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The Airstream

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We have a 1968 Airstream Caravel – that’s a 17ft trailer – which I restored myself over the last 5 years, with help from my friends in the Airstream community. It is my pride and joy, and we don’t get to use it as much as I’d like. All this winter weather is giving me cabin fever – I want to hook up and hit the road! So instead I went out and did some cleaning up, fixed a bad light switch, and just hung out inside with the dog for a bit, letting him get used to it while I read a magazine. He went camping with us a couple times last season, but he has a bit of separation anxiety, so I want him to learn it’s a safe place to be when we’re gone.

Since it’s only 17 ft long, the tour is short. There’s a kitchen down one side…

And a couch that folds out into a bed on the other (in Airstream-speak, that’s called a ‘gaucho’). The bathroom is in the back, and it’s full-service 🙂 That’s a requirement for me when we’re ‘camping’.

And there’s a dinette in the front which folds down into a bed as well, but we use the side bed. It’s actually nice and cozy inside, and never seems cramped. It’s small size is easy to tow and fits into any camping spot. We are forced to keep everything neat and orderly when travelling because there is no room for clutter inside.

Mighty followed me into the trailer, and then I left to play with the dog, and when I came back and opened the door she had a lot to say to me about forgetting her and leaving her locked in there all alone for TEN WHOLE MINUTES!!! Apparently it was quite traumatic. She may require therapy…

Where’s that cat?

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While I was outside geting the chickens settled in, and wearing Barclay out for the evening, I kept hearing a meow – meow – meow. But where was she? I was looking all around, but couldn’t see her. Meow – meow – meow…

How the heck did she get up THERE!!? I’m sure she could have figured out how to get back down, but she kept looking like she was going to jump from places that were still pretty high up, so I finally grabbed a ladder and helped her down. Silly cat!

Good news!

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Woke up this morning and guess who was sitting on the back deck, staring in the back door window? Mighty! And boy was she hungry! Wherever she’d been for the last day and a half, she was hungry and glad to be home. What a relief! Now guess who’s not going back outside today 🙂

Bad news

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Last night our cat Mighty didn’t come home. Both cats were in the yard hanging out when I was doing my evening chores, collecting eggs and taking hay out to the animals, but it was no where near dark then. When I got done the cats were nowhere around. Later after it started to get dark I called them and Mouse came in, but no Mighty. Later Dave called her when he got home, still nothing.

A couple years ago we adopted a persian cat named Lucy from the pound. She was indoor, but she was so unhappy about it she took it out on us by leaving surprises everywhere. So we let her out and she was tremendously happy, and then one day she disappeared. The neighbors said they heard coyotes in the back field that evening, much closer than usual. So we assumed she had re-entered the food chain, so to speak.

After that we got two kittens, sisters, and planned to keep them as indoor kitties. That’s Mighty and Mouse. But again, they were so unhappy they couldn’t go explore the world outside, they spent all their time whining about it and trying to plot their escape. So after about a year and half or so, we finally let them go outside and just like before, they were extremely happy about the change. They catch field mice and voles and moles, and a couple times they have caught birds. Basically it’s a cat’s dream to live around here.

This whole indoor/outdoor kitty debate is a tough one. On one hand you want them to be safe and live long healthy lives. On the other hand you want them to be happy, and our cats have never been so content as when they spend their days outside prowling around and decimating the rodent population (a genuinely useful thing). So it’s a tough one. Either way I don’t like losing a cat. Maybe she’ll show up again yet. I guess there’s nothing to do but wait and see.