With a heavy heart, I left Amarillo yesterday afternoon with Lacy and Eleanor, without Lincoln. The park
owner and the shelters have my contact information and promised to let me know
if he were to show up in one of their locales – alive and well. And, I’ll go back to retrieve him if I
get the word. I’ve mentioned, in a
few of my replies to comments, that I'm convinced his life with me was a
blessing for him as he’d been an unwanted kitten. I also don’t want to chastise myself for allowing him to go
outside. I found early on in my
relationship with him that he ‘needed’ to explore in the natural way cats have
behaved for millions of years.
I’ve had innumerable pet cats in my life, well over a
hundred in total. Some have been
entirely indoor cats, some entirely outdoor, the majority has had both
experiences. I know the
possibility of accidents and loss are greater when the cat is allowed to roam;
but cats have probably been roaming longer than we humans have walked the
earth.
Cheers to Lincoln ...
named after President Abraham, who also tread
some dangerous and uncharted territory.
Lincoln kitty was long and lanky, quiet and inquisitive, alert and friendly
and the best he knew how to be.
Sound a little like Abraham?
When I rescued him last December at the Cat Sanctuary they’d named him “Magpie” because of
his black and white coloring; but I’d just seen the movie, “Lincoln,” and
decided it was an auspicious name for this little 4-month old kitten.
Only about two weeks after I’d rescued Lincoln and Eleanor,
they joined Lacy and me for our 5-month trip in Daphne Dolphin to Mexico. We had such a wonderful time on that adventure, I bought Floribunda and Petunia upon our return, to begin this current adventure.
Eleanor never has shown interest in going outside, either at home or on
the road. Lincoln was another
story. From day one he wanted to
know everything about everything inside and out. In Mexico, he ‘escaped’ several times, once for almost two
days; then would come sauntering back like he’d just left for a little walk. After what I considered near misses, I
decided to leash train him so he’d have a feel for new ‘yards’ as they
presented. When we were only staying overnight I'd keep his leash tied to a cord so he couldn't escape; if we were to stay at
a location longer than a couple of days I walked him on a leash and let him
sniff bushes, etc. It had always worked
– until this time.
Enough! Good
Bye dear friend - I love you
What? More 'Issues'?
As I was readying to pull out of Fort Amarillo RV Park,
going through my checklists, I spotted that the directional signals were not
functioning. Geez! I googled, then called a Goodyear Tire
and Repair store nearby and they said they could ‘fix’ whatever was wrong. I certainly hoped it was just a fuse or
something as simple. I drove
the rig and toad without turn signals through only three turns and didn’t have
to go on I-40 to Patrick’s Goodyear.
He said it’d be about 20 minutes before they could check it out. An hour and 20 minutes later, his
repairman came out to the rig and diagnosed the problem – two fuses were bad. Boy, they’re hard to get to under the
dash on the driver’s side. It’s a
small space. Hector, the
repairman, is a slightly built Mexican from Juarez. We spoke Spanish while he replaced the blown fuses and
checked all the others; they were fine.
I asked if I could buy some extra fuses from them but Patrick, the
owner, declined and told me to go to O’Reilly’s or the like. So, I paid the bill. $80!!! I asked why so expensive and Patrick
responded that he should have charged me a $150 minimum labor charge. OMG! What is this world coming to? I guess my mistake was not questioning
/ receiving an estimate; but Hector, the repairman, just showed up at the RV
saying he’d check the fuses. The
last time I had a blown fuse replaced they charged me $1. Then, after my expensive interlude at
Patrick’s Goodyear, I decided to check it out carefully before I drove
away. The turn signals worked –
and then stopped! Hector came back
out and replaced what had to have been a bad new fuse – it was blown. He opened his little box and gave me
three extra fuses; I’m sure his boss didn’t know.
Travel Plan Alterations -
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A, Where the Wind Comes …. la, la, la
Another of those "Taken through the windshield" shots
I’d considered driving to Oklahoma City, but modified that
plan as we didn’t get out of Amarillo until after 2 in the afternoon and only
had a few more hours of daylight, I decided to drive across the border into
Oklahoma and start looking. I
recently subscribed to Overnight Parking; so, as I perused the listings for free
camping in the Elk City,OK area I found a city park that has five RV 30-AMP
hookups with water – FREE for up to four nights.
We got here around 5 and saw two pickups about 200 yards
away from the RV sites. I pulled
into one, connected the electricity, but not the water as I didn’t know how
cold it’d get during the night.
About 15 minutes after we hooked up the two pickups left and we’ve been
the only visitors here since. It’s
not the most beautiful park I’ve ever been in; but it’s located in an
Oklahoma-style upscale neighborhood; the nearest houses are about a mile
away. There’s a shallow looking
lake that’s not overwhelmed with water at this time of the year. But, we’re happy here and may even stay
another night. Not another soul has crossed our path - serenity in Oklahoma.
That's all for now, folks!
Oh MP, I am so sad for you all. I really thought that he would just come sauntering back like before. We will remember his quirky little personality. He was a real gem! Maybe soon, you will get a call saying he is back looking for you. I will hope for that.....
ReplyDeleteYou know, you never can tell. I've had strange things happen with pets in the past. One time we dropped off our dog at my in-laws house to go on a trip. When we returned the dog had "run away," but we found her at our house about 25 miles from the in-laws!!!
DeleteSo sorry about Lincoln, you are so strong about it...must be your nursing background. If anything happened to Skruffy I'd be a wreck, that's for sure. --Dave
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying I'm NOT a wreck, but intellectually I know these things happen. I was even tempted to take a kitty from the Humane Society that looked like Lincoln but decided I just couldn't do it - yet.
ReplyDeleteFor the "In-house" cat people; do that to your human child and see what happens.
ReplyDeleteOur cat dissappeared once for four years! Ge was wild and crazy when he returned, and only stayed a day or two, then he keft again and we never saw him again...
ReplyDeleteI'm catching up with blogs and kinda sorta hated to check yours out to see if Lincoln had been found ….
ReplyDeleteand, exactly, Mary-Pat … it always worked until this time… I still tear up when I see the pictures of Smokey Mountain National Park and think about Mamie … she was such a sweetheart.
Lincoln and Mamie, hopefully were picked up by some good people… beautiful cat and yes, I quit beating myself up about not hunting for her sooner … I just assumed she'd be back…
Beautiful photos! of ol Oklahoma… all states have their own beauty … even the Panhandle of Texas and Oklahoma … lol … been through there many …. many times.
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