And More Catblogging!
More photos from the trip: Because Tista soooo loves the styrofoam ends that the stereo came in, we actually took one along in our overstuffed car. He was very pleased about this.
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Zora and Gramsci tended to hide when anyone passed by in the halls, which led to a lot of scenes like this one (yes, there are two cats in this photo):
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Once under the covers, though, Gramsci tended to get verrrry relaxed.
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Overall, we were very pleasantly surprised with how mellow the three of them were through 22 hours of driving and multiple hotel stays. (Hurray Motel 6 and its pet-friendliness!) They were just very sweet, which is never how I thought I would describe cats on a cross-country drive.
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Gramsci was, of course, as shiny as ever.
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Mellow or not, they're all happy to be home now. Especially since "home" now involves a big ol' staircase that is ideal for running up and down (and up and down, and up, and down, and up...)