VACATION WITH THE KITTIES

This past weekend we had to leave our cozy cabin home because it needed to be tented for termites. That meant all living creatures must leave. That meant we had to take all four of our cats with us. We chose to go to our daughter, Anne's home in San Diego. Anne was not thrilled with the idea of "All" of us coming, but I reminded her that even though we do have 4 cats, no one ever suspects this since our 2 female cats hide whenever there is company. I also reminded her that I never complained any of the times when she or her sisters had brought all of their pets with them while visiting us. Anne said our cat's would have to stay in the garage. After all, she has a new condo.
Since it's been really cold in California lately I was worried that our pampered kitties would be miserable if they had to stay in the garage. It was in the 30's when we left our home. My husband assured me not to worry. I wasn't all that sure about this whole outing.



But, I had forgotten that my husband was still the head of our household. When we arrived, he promptly brought all four cat carriers into Anne's home and announced to everyone that this was quite an occasion. It was the CAT'S FIRST VACATION!

He opened up all 4 doors of the carriers and ..................................nothing happened. An hour later...........Still nothing. We finally dragged our most adventurous cat, Rocko, out of his carrier. He was fine. Then we took Ernie our Maine Coon cat out. He went right back in. Then Lucy oUr most "scared" cat. Lucy promptly joined Ernie in his carrier. We just left little Miss Kitty, our tortie cat alone at this point. Some vacation!

All along, I had been thinking that it would really be more of a "Cat Reunion" since Anne has another cat rescued by my daughter, Jane, named Frank. Frank is an orange tabby that Anne took in because he was terrorizing our two females. We discovered that Frank is still a bully cat. Only Rocko seemed to get along with him, although eventually, all cats settled in for the most part in my grandson's bedroom so anyone who came to the house would be hard pressed to realize there were any cats in Anne's condo. Seriously!

It was also, my husband's birthday this past weekend. He said he had one of the best birthdays ever.



That made the whole "tenting for termites", "Cat Vacation" worth while! He deserved a nice birthday.











(I know..........I'm a horrible picture taker)