At 9:30 a.m. we pulled away from our wonderful little condo (only 90 minutes behind schedule). We over estimated the cubic square footage available in the prius (neither of us are engineers), and we had to make two 'emergency' runs to goodwill to lighten our load. It was very funny in retrospect. At the time, not at all hilarious. Again, despite all of our planning, strategy and firm expectations things just unfolded as they were intended. I lost my 'patience and trust' mantra temporarily but quickly
regained my centered footing. After all, what's 90 minutes in a 3000 mile trip? Hardly even a drop in the bucket.
Day 1 was full of surprises. The drive was far easier than anticipated and it was fun to see the full spectrum of beauty that Oregon offers. The high desert was delightfully green (imagine fresh, green sage, green trees and tufts of green grass), undoubtedly the result of an unusually wet spring. We went through two very interesting thunder storms sans lightening....meaning they were short bursts of rain I guess. The kitty did AWESOME and earned herself the gold star of the day today. Macy, quite on the other hand, did not earn a star or enough points to buy a star if able. Despite repeated dosing of the (usually effective) calming/anti anxiety herbal remedy she persisted in heavy panting, moaning, crying, wining, and jumping about the cabin. Quite frankly she is lucky that she made it our little motel 6 in one piece tonight.
She's also lucky to be so cute most of the time. Otherwise she may have ended up as a mock-jaguar hood ornament around 9:45 a.m. today.
Tomorrow we will update you from Cheyenne....Wyoming's capital city. Did you know that Wyoming is the least populated US state? What a claim to fame. Not a state that sounds at all like my dreamed-of urban oasis. I hope I make it out alive.
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