Idaho

One of my readers was wondering how I managed to skip Idaho (HINT: He lives there). I guess it went by so fast I didn't notice.

Not really. It was pretty twisty through the mountains, so I didn't take any photos. Idaho is pretty much as I remember it (The northern panhandle). It's very beautiful with the trees, mountains and lakes.

One thing of note, I played the old rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar". It is a recent remastered edition of the original. Man...did it sound good. I had forgotten how good it was. I was also surprised I remembered so much of the lyrics. Back when it came out, I had a cassette version. I take that back. I had many of them. My old tape player used to eat them, because the tape was so thin, and I had to replace it many, many times. Good thing the old Musicland store would replace them at no charge. (Semi-related side bar: I played mostly old Black Sabbath driving through Montana)

This is a good time to update Aleksandra's status:

Well, she did finally poop. Unfortunately it was in her car carrier. As soon as she dealt it, I smelled it. No biggy. I was prepped for such an eventuality. I also have to give her kudos for "burying" it under her blanket. It was an easy clean up at the motel. She is eating well and using her potty pan now. And seems to have adjusted pretty well. She likes to perch on the room's window sill and watch the goofy tourists down below.

Oh, when I was unloading the car at 5:30 AM, she decided to escape the room! I didn't see her slip past me in the open door, but I had a feeling. I looked down the hallway and saw her butt end racing to the other end. She can run pretty fast for a fat ol' cat! I chased her down, and she ran past me to the other end. As I approached, she made a futile attempt to escape through the closed window. I opened the room door and she just went in. She knew the game was over.

She has no history of ever trying to escape before. Mebbe she just wanted to exercise after being cooped up for so long? Dunno. She's a cat. They will always surprise you.

The photo has nothing to do with this post. It's the black A4 Audi I played with and a sunset in the rear view mirror.