Ok...if things come in threes, we are sunk! I awoke at the appointed hour this morning and very quickly discovered a bladder infection that went for zero to sixty in a very short time. I was SOOO uncomfortable and if you have ever had one, you will concur. After trying to find a clinic, I gave up and ended up at Mercy Hospital Emergency room. There was a silver lining here...when I walked in at 7:00 am, I was the only one there. I had expected throngs of sick people. I was in and out of there in 15 minutes with drugs and I am sure a bill that will really make me sick when I see it. Once I filled the prescriptions, we were on our way and things improved all day long. Cipro for 7 days should do the trick.

Sox has been a piece of cake. She is a very good traveller, but today I was wondering if all the curves over the Siskuyos were too much. She was very subdued and just sat with her head hanging down or finding a very dark corner to hide in.

The comments on Matt's mishap yesterday were entertaining. He remains just a little pissed at himself, but it is all fixable.

Tomorrow we have a 6 hour and 15 minute drive to Palm Springs...our shortest day...YEAH!
More when we have something to tell. We are looking for an event-free day.

We left Bellingham this morning at 8:15. The "snowbird" adventure begins. After a 45 minute stop in Olympia, we headed south. We are pleased to report that our worst nightmare DID NOT come true. The cat meowed loudly for 1 1/2 hours and then just wore herself out. We took her in the house in Olympia and after getting back in the car there was not another sound. In fact, we opened the carrier and she navigated from that to my lap several times during the day.

We are presently in Eugene and she refuses to come out from under the bed, but things could be worse. I think she has reached her limit today and little does she know that we have 2 more days of this.

Tomorrow it is Eugene to Stockton, CA - 8 1/2 hour drive not including stops.

Today's biggest "OH,OH"....we unload the car in front of the hotel and then Matt went to park the car. He noticed an underground parking garage and headed that way. You can probably imagine what happened next! He failed to remember the bike on top of the car on his fancy new bike rack. CRUNCH! He bent the rack that comes on top of the car, bent his handlebars and broke his light off the front of the bike. This looks like it could be an expensive OOPS! He got it fixed the best he could and the bike will be headed to the bike shop in Palm Springs.