog was， sitting up on the front seat in her St. Patrick' s day outfit， peering nearsightedly out of the window at all the commotion. After two months of separation from her family， after a week on the road， after traveling across five states for 1 500 miles in the company of strangers， Snoopy' s odyssey was over.
Nancy got to the truck first. In the instant before she snatched the door open， Snoopy recognized her. Barking wildly， she scrambled across tile seat and into Nancy' s arms. Then Joe was there， and the children. Laughing， crying， they hugged Snoopy and each other. The family that didn' t give up on even its smallest member was back together again.
托普斯一家站在路边，眼睁睁地看着他们的卡车发动机颤抖着熄了火。南希和乔夫妇带着他们的两个孩子，12岁的约迪和15岁的马修，还有老狗史努比，在离家1 500英里远的怀俄明州的一条公路上，就这样陷入了困境。就连擅长修车的乔对他们这辆破卡车都无能为力。那只患有白内障的小狗用晦暗的眼神焦虑地望着家人们的脸。
托普斯一家正在旅途中。5个月前，乔的一个外甥告诉他说纳帕山谷有工作可干，于是他们便决定冒险去看看。他们带着孩子和史努比从印第安纳州的韦恩堡的家出发，赶往加利福尼亚州。可到了那里，乔并没如愿地找到仓管工作。南希和孩子都非常想家，而且他们的积蓄也快用完了。到了1月份，原来的美好愿望都落空了，于是他们决定返回韦恩堡。
卡车只能将他们带到怀俄明州的罗克斯普林斯这么远了，他们现在唯一的办法就是把卡车以25美元的价格卖给旧货商，然后搭便车去长途客运站乘客车回家。然而到了车站，迎接他们的有两个坏消息：一是他们手中的钱根本不够买四张去韦恩堡的车票；二是车上根本不允许带狗。