Tuesday, September 11, 2007

The new child




A few weeks ago I was working in the yard when I heard a cat, I usually ignore them, however this time I had to acknowledge it. Our 2 cats we had both died within 2 years of each other and we have been cat free for nearly 2 years. It's been nice, no litter box, saving $ on cat feed (science diet isn't cheap), not to mention the dreaded furball hacking.
Anyway, this small, very malnourished, skin and bones kitten approached me, walked right up to Pirate our dog and rubbed all over him purring away. She was so sweet, and so friendly. I couldn't turn her away and Mark bought her some Tuna (its all we had for a cat). Yes, Mark has a soft spot for kittys - but I didn't tell you that. We decided that if she was still here after a week of camping we would keep her. My neighbour watched out for her and gave some kitten food Mark bought. After 5 days of camping we came home to a kitten who was starting to put some weight on and we opened the door and in she came! We got her spayed, she will be declawed soon and we are going to try to toilet train her. Yes, you heard correctly, no more litter box, the cost of litter has gone way high. She has been quite fun!

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Our camping trip

We took 5 days off to camp up in Logan Canyon. We went to the Egan/Franklin Basin turnoff which is 11 miles off the highway. It was quite fun hauling such a large trailer down a narrow dirt road..... :o We found a great site that was somewhat isolated which made it really nice. We saw more Buck than Does this trip and found a great new trail. At one point we had a nice 4 point Buck running along side of us for about a 1/4 of a mile and about 15 feet to the side of our ATV's, it was really cool. The weather was nice with a little wind one evening as "Dean" moved in over the mountains. It was really hard to come home and look forward to our next trip!