A couple of years ago, I had several posts associated with driving my daughter to college at Willamette University. That drive took several days because we stopped to admire Mt. Shasta or to sample the sights in interesting little towns along the way. She was a new driver then, having passed her test only a couple weeks before we left, and we split the driving about 50/50.
We made the same drive again this year, for a different reason. She moved off campus for her second two years, and she wanted to take the cat, Sadie, to live with her.
I’m also giving my daughter my old car, a 2012 baby blue Mazda 5. She learned to drive in that car, and feels comfortable in it. The magnet I bought for the rear hatch door fell off sometime ago, but the car fits in here. It will be useful to have a minivan to carry stuff around.
She drove the whole way from California this time. I got to doze off in the passenger seat.
Sadie the cat did better than we expected. We were concerned that she might meow her head off for 10 hours, making the trip unpleasant for all 3 of us. But the vet gave her a pill, and, mildly sedated, she spent most of the time sleeping in her carrier. Occasionally she meowed, but just enough to let us know she was still there.
At the pet-friendly Motel 6 we opened the door to her cat carrier to let her out, but she didn’t venture far. She wasn’t crazy about the trip in general, and is glad to have gotten here!
And the final door for this post is the door to their new home:
An interesting green, newly painted. It’s a charming little house. Now it just needs some furniture!
For Norm’s “Thursday Doors.” I’m getting back to it this week!
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. I find it a fun way to focus and curate my many, many travel photos!
A nice welcoming door.
That’s a long haul for a pet but it sounds like she handled it well. I have a buddy in Nova Scotia who used to make the drive back to Montreal twice a year to see his family. With two dogs in the car needing frequent breaks to run and stretch and pee, the normally 12-hour drive would take him closer to 15. I have no idea how he did that for so many years.
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Glad the cat was not to hard to transport. Best wishes on the new home 🙂
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Thanks! She’s doing great.
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That is a long drive – my son went to UC Santa Barbara and I thought that was too far!
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Sounds like an interesting and uneventful trip. Nice door.
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