Still more on RVing
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Some very good friends of mine travel in an RV with their 2 cats. They've been doing it for years. They have a Dog tent for outdoors. THe cats love it and are quite well behaved.
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Look on the first page of this thread - that's exactly the playpen we bought for our cats too - only in pink.
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OK, the trip is on! He got his last drain out today, and we picked up the RV after his appointment and brought it up to the house to prep for the trip.
I don't know if we can get all the prep done tomorrow, and have Charles in condition to leave Friday AM, so the date of departure is a bit up in the air. Our current plans are:
Unfortunately, the bathroom sink faucet sprayer we bought is not going to work.:-( And we still can't tell if we are just being dorks about lighting the oven in the RV, or if it's broken. We're not going to be able to solve that before this trip, I don't think.
No, we're not taking the kitties on this trip - the ungrateful wretches will be taking care of them.
I don't know if we can get all the prep done tomorrow, and have Charles in condition to leave Friday AM, so the date of departure is a bit up in the air. Our current plans are:
- San Jose to Mojave - stay one night (307 miles)
- Mojave to Las Vegas - stay 2-3 nights (231 miles)
- Las Vegas to Grand Canyon - stay one or two nights (225 miles)
- GC to Sedona AZ on Wednesday the 23rd, to see my bff from HS - stay two nights (61 miles)
- Sedona to Phoenix - stay one night (116 miles)
- Phoenix to Palm Springs (I've never been, despite growing up in SoCal) - two nights? (268 miles)
- PS to LA (see my brothers, get them to do a little work on the Jeep - they owe me!) - stay two nights (116 miles)
- Open ended trip up the coast - stay at 2 or 3 of Carpenteria, Cambria and Monterey - might spend two nights in Monterey. (93 to Carpenteria, 138 to Cambria, 133 to Monterey)
- Monterey to SJ (75 miles)
Unfortunately, the bathroom sink faucet sprayer we bought is not going to work.:-( And we still can't tell if we are just being dorks about lighting the oven in the RV, or if it's broken. We're not going to be able to solve that before this trip, I don't think.
No, we're not taking the kitties on this trip - the ungrateful wretches will be taking care of them.
roll on! and post photos
Munchkin
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Looking forward to seeing both of you! Drive carefully!
So even though we are not taking them with us on this trip, today was the cats' scheduled "spa day" - all three get their bellies shaved, armpit to butthole (for the sake of removing SOME unnecessary excess hair floating around the house - they are VERY hairy, as well as because they are all long haired and have issues with crap sticking to their buttfur, especially FatBoy Onyx); and Onyx also gets a bath - he is prone to skin dryness (since he's STORING all the fat, I guess!), itching, and chewing on his flanks, and since he started getting baths every 3 months or so, it's almost gone.
So, I decided to try to bring them in the Jeep with just the harnesses and leashes, and not in the cat carriers. Onyx has crate anxiety, and always takes a big stinky dump in the crate when he is transported in it, so I was hoping to avoid that.
And he took a big stinky dump on the back seat of the Jeep instead. 0 for 1.
And, it turns out that when stressed, those cats can turn into cockroaches and wiggle right out of harnesses that are SO tight, according to their pitable whining and fake paralysis after they are put on, that they can't MOOOOVE. But they slid right out when the leash is held - dammit. I guess it's a good thing I learned this before relying on them outside, huh? 0 for 2.
Sallie is parked in front of the house, plugged in to get the fridge down to temp to load up. The shopping is done (less care has to be taken this time, since we have A CAR!), laundry is being washed. The only problem is Charles isn't feeling well after the removal of the drain yesterday and then not sleeping well, so we're not sure if he's going to be up to driving in the morning. So we're hour-by-hour here.
Spiky had a good point for me yesterday - this is not a camp and park type of trip, because we have the car, so we don't have to eat dinner in the RV most nights - we can go out to eat! Especially in Vegas, Sedona and Palm Springs.
So, I decided to try to bring them in the Jeep with just the harnesses and leashes, and not in the cat carriers. Onyx has crate anxiety, and always takes a big stinky dump in the crate when he is transported in it, so I was hoping to avoid that.
And he took a big stinky dump on the back seat of the Jeep instead. 0 for 1.
And, it turns out that when stressed, those cats can turn into cockroaches and wiggle right out of harnesses that are SO tight, according to their pitable whining and fake paralysis after they are put on, that they can't MOOOOVE. But they slid right out when the leash is held - dammit. I guess it's a good thing I learned this before relying on them outside, huh? 0 for 2.
Sallie is parked in front of the house, plugged in to get the fridge down to temp to load up. The shopping is done (less care has to be taken this time, since we have A CAR!), laundry is being washed. The only problem is Charles isn't feeling well after the removal of the drain yesterday and then not sleeping well, so we're not sure if he's going to be up to driving in the morning. So we're hour-by-hour here.
Spiky had a good point for me yesterday - this is not a camp and park type of trip, because we have the car, so we don't have to eat dinner in the RV most nights - we can go out to eat! Especially in Vegas, Sedona and Palm Springs.
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oh, dear. I'm sorry you are dealing with Big Stinky Dump and so on. I am also having issues: it's pee where ever you are time at Chez Jackie.
hope your trip is everything you want!
hope your trip is everything you want!
This was us yesterday, at the first rest stop:
The later part of the trip was pretty stressful - the last two hours were in the dark, up and down mountains with trucks and assholes headed for Vegas. We stopped in Mojave - a land that time and the economy forgot - for the night after a little more than 300 miles. The new GPS and even my iPhone's map did NOT understand that the new Rte. 14 had bypassed the campground, and the campground's website had not been updated to reflect the new exit you have to take, and where the unmarked turn "Frontage Rd." was. It was an interesting place - fortunately, we only spent the night - and didn't bother to cook - just went into town and ate at Denny's.
This morning went better, except that I discovered I had forgotten my #$%^& French press coffee pot! Charles ran out to get me a coffee from the truck stop where the campground owner met us last night to lead us into the campground. We got on the road before 11, and made it to Vegas before 4 - and although it was less harrowing, it was very windy and through more mountains (though not so twisty).
Spiky Bugger and Mr. Sue met us at the campground, and were entertained by our colorful language in trying to get the $%^&* Jeep unhooked from the RV (we'll get better at it, but sheesh!), and then took us to a lovely steak dinner, followed by a stop at Bed Bath & Beyond for a new French Press, and then a visit to their lovely new home. They sent us off with a bunch of good stuff for our RV that were left over from their RVing days. We were going to meet up with Munchkin for an evening of gambling and debauchery, but by then, the stress of the trip had caught up with Charles (he is developing a seroma), and we decided to get a good night's sleep before going for brunch and gambling and debauchery with Munchkin. So here we sit in our jammies on a Saturday night in Las Vegas, watching TV and resting up for the next phase of the trip. We iz old.
The later part of the trip was pretty stressful - the last two hours were in the dark, up and down mountains with trucks and assholes headed for Vegas. We stopped in Mojave - a land that time and the economy forgot - for the night after a little more than 300 miles. The new GPS and even my iPhone's map did NOT understand that the new Rte. 14 had bypassed the campground, and the campground's website had not been updated to reflect the new exit you have to take, and where the unmarked turn "Frontage Rd." was. It was an interesting place - fortunately, we only spent the night - and didn't bother to cook - just went into town and ate at Denny's.
This morning went better, except that I discovered I had forgotten my #$%^& French press coffee pot! Charles ran out to get me a coffee from the truck stop where the campground owner met us last night to lead us into the campground. We got on the road before 11, and made it to Vegas before 4 - and although it was less harrowing, it was very windy and through more mountains (though not so twisty).
Spiky Bugger and Mr. Sue met us at the campground, and were entertained by our colorful language in trying to get the $%^&* Jeep unhooked from the RV (we'll get better at it, but sheesh!), and then took us to a lovely steak dinner, followed by a stop at Bed Bath & Beyond for a new French Press, and then a visit to their lovely new home. They sent us off with a bunch of good stuff for our RV that were left over from their RVing days. We were going to meet up with Munchkin for an evening of gambling and debauchery, but by then, the stress of the trip had caught up with Charles (he is developing a seroma), and we decided to get a good night's sleep before going for brunch and gambling and debauchery with Munchkin. So here we sit in our jammies on a Saturday night in Las Vegas, watching TV and resting up for the next phase of the trip. We iz old.
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This was us yesterday, at the first rest stop:
The later part of the trip was pretty stressful - the last two hours were in the dark, up and down mountains with trucks and assholes headed for Vegas. We stopped in Mojave - a land that time and the economy forgot - for the night after a little more than 300 miles. The new GPS and even my iPhone's map did NOT understand that the new Rte. 14 had bypassed the campground, and the campground's website had not been updated to reflect the new exit you have to take, and where the unmarked turn "Frontage Rd." was. It was an interesting place - fortunately, we only spent the night - and didn't bother to cook - just went into town and ate at Denny's.
This morning went better, except that I discovered I had forgotten my #$%^& French press coffee pot! Charles ran out to get me a coffee from the truck stop where the campground owner met us last night to lead us into the campground. We got on the road before 11, and made it to Vegas before 4 - and although it was less harrowing, it was very windy and through more mountains (though not so twisty).
Spiky Bugger and Mr. Sue met us at the campground, and were entertained by our colorful language in trying to get the $%^&* Jeep unhooked from the RV (we'll get better at it, but sheesh!), and then took us to a lovely steak dinner, followed by a stop at Bed Bath & Beyond for a new French Press, and then a visit to their lovely new home. They sent us off with a bunch of good stuff for our RV that were left over from their RVing days. We were going to meet up with Munchkin for an evening of gambling and debauchery, but by then, the stress of the trip had caught up with Charles (he is developing a seroma), and we decided to get a good night's sleep before going for brunch and gambling and debauchery with Munchkin. So here we sit in our jammies on a Saturday night in Las Vegas, watching TV and resting up for the next phase of the trip. We iz old.
Thank you, "Chuck & Di," for the above-mentioned "lovely steak dinner." Your rig has hugeness, compared to what we had. But it is also capable of providing far more comfort.
I hope C is doing well this morning...he did look a bit worn out last night, poor thing.
sounds like things are going pretty well, all told.
nice: swag!
I know I find I need less and less debauchery all the time. went to the casino with my landlady for drinking, dinner, some gambling ( I won $22!!) and we watched a Tom Petty look-alike do one number....and was home by 9:30!
nice: swag!
I know I find I need less and less debauchery all the time.
went to the casino with my landlady for drinking, dinner, some gambling ( I won $22!!) and we watched a Tom Petty look-alike do one number....and was home by 9:30!
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Sounds good...more than one outlet mall here...check them out.
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