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Old February 9th 05, 08:47 PM
Dan M
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Harri, see this!:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/178305097/178306112IzItfZ


Harri was very amused! That's just what I was waiting to see happen, and
what she barely avoided.

Dan
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Old February 9th 05, 08:50 PM
Dan M
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Jo Firey wrote:

We haven't had any rain for a week and it should be sunny and low sixties so
should be good walking weather this evening. Go for it Harri

Jo


Excellent! I'm glad to hear that. We would only be there the few minutes
it takes to grab the new trailer, but with it being the site of a a
previous enjoyable kitten walk it would be a shame to not take advantage
of the opportunity.

I like Marysville. I hope to be able to spend a couple of days there
some time to look around a bit.

Dan
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Old February 9th 05, 08:53 PM
Dan M
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Jo Firey wrote:

We haven't had any rain for a week and it should be sunny and low sixties so
should be good walking weather this evening. Go for it Harri

Jo


.... and if you should happen to be passing by the 1300 block of Furneaux
Road around 5 PM tonight, you just might see a stripey orange Harri
Roadcat on her kitten walk!

Dan
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Old February 9th 05, 09:28 PM
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"Dan M" wrote in message
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Jo Firey wrote:

We haven't had any rain for a week and it should be sunny and low sixties
so should be good walking weather this evening. Go for it Harri

Jo


... and if you should happen to be passing by the 1300 block of Furneaux
Road around 5 PM tonight, you just might see a stripey orange Harri
Roadcat on her kitten walk!

Dan


Not sure but if I have to take grandson to Marysville to work, I may just do
that.

Jo


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Old February 9th 05, 10:59 PM
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Dan, I love reading your stories about Harri

Ann

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see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos

"Dan M" wrote in message
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One of the first places that Harri and I visited when we first got her to
California was a furniture company in Marysville. We ended up sitting
there (unnecessarily, it turns out) for half the day, and did a nice, long
kitten walk. We didn't cover much territiry, just the trailer parking area
and the small adjoining patch of grass, but it still lasted well over an
hour and was *fascinating* for Harri.

We're returning there this evening. We're to pick up a load of unassembled
furniture to deliver to Henderson, NV (next to Las Vegas). Since we'll be
there in the hours right after sunset, we might be able to experience a
dark walk there as well. That could be interesting!

We had an interesting dark walk last night. We got to the Sacramento yard
around 10 PM and did a kitten walk as soon as arrived. We walked all
around the yard, and when we walked along the south fence Harri was
fascinated by the sounds of frogs - lots of frogs - coming from the field
next door. Since she wasn't having any luck figuring out how to get over
or under the fence I picked her up and carried her out through the gate
and over to the edge of the field. As we walked I warned her that where
you find frogs you generally find lots of water as well, but she didn't
pay a lot of attention to what I was telling her

We reached the field and I set her down to explore. She led us off down
the edge of the field until we were directly opposite where she had
stopped to listen. She then led us into the field. We came to a large
puddle of water, and Harri was a bit frustrated. She would stick a front
paw into the water, pull it out and shake it off, then try with the other
paw. She finally stepped daintily into the water and got all four feet wet
then returned to the dry land. Finally she decided that if she dashed
across, maybe it wouldn't be too bad - she readied herself then made a
quick dash for the other side.

Her resolve faltered as the water got a little deeper. When the water
reached her tummy her resolve disappeared entirely. She attempted to
pirouette without touching the water (and almost succeeded, I swear!),
raced back to dry land, and kept going until she reached the fence around
the yard. She does NOT like getting her tummy fur wet!

We kept going down the road, making occasional brief forays into the edges
of hte field. We finally returned to the truck an hour and a half later.
Though it had it's traumatic moments, it was a quite enjoyable walk.



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Old February 9th 05, 11:00 PM
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What a great update! Thanks, Dan.
Best wishes,
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Polonca & Soncek

"Dan M" wrote in message
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One of the first places that Harri and I visited when we first got her
to California was a furniture company in Marysville. We ended up sitting
there (unnecessarily, it turns out) for half the day, and did a nice,
long kitten walk. We didn't cover much territiry, just the trailer
parking area and the small adjoining patch of grass, but it still lasted
well over an hour and was *fascinating* for Harri.

snip


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Old February 9th 05, 11:29 PM
Dan M
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Not sure but if I have to take grandson to Marysville to work, I may just do
that.

Jo


If you do and you happen to see a red US Xpress truck with "20487" on
the nose, that's us.

Dan
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Old February 10th 05, 02:11 AM
Dan M
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Not sure but if I have to take grandson to Marysville to work, I may just do
that.

Jo


We arrived almost an hour early, got our loaded trailer, and parked on
the street. I had some paperwork to finish off, so did that. Harri spent
the time "ack-ack"ing at some birds across the street. Finally about
4:45 I hooked Harri up and took her into the large green field we were
parked beside. I guess she doesn't like grass that comes up to her tummy
any more than water that comes up to her tummy - she spent about 5
minutes walking around then made a bee-line back to the truck.

I decided to check e-mail and Usenet one more time, and I was getting
the wireless internet connection set up, Jo pulled up! Perfect timing.
Unfortunately Harri is terrified of anyone except Nancy and me, so I had
to pick her up off the back of the seat and hold her for Jo to get a
picture.

Jo was kind enough to bring Harri a great big shrimpie! It's now on the
dashboard while it finishes thawing, and Harri is meatloafing right in
front of it. As soon as I take it out of the plastic bag I suspect she's
going to make short work of it.

We're now off to Sacramento to scale this load, then headed for Sparks
(Reno) where we'll spend the night.
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Old February 10th 05, 04:56 AM
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What a character! I love these stories, Dan.
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe


 




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