The Great ROAD TRIP

oh what a day. We headed off in grand style.
Dean in a 17ft uhaul pulling an 8ft trailer - loaded to the brim. In the cab, was the cat in a kennel, her litter box, and a variety of things including my bamboo plant.

Me and JoyAnna in my car - loaded to the brim. 3 dogs in the back seat, Joy Anna and all of her 'stuff' in the front seat, the trunk with the kennel and a million other things.

It wasn't very many miles until Dazzle got scared of the construction area bumps and jumped into the front seat with JoyAnna. There she decided to spend the next 750 plus miles. She didn't even like the sound of the blinker. Thank goodness for puppy valium.

We all did amazingly well on needing to stop until we needed gas at Weatherford. We figured out a system we thought would work well. It did- for that stop. I would fill the car while JoyAnna went in. Then she would get the leashes attached while I went in. Next, we would take all three dogs out. We made good use of the grassy pet area. We managed to hang on to all three dogs and get them back into the car.

Then came the cat. I put her in the grass and hoped she wouldnt realize that the collar and leash would easily slip over her head. She didn't, but she was not interested in the grassy area. So, out came the litter box, but she was not interested in that either. Back it all went and she would just have to wait.

The next time we needed to stop did not go nearly as well. Not sure why in the world someone would see 2 people holding 3 dogs and bring their's over to visit. You would think they would realize dogs are going to be too busy taking care of the other dog's business to take car of their own.

The dogs did really well. Once the only place we could find to stop was a walmart parking lot. We found some dirt (we were in West Texas by then) and they enjoyed romping around.

The cat did great, too. She only bit Dean once during the day. She would walk around the inside and look out the window or sit beside him. She would get tired and go back to her kennel.

The pet part went much better than anticipated.