Talk about navigation skills!

We are back in Ripon, CA where had an excellent dark walk a couple of
weeks ago through an adjacent almond orchard. Today I parked in a
totally different part of the truck stop where the orchard wasn't even
visible.

When we left for our walk Harri headed straight for the truck repair
shop parking lot, made a loop around the parked trucks, and headed
straight for that almond orchard.

Unfortunately when we got there I could smell that it had recently been
sprayed, so we had to content ourselves with walking through an empty
field next door. But it was still interesting enough for over an hour's
walk.

For the last couple of month's Harri hasn't wanted to do daytime walks,
except at a couple of extra-special locations. The company yards in
Colton and Sacramento are the only places she still does day walks.

In the past she has protested horribly any time I tried to carry her
when we were on our walks. Now, though, she rides comfortably in my arms
while we walk across busy driveways and past noisy idling trucks. But as
soon as we're clear of the danger areas, she wants to be put down RIGHT NOW!

On Fri 25 Mar 2005 11:12:19p, Dan M wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ):

We are back in Ripon, CA where had an excellent dark walk a
couple of weeks ago through an adjacent almond orchard. Today I
parked in a totally different part of the truck stop where the
orchard wasn't even visible.

When we left for our walk Harri headed straight for the truck
repair shop parking lot, made a loop around the parked trucks,
and headed straight for that almond orchard.

Unfortunately when we got there I could smell that it had
recently been sprayed, so we had to content ourselves with
walking through an empty field next door. But it was still
interesting enough for over an hour's walk.

For the last couple of month's Harri hasn't wanted to do daytime
walks, except at a couple of extra-special locations. The
company yards in Colton and Sacramento are the only places she
still does day walks.

In the past she has protested horribly any time I tried to carry
her when we were on our walks. Now, though, she rides
comfortably in my arms while we walk across busy driveways and
past noisy idling trucks. But as soon as we're clear of the
danger areas, she wants to be put down RIGHT NOW!


Hey Dan, how do you think Harri is going to act when you finally
get that job (that I know you're going to get soon) and she's a
home cat and not a road cat? You're going to have to take her
on weekend drives!!

--
Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited
breath."
- W.C. Fields

Hey Dan, how do you think Harri is going to act when you finally
get that job (that I know you're going to get soon) and she's a
home cat and not a road cat? You're going to have to take her
on weekend drives!!

I already plan to do just that!

Dan

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:12:19 -0800, Dan M yodeled:

We are back in Ripon, CA where had an excellent dark walk a couple of
weeks ago through an adjacent almond orchard. Today I parked in a
totally different part of the truck stop where the orchard wasn't even
visible.

When we left for our walk Harri headed straight for the truck repair
shop parking lot, made a loop around the parked trucks, and headed
straight for that almond orchard.

She has that mental map! What a smart girl.




Unfortunately when we got there I could smell that it had recently been
sprayed, so we had to content ourselves with walking through an empty
field next door. But it was still interesting enough for over an hour's
walk.

For the last couple of month's Harri hasn't wanted to do daytime walks,
except at a couple of extra-special locations. The company yards in
Colton and Sacramento are the only places she still does day walks.

In the past she has protested horribly any time I tried to carry her
when we were on our walks. Now, though, she rides comfortably in my arms
while we walk across busy driveways and past noisy idling trucks. But as
soon as we're clear of the danger areas, she wants to be put down RIGHT NOW!

Theresa
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"Dan M" wrote in message
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We are back in Ripon, CA where had an excellent dark walk a couple of
weeks ago through an adjacent almond orchard. Today I parked in a
totally different part of the truck stop where the orchard wasn't even
visible.

When we left for our walk Harri headed straight for the truck repair
shop parking lot, made a loop around the parked trucks, and headed
straight for that almond orchard.

She's a very bright kitty with GPS tracking - directions being beamed from
the mothership, of course

Jill