It's Been A Long Few Days!

As I sit here in my living room in Superior, Co and think back on the last five days, I am just exhausted!

Wednesday night we decided to go watch our friends from Ed's work at their softball game. Of course, five minutes before we are planning to go to the game I pop a crown off of one of my teeth! That's bad under any circumstance, but it was really bad in my case. After all, we were planning to leave town the next day! Thankfully my dentist was able to squeeze me in for an emergency appointment and re-cement my crown on Thursday morning. We were leaving the state though, so we decided to make the most of our last night and join our friends at a local bar after their game. I guess I'm really getting old, because 3 beers and staying out until 11 or so, really did me in.

While I was at the dentist the next morning, Ed was at home waiting on the movers to come. They were actually on time, so that was a good thing! We were hoping to get on the road ourselves by noon, but by the time the movers got done it was after one. Not too terrible, but a later start than we had planned. I put some extra cat food outside for my stray girls, took a last look around,
and we were on our way.

It was bittersweet leaving. I only had a couple of friends in the area, so it's not like I had a lot of ties, but it was still kind of sad leaving. I was also feeling bad about the two little stray cats I usually feed, as there was just no way we could take them. Anyway, as we were leaving our neighborhood I got a couple of tears in my eyes, but managed to wipe them away before Ed saw. I'm always embarrassed about things like that. Once we got out of our area and down towards SF I was okay.
One last drive across the Oakland Bay Bridge and we were on our way.

Now speaking of cats, I was really nervous about taking our cats on the long drive to CO. After weeks of trial runs around the area, we finally came up with a good solution. Xanax and Buprenex prescribed by the vet were a lifesaver once we got the dosage right. We drugged Artie and Ozzie first thing in the morning and by the time we got on the road they were pretty out of it. They weren't happy about going into their travel cages, but once they were in there and safely tucked into the back of our CRV they calmed down. We heard a little meowing, but not too much and thankfully Ozzie never went to the bathroom or vomited in the car! Good Boys!!!!


Our drive was pretty uneventful. We had a little rain driving out of CA, but nothing to bad. I was kind of shocked to see snow still in the mountains this late in the year. I thought it was really cool though.

Nevada had some surprises for us too. Within minutes of crossing the boarder from CA to NV we saw a rainbow. We thought it might be directing us to a pot of gold at a nearby casino, but we resisted chasing it! Well, another hour or so into NV, I looked over and there was another rainbow! This one wasn't as big as the first one, but it was beautiful. The way the sun was shining around it and the lighting all around was just fantastic. I took a picture, but it really doesn't do it justice.

We were getting tired, so we ended up stopping for the night in a town called Winnemucca. Wow, that was an experience! First off, all of the motels were pretty much booked because of a rodeo or donkey races or something. As an added pain, we had to find a motel that accepted pets. We didn't make reservations in advance since we didn't know how far we would drive that first day. We ended up in probably on of the trashiest motels we've ever stayed in. You know it's not great when the a handwritten sign on the bullet proof glass at the front desk says "Sorry, No Refunds". Hmm, has to be pretty bad if people are asking for refunds. But, it was a room, we could take our cats in, and we were tired and didn't care. I will say though, it had the absolute best water pressure for a motel shower. It was a great way to start out the next day! I got a good laugh at the "continental breakfast" they provided when I went in to check out. It was a tray lined with foil proudly displaying what appeared to be individually wrapped Little Debbie Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies. Now, don't get me wrong, those are tasty little treats, but calling them a continental breakfast is a bit of a stretch!

Well, that's it from the beginning of our journey up to the second morning. More later...