Today’s Run: \u00a0Rest Day (and hopefully the last rest day for a while!)<\/p>\n
We have two cats. \u00a0Well, they really are not our cats, they belong to our children.<\/p>\n
My husband and I have a daughter and a son. \u00a0Our daughter lives in a different state than we do. \u00a0In 2011 she decided to move. \u00a0To Alaska.<\/p>\n
She and I decided to drive the Alaskan Highway to reach her destination of Anchorage and then I would fly back home to Mississippi.<\/p>\n
We began our journey in Ft. Collins, Colorado, in an 1983 Ford Ranger. \u00a0Color: Primer. \u00a0You could watch the road through the floor boards of this truck. \u00a0Max speed of said truck: \u00a060 mph.<\/p>\n
We drove through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory and Alaska. \u00a0We made it all the way in that truck with a seriously cracked bell housing that a mechanic in Yukon Territory kindly fashioned a “sleeve” to hold the housing tight so the starter would engage. \u00a0Before the sleeve, we were push starting the truck and popping the clutch. \u00a0It was an adventure!<\/p>\n
Back to the cats.<\/p>\n
She needed a home for her cat. \u00a0Kali. \u00a0MFH (My Favorite Husband) drove from Ft. Collins, Colorado to our home in Mississippi with Kali, while my daughter and I were driving the Alaskan Highway. \u00a0We had obtained kitty number one.<\/p>\n
Our son made the move to Mississippi a year later. \u00a0He, too, had a cat. \u00a0Castro. \u00a0(Castro was actually one of Kali’s kittens.) \u00a0He needed a new home for his cat. \u00a0Being the softies that we are, and seeing as that we live in the country, we said, “Sure.” and we obtained kitty number 2.<\/p>\n
We are okay with cats. \u00a0That is what we keep telling ourselves when at 2:30 am they decide that they want outdoors, or want fed, or petted, or anything except to sleep.<\/p>\n
They are good mousers. \u00a0Kali especially likes to bring us presents of various sizes of rodents. \u00a0We dispose of these said gifts when she is not looking. \u00a0Do not want to hurt her kitty feelings!<\/p>\n
Castro’s specialty is birds. \u00a0He likes to bring us birds. \u00a0Fortunately, he is not as adept at catching birds as Kali is at catching mice. \u00a0I always feel bad for the birds. \u00a0I am afraid I am rather cold-hearted about the mice. \u00a0I do not want them getting into my house!<\/p>\n
That is the story of how we obtained two cats. \u00a0The dog, Paxton, I chose, much to MFH’s chagrin. \u00a0And I chose the Chickens. \u00a0And the honey bees….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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