Travel to the Northland

Two hard days of driving – the kind of driving we used to do with aplomb, but now find hard.  Getting older does that to you – I guess it has something to do with one’s elasticity disappearing.

Sumpin’ like that.

The two cats are newly ensconced at my sister’s in mid-Ohio.  And they didn’t go easily.  Bao (the younger one) stayed under the driver’s seat the entire first day, and Pookah (the Calico) stayed in somebody’s lap all day – and growled if she thought she would be dumped.  We made Memphis the first night, and they kept us awake most of the night, either growling at each other, or walking over our heads exploring the motel room.

Did you know it takes all day to just get out of the state of Texas? Unless you leave the country, which takes about 15 minutes from where we live, it takes a minimum of seven hours to get to a state line.  In our case, since we were going to Texarkana where we crossed into Arkansas, it took us about nine hours.  While the road is good, we went through lots of little towns before finally getting on an Interstate.

We’ll be here near Cleveland until early Monday morning.  I believe Nature has some sort of lesson to be learned.  Before we live in tropical Viet Nam, we may be in for a dose of snow here in the Great White North.  C and I just returned from a walk around the block.  Our ungloved hands informed us that we were only eight degrees away from the mist being snow flurries.

Thanx to Sister K for watching the cats for a year – and thanx for the invite to see the Christmas concert.  Music is better than words at explaining why the Son came for all of us.

Kitties transplanted.
House explore, then us ignore.
Kitties now at home.

Comments

[tim]

nice no ponytail pic!
you think texas is bg - try living in australia.
freeway and highway driving from here in brisbane halfway up the east coat to melbourne - at the bottom is 20-22 hours straight.
From here to drive up north is about 18 hours. to drive to perth (the most isolated city in the world from here is around 4-5 days.
Texas is smaller than some of our farms.

[Doug]

Hey, Tim - - While you have point, it still only takes me 15 minutes to leave my country. (grin)