[jyl]

Cat was amazing in the car. Miao'ed for the first 15 minutes, then got used to it and rode happily the remaining 800 miles from Yosemite to Monterey then Monterey to Portland. We needed a place to board her in Monterey, since the Monterey Plaza Hotel wouldn't take pets. That required getting her vaccinations, which we did at the Monterey SPCA (right by Laguna Seca Raceway). Then she hung out in a kennel for 24 hours while we did the aquarium thing. In the car, she ate from a little bowl and drank water from another, and either slept on suitcases and laps, or looked out the window with varying degrees of interest. In Redding the Best Western motel took pets, so she got to sleep on a bed. Now she is in the family room, exploring and snoozing, while our existing cat wonders about the weird new scent. I'm trying to prepare Old Kitty for the New Kitty's adoption. I've told Old Kitty that this adoption is really for her, when she's old with failing organs, we'll harvest the needed organs from the New Kitty. Old Kitty seems receptive to This Plan.