Our Trip Home – Part Two

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The first half of our trip was relatively uneventful although after a few hours Floki decided he would cry continuously while clawing at the screen on their carrier. Fortunately, he gave up after a while.

I bought them a huge carrier for the trip up that is almost as wide as the car. It also has two pullouts like a modern RV. We put a small litter box on one end which came in handy yesterday. We are bringing home so much stuff, I couldn’t open the pullout near the litter box because we packed more stuff into the car than I thought possible. Even so, they still had plenty of room.

We traveled for eight and a half hours, stopping twice to charge the car and once because my back was hurting and I needed to stretch.

We got up early this morning because Rose wanted to get on the road before the holiday traffic. I brought most everything out to the car, knowing I would have to remove it, put the cat carrier into the car, and then hopefully put everything back in so it fits.

Rose was ready at around quarter to six. Fortunately Floki was already in the carrier so Rose put Frankie in and zipped it up. I put the carrier on a cart and as I pushed the cart out the door I watched Frankie run out the door ahead of me.

That shocked Rose and I. Frankie darted down the hall with me in hot pursuit. He turned down the hallway with the elevators and stopped. He was probably unsure which floor he wanted to go to. That’s when I grabbed him.

We learned later the zipper on the other side was still unzipped. We counted our blessings that Frankie didn’t wait until we got outside to escape.

Floki had two or three crying fits on the way home. We stopped twice to charge the car. While we were stopped we gave the cats some food and water. We also cleaned the litter box. They didn’t use the litter box on the way to West Virginia but they sure did on the way home.

It is now 2:30 and we are twelve miles from home. Once the cats are in the house I will push “publish” on this post and you will know we arrived safely.

26 thoughts on “Our Trip Home – Part Two”

  9. Dalton,Benji aka Meezer’s Mews & Terrieristical Woofs's avatarDalton,Benji aka Meezer’s Mews & Terrieristical Woofs

    Glad you got home, and Frankie what were you thinking??!

    Now you can all breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy Home Sweet Home!

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  12. Zoolatry's avatarZoolatry

    We read yesterday. Then furgots to come back and comment.

    Now it’s Saturday! HOME! Happy you, Happy Rose. Very happy kitties.

    Rest, eat, drink … be HAPPY.

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