Travels with Mandy
 

Well here we are...I got my first real road trip...to Whitehorse, YT

There was so much to explore in the truck... I tried all different places...

On the passenger seat...little crowded, but I'm still small...

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Then I discovered Mommy's phone...the "box" is the perfect size!

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Then I discovered the dash on the passenger side of the truck...WOW...there's SOOOO much to see out the window!

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The COLOURS are stunning this time of year...too bad it rained most of the way!

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I even got to meet LadyNorthStar! Too bad Mommy forgot to take our picture!

We stopped alonside the Yukon River, by Fireside on the way home...the view was stunning!

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Hurry up Mommy...you're getting wet out there!

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Time for bed!

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Oh NOOOO... More road construction...BUT I got to charm to flag girl while we waited!

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My absolute FAVORITE place of all...draped over Mommy's leg...good thing she was able to hold me...or I would have vibrated onto the floor many times!

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And, well I'm just too damned cute for words

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So you have a new road partner? :lol: Very cute! :wink:

For that trip anyway! I'd only had her one day when I got this trip & Maui's nose was still pretty bent, so I figured best to just take her along! Not sure yet if I will take her again, but I sure enjoyed the company!

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Adorable .... you should keep the story going ... it was fun to read :wink: ... I'm not a cat lover but this one is cute :!:

Awwwww that was cute! :D I really enjoyed the fog coming off the mountain and river now that would make a great background. :D Hey I finally got to see the inside of your truck, it's not that messing WildKat. :P :wink:

I remember you used to take one of them with you. Did it taker her long to get used to riding? It doesn't look like it, she seemed to be settled in pretty good. :lol:

No it didn't take long at all, by the time I got to our yard 30 minutes from home, she was settled in & looking around the truck. I found if they start young they adjust very quickly.

I used to take my fat old tabby with me all the time, she rode with me for 6 years...but she got to the point where I had to take her literally EVERYWHERE with me...I couldn't even go to the store without her! Even now I still put her in the car occasionally, & she still likes it, but now she doesn't like getting in & out of the truck, so I don't take her along anymore...she getting pretty old for the constant motion (she's 12 now) & is much happier at home.

Awwww...I love yellow tabbies! What an adorable kitty! THey do make great company!

Looks like Precious is a born trucker Kat! Great pics. Looks like everyone is having a great time!

Hey Kat? I have a cat named Golfhobo. Can you give him a ride to the Yukon? Return service not requested. :P

OMG!!!!

That's too funny! You mean I'd have to put up with him for 2500 miles? LMAO SHHHH don't let hobo see this! LOL

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We had one that got up on the dash once. Just once. Then, it started to rain... I've never in my life seen a cat move so fast. It missed the first sweep of the delayed wiper, but was watching the windshield for what ever it was the first time. When the wiper blade made the second sweep, it didn't even turn around. One shot from the dash to the upper bunk. After that, it would not go near the dash, and if we tried to put it there, we were met with hisses, growls, and hands cut to ribbons.

That is funny Windwalker

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Precious and Belpre think a lot alike. :lol:

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Must have just been the cat WW, Mandy didn't bother with the wipers at at, except to try to "catch" them. I have "flowers" all over my passenger windshield from her "touching" dead bugs to stone bruises to trying to catch the windshield wipers! :D :D

Here we go getting ready for another road trip...

Mommy is trying to get some of her paperwork do whilst she's on the phone with dispatch.... I'm helping!

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YELLOWKNIFE???? I've never been to Yellowknife!

Beautiful fall colours again...but more RAIN!

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So I'm back in my spot again

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Now we are waiting to get on the ferry at Fort Provedence...they have such a cluster going on as they are trying to build across the river too...

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On the ferry...OMG so squished on there...there's barely enough room for 2 trucks & 2 four wheelers!

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Hurry up Mommy....

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Crossing the river...it's sooo windy the ferry is really having a tough time

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The road is so rough I had to find a bigger place, cause I almost fell on the floor a couple of times

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FINALLY! We lost the rain....

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I just love these pictures. I love cats and I've only had one that loved to travel. His name was Fid. He was constantly messing with everything and everyone in the vehicle. He was right at home. He was a humongus Maine Coon. I had a Blue Heeler named Cash (after THE Legend) and they were buds.

Very cute looking, she doesnt appear to be too old either, great age to introduce to the road. Have fun with her.

Seeing her on the dash reminds me of an incident with our last pug puppy, Dixie. Hubby was crossing the US/Canada border....brought his paperwork into the office & Dixie walked across the arm rest to the dash locking the doors....of course hubby had left his only key in the ignition!

Ya think he learned anything? :lol: :lol:

She's around 4 months or so I think. She locks the doors all the time...keyless entry is a wonderful thing!

My old cat scared the crap out of a customs guy one time...just as I opened the door he walked up to ask if I had anyone in the truck with me she hopped into my lap & "meowed" in his face...he nearly fell off the step! Luckily for me he had a sense of humour!

I should have just called this thread Mandy's Travels! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Here we are heading back to Yellowknife again... I just wish the road wasn't so rough!

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But then I'd eventually get all comfy again....

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Here we are back on the ferry again...at least the sun is shining!

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And I just keep making "cutesy" faces at Mommy until she just can't help picking up her camera!

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Oh for God sake ENOUGH with the camera already!!!!

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Getting closer to HOME!!! I has a bit of a "hang over"!!!

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Looks like her favorite hobby is sleeping. :lol:

I had a cat once----- taste like chicke! Doh! was that not nice to say :?:

ooops I mean chiken ahahahahaahaaa, I had a piece of fur in my teeth. Oh crap there I go again!!

Too funny harleypiper...
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Well cats DO normally sleep 22 hours/day! :D:D

But I truly thought this position was too funny....

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She started out sleeping on my leg...kind of "draped" over my leg with her front half of her body & her bottom on the seat...then she sort of "slid" into a "sitting" position! So there she was...head on my leg...sitting on the seat...fast asleep with her hind legs hanging down...just like a person!

AAAWWW! Looks like both of you enjoy the 'company'.

We do! Now when I get ready to leave she sits at the door & waits for me to pick her up to go! Geez, I feel GUILTY if I leave her at home!

Right this moment I am sitting at my desk trying to get caught up on a few things....guess where she is?

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;);)

I want Mandy! She's toooooooo cute!!!!!!!

She has 2 brothers Dicky & Dave...they are part of our "shop" cat collection...

They are just as handsome...but I WON'T part with them either!

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They sure are! *sigh* You won't part with ANY of them?? Well...I guess I can't blame you. I nearly parted with my husband because of my cats...we fought for 5 months over them...but he stayed so sick with allergies that I finally HAD to give in. I'll never forgive him!! ;)

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My Mom still has a sign on her fridge...It reads "I got a dog for my husband....It was a fair trade!" I LOVE it! Sometimes.... LOL


We have FIVE shop cats...they are just the best...there's Dicky & Dave, the brothers, Diesel, he's a neutered Tom that wandered in a few months back, I think somebody "threw" him away...god I HATE that!... and the Momma cats...Minnie & Pearl...they are the most beautiful grey tabbies. We love them all!

Hey Kat! You'd better tell Precious that she needs to learn to stay awake more of she is going to be a kitty cat OTR driver!;)

Here is a pic of her brother "Blacky" from the lower 48. Blacky is strictly a Local driver kitty. And he bites!:D

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He looks like my Maui...she's black torty & siamese cross!

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ok I want in too....he can't go in the truck but he does go camping.

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those cat pictures are so freaking adorable!

Thank you Sync! :o:o

Mike this reminds me of Heidi when we moved here...she hid in the bathroom cupboard for 3 days...the old place was the only place she had ever lived & she wasn't sure if she liked the move or not!

She discovered that sleeping in my bed was much more comfy than the dash this trip...

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Little wonder tho, cause this is what we were dealing with this trip...

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We even got to see a few caribou!

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These were my babies...

Here is Bill:
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And here is Riley:

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I really miss them, Bill especially (Riley had his special "qualities" but he thought he was actually a dog. He used to run the neighborhood with this big ole fat Bassett and sneak in through my neighbors doggie doors in the middle of the night and get their poodles ALL riled up (his name was very fitting).

That Riley cat...looks kina handsome! Trouble maker for sure!!! :lol::lol::lol: