Dane made it to Tucson, Arizona, but it sure was a long and difficult haul. He said that the truck's steering alignment was off and that he had to keep the steering wheel slightly tilted to the right just to keep the thing centered, not to mention the fact that the truck seemed to have no shocks and every bump jolted the entire vehicle. He stopped in Salt Lake to give some furniture away and add other furniture and to say "hello" to his wife and baby and then back on the road he went.
Dane would have taken off early Tuesday morning of July 22nd, but unfortunately, he realized that both cats were missing the evening of the 21st. It appeared as though they had escaped during the chaos of the moving. Now some insensitive folks might have just left the poor felines, but not Dane! Those cats are family! Dane searched mightily that evening, but to no avail. Luckily, later that evening Azure wandered back in, but still there was no Mira to be seen. Dane slept downstairs with the sliding glass door slightly open, hoping that she would return, but when the morning came, she was still missing. We were quite puzzled because it wasn't like our timid Mira to take off on her own like this. My mom suggested Dane check the truck again and Dane felt like this was a good idea even though he'd already done so earlier. Much to our elation and suprise, as he called out her name, he heard a little chirp coming from the back of the truck. Mira was hidding in the box spring mattress! Apparently she had sought out refuge in the box spring during the commotion of the move, and there she had crouched while the mattress was lifted out of the second story balcony window and lowered to the moving truck below, without making a sound, and there she remained for 24 hours! Thank goodness we found her before taking off!
Overall Dane said that the cats were good travel companions, amazingly able to hold all litter box urges for up to 12 hours! They cried periodic protests at being locked in cages all day long, but other than that, they took to sleeping the long hours away. Dane says he never wants to drive a moving truck again! Maybe next time we'll pay the extra money and go with that POD company that moves the stuff for you.
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