First day on the road--success!

Today was interesting in so many ways!

First, it took us about an extra hour to get our truck from the rental place because the lady helping us was not very competent.

THEN it took us about six hours to get the truck packed. We had been planning to leave around noon, but we didn't hit the road until 5:00. Yikes!

We did finally get rolling. Above is Alex driving us to Linn County, the (oh goodness) "Grass Seed Capital of the World".

The kitties settled in fairly well, only yowling three times today. Sparky was mostly crying because Bo was trying to take naps on top of him. :)

Toward the end of the day Melissa even tried driving and found that it wasn't as scary as she thought it would be, even in a 16-foot truck with a car stuck on the back of it! (Doesn't she look comfortable behind the wheel?)

We made it all the way to Canyonville, OR. before calling it quits for the day. Unfortunately we're still a few hours away from the California border. As of right now we're in a Best Western. We were bringing our stuff into the hotel when Alex accidentally dropped the cats about four feet when the handle on the cat carrier broke! To help them recover, we gave them a bunch of catnip, and they're both really happy and snuggly now. Bo is helping to write this.

Tomorrow we'll be back in the car and heading for Costa Mesa, where we'll visit with Grandma Mardell for a day or so before heading to Arizona. For now, good night!

--A & M