Friday, June 15, ’12

What was the cat’s opinion of all the packing and loading the car to go on a trip? Last night while we slept he took a wand down and dragged it around the house, tearing red feathers off it. In the morning I picked up the wand and packed it for him.

He hibernated in the car. He likes to look out the window in the Econo Lodge.

Saturday, June 16, ’12

Last night the cat batted at my face until I woke up. Then he went under the covers and slept down by Gary’s feet the rest of the night. When we got to the La Quinta in Las Cruces he staged a raid on the dog’s food. The dog had to beat him back.

We’d been planning on stopping at Petco in Las Cruces. The road was closed. We went to Albertson’s instead, but it’s not the same.

Sunday, June 17, ’12

Putlitz woke me up in the morning again. He doesn’t want me to sleep in. I’m supposed to get up and feed him. He spoke up in the car today a little at the beginning of the trip. He went to Petsmart in El Paso. People commented on him as usual. When we got to Van Horn, he wanted to go for a walk in his stroller. Kenny pushed him around the parking lot. During the evening he fell asleep in his buggy.