The trip itself was quite an adventure. We had our furniture and belongings shipped, but we still had the motorhome, Dick's pickup, my car, Louise's car, four dogs and two cats to transport! Dick drove the motorhome with Bill mostly as his companion, and with three of the four dogs. I came behind in my car and little Pedro who managed to endure the whole trip so long as I had my hand on him. Louise came behind with Frances and the two cats in cages. Bill and Frances, and Louise would take a motel room and Louise took care of the cats there. Dick and I slept in the motorhome with the four dogs. We traveled Monday through Thursday, arriving late afternoon at our new home:
After four days of being cooped up and let out only on leashes, (something none of them were used to), we pulled into the driveway and let them out. It was obvious from the beginning they were going to love this place and took off exploring all around. The cats adjusted amazingly well. We had lunch with Tricia yesterday and she had recently moved her three cats, less than three miles, to their new home. They were totally traumatised for a couple of days. My cats adjusted to every move without batting an eyelid, and I came to the conclusion that the main difference was probably the dogs. One of the great things about dogs is that one can move monthly and they couldn't care less so long as they are with you. I think their total acceptance rubbed off on the cats.
We quickly learned to enjoy our new surroundings, especially the wildlife. The pond was full of fish with some very large catfish. The birds were colorful and plentiful and soon responded to the many feeders we had there. And the deer became our nightly visitors. Just before dark, they would arrive, feast themselves on the corn Dick put out and generally graze on our grass.
The house is on the left, and you can see one of the barns in the background and the gazebo on the lake in the middle. This was a favorite lake for the Canadian geese and I used to love to see them organize themselves for the takeoff and then land in formation.
It was great to have seasons again, the street leading into the small town of Eldorado Springs was really pretty in the fall.
Even the big ice storm was spectacular, I wish this photo showed if off better. I almost broke my neck taking this photo!!
I ended up with three favorite pet photos this year:
Thumbelina (for obvious reasons) better known as Lena
And Miss Emma. One is not supposed to have favorites, but there is no doubt that Sweet Emma was mine. She can still bring tears to my eyes. I love this Charlie Brown cartoon:
Of all four dogs, none of them enjoyed our new home more than Willie. It brought all the coonhound features out of him and one could hear him chasing through woods braying. He loved to just look out of the window and watch the deer come - our dogs were not allowed to chase them.
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