Miss Ethel, our cat

As we continued traveling to Saucier, MS we spent a few nights in Canton, MS. During our stay we went to the "Annual City of Lights" in the City Square.










The weather was "unseasonably" warm. The temperature was 75 degrees. Which was 20 degrees above normal. :-)
Weeeee "thoroughly" enjoyed it.





I haven't said anything about traveling with our cat....Miss Ethel. Needless to say it has been "quite an experience". The first day of travel to Hannibal wasn't too bad for me because she rode with David in her carrier in the truck. I followed in our car.

Let me tell you... when we left Hannibal after Thanksgiving it wasn't quite as enjoyable. She meowed for four hours almost non stop. At first David wouldn't let her out of the carrier but after 3 hours of the crying we let her out. That didn't help. She was just able to roam and MEOW!!!!

Every travel day was like this. I was ready to ride in the 5th wheel while David drove but he wouldn't let me. He wasn't sure if it was legal to do that. Every state has it's own regulations on riding in a tow vehicle.

We went so far as to buy a spray and sprayed her carrier with it. It was suppose to help "calm" her down. It didn't work. After listening to her for an hour, David finally said we would let her ride in the 5th wheel. We figured she would just sleep. So we road in peace and quiet for about one and half hours. We pulled over to see how she was doing and she was really making a horrible cat screaming noise. So David got her and she didn't even fight him when he put her in her carrier. We got back in the truck with her and she didn't make a sound the rest of the trip. I think she was so glad to be with us she wasn't about to make any noise.

Now that we are settled she is doing just fine and so am I. I think David was just able to tune her out. You know how men can do that. We're all glad to be settled in the same place for a while.