A Few Days Later...

 So it's now the 10th of September, and we're in Livingston, TX.  The weather is better--only high 90's instead of the avg 105 we were having last week. 

The cats have surprised me.  After a rough first day, they've just really buckled down and delt with it.  The first day was my fault--I gave them breakfast!  And also a stupid vet-recommended Dramamine tablet, split between the two of them.  They hollered and both barfed (yes, on our bed, too).  Gypsy has not suffered a sick stomach, but she does get anxious, and was sick of being stuck inside because of the heat. 

(Here's hoping Congress AZ really does have cooler temps in October, or we're going to roast.)

But back to the cats: I was so sure they'd freak out, be miserable, even to the point of wanting to run away.  They are fine!  For the days of travel, I gave them both their meals when we "landed" and nothing in the morning.  They find a place to hunker down and endure the noise and commotion, but when we stop and get to hooking up Riggs, they climb out and ask for food.  They even sometimes come out DURING the trip.  Blows my mind.  And I'm so glad I didn't rehome them to avoid a miserable life of travel. 

That said, we took Gypsy to the dog park this morning.  It was cool and shady (oh my, it's gorgeous here!) and when she got off leash, she ran manic zoomy circles around the whole thing.  There was a lot of pent up dog-nerves in that girl.  She's slept like a dead thing today, so it must have been good for her!  I think the majority of that is being penned inside the rig, because she is NOT a hot-weather gal. 

We're supposed to be here two weeks.  But we only paid for the first week, because they don't do refunds, and Gabe (Phil's Dad) is in the hospital with pneumonia.  Never know if we might have to break camp and hit the road early.  We're anxious to get back to AZ, at any rate, so we can help with his folks.  Still coming this week: get our mailing stuff in order, go get vehicles registered and inspected, and voter registration, etc.  All that makes us official Texas Residents again. 

Once we do get back, we'll start scouting for the fifth wheel trailer we want, and the truck to pull it.  Yes, it's early to make a change like this, since we've only had Riggs a year, but we've lived in it long enough to know the space needs to be different for full time than it does for camping. 

We have also decided that while we do enjoy the scenery of small town roads and tiny highways through the countryside, nothing beats an interstate for getting you where you're going.  (I won't bore you with the few "detours" we ended up taking thanks to small town road signage and the white knuckle driving Phil had to endure pulling this giant bus down roads with no shoulder!)  So we'll be following I-10 back to AZ.  The stops: Lulling, Sonora, Ft Stockton, El Paso (all in TX), Lordsburg NM, and Florence AZ.  We'll land at Congress and stay there the month of October.