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Ahoy,
Because of the ineptitude of their two crew members, Rosie and Cinder
had to see TED today.
Before we left, Jim & I had purchased enough Revolution to last several
months. We wanted to be sure that the kitties would not be tormented by
fleas that we may track onto the boat, or heartworms from the mosquitoes
that we are bound to encounter during our journey.

Having invested a considerable sum in this product, we now realize that
we don't remember where we packed it and we can't find it.

What to do? Not knowing where we will be next, we can't order more from
the Internet. There was only one option left.

I looked up TED offices on the Internet and found one in the area who
had Revolution. The catch is, even though we had recent health
certificates, TED had to see the cats before prescribing the medicine.

Well, remember, we came by boat and don't have a car. Fortunately, one
of our neighbors with a boat on the same dock also live in the area and
offered to loan us a car. They also have a cat onboard, and totally
understood our failure as crew.

Rosie was napping out in the open, and I got her into her carrier with
only minor resistance.

Cinder knew right away something was up and hid in Rosie's den and
suffered the indignity of being dumped out onto the bed and then stuffed
into a carrier.

At TED's, they were subjected to the dreaded thermometer in the nether
regions and drops they always dislike immensely put between their
shoulder blades.

I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help.

On another topic, it appears that the weather will allow us to leave the
dock tomorrow morning. We will be heading from Galveston, Texas in the
direction of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the Gulf Coast from here
and Mississippi was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Not only homes, but
marine related businesses such as marinas were destroyed or damaged.

We expect to do a lot of anchoring out for the next several days.

Annie, crew for Rosie and Cinder

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On 2006-03-24, Annie Wxill penned:

I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help.


Thank you for sharing your (mis)adventures!

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

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"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
...
Ahoy,
Because of the ineptitude of their two crew members, Rosie and Cinder had
to see TED today.
Before we left, Jim & I had purchased enough Revolution to last several
months. We wanted to be sure that the kitties would not be tormented by
fleas that we may track onto the boat, or heartworms from the mosquitoes
that we are bound to encounter during our journey.


I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help.

On another topic, it appears that the weather will allow us to leave the
dock tomorrow morning. We will be heading from Galveston, Texas in the
direction of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the Gulf Coast from here and
Mississippi was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Not only homes, but marine
related businesses such as marinas were destroyed or damaged.

We expect to do a lot of anchoring out for the next several days.

Annie, crew for Rosie and Cinder


Sounds familiar. We have rented motor homes several times for vacations
with the kids. The only real down side of renting for us, it takes most of
the trip for us to get the hang of where everything is.

Oh, and for the duration you are no longer help. You are now crew.

Jo

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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
:

Thank you for sharing your (mis)adventures!
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

Monique,
You are welcome. I'm glad you are enjoying them.
Annie, crew for Cinder and Rosie

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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
:

Sounds familiar. ... it takes most of
the trip for us to get the hang of where everything is.
Oh, and for the duration you are no longer help. You are now crew.
Jo

We are getting more organized as we go along.

Yes, we know we are crew. Thank goodness our co-captains are
benevolent. We wouldn't even think of a mutiny.

Annie, crew for Rosie & Cinder

Cruising cats: visit to TED
 

Annie Wxill wrote:

Having invested a considerable sum in this product, we now realize that
we don't remember where we packed it and we can't find it.

LOL! This sounds like something I would do. Glad you got it sorted,
though Cinder and Rosie might be looking for new servants at the moment.
Hope you find the Revolution eventually.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

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Annie Wxill wrote:
Ahoy, Because of the ineptitude of their two crew members, Rosie and
Cinder had to see TED today. Before we left, Jim & I had purchased
enough Revolution to last several months. We wanted to be sure that
the kitties would not be tormented by fleas that we may track onto
the boat, or heartworms from the mosquitoes that we are bound to
encounter during our journey.

Having invested a considerable sum in this product, we now realize
that we don't remember where we packed it and we can't find it.

What to do? Not knowing where we will be next, we can't order more
from the Internet. There was only one option left.

I looked up TED offices on the Internet and found one in the area who
had Revolution. The catch is, even though we had recent health
certificates, TED had to see the cats before prescribing the
medicine.

Well, remember, we came by boat and don't have a car. Fortunately,
one of our neighbors with a boat on the same dock also live in the
area and offered to loan us a car. They also have a cat onboard, and
totally understood our failure as crew.

Rosie was napping out in the open, and I got her into her carrier
with only minor resistance.

Cinder knew right away something was up and hid in Rosie's den and
suffered the indignity of being dumped out onto the bed and then
stuffed into a carrier.

At TED's, they were subjected to the dreaded thermometer in the
nether regions and drops they always dislike immensely put between
their shoulder blades.

I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help.

On another topic, it appears that the weather will allow us to leave
the dock tomorrow morning. We will be heading from Galveston, Texas
in the direction of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the Gulf Coast
from here and Mississippi was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Not only
homes, but marine related businesses such as marinas were destroyed
or damaged.

We expect to do a lot of anchoring out for the next several days.

Annie, crew for Rosie and Cinder






Hopefully you will find the Revolution that is packed away somewhere. I
like hearing of your cruising cats journals. This does bring up a few
concerns however. Perhaps you should if possible create a list of
vets/emergency vets now while you can. If you ever end up somewhere
where internet access is unavailable and you need a vet what then? Plus
creating a list of taxi or other transportation options along your route
as well would be prudent - since you cannot exactly take a car with you
on the boat. Purrs that you never really need either are provided however.


rrb

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"rrb" wrote in message
news:hwlVf.275$CL6.55@fed1read11:

Hopefully you will find the Revolution that is packed away somewhere. I
like hearing of your cruising cats journals. This does bring up a few
concerns however. Perhaps you should if possible create a list of
vets/emergency vets now while you can. If you ever end up somewhere
where internet access is unavailable and you need a vet what then? Plus
creating a list of taxi or other transportation options along your route
as well would be prudent - since you cannot exactly take a car with you
on the boat. Purrs that you never really need either are provided however.
rrb


Thanks for the good wishes and the suggestions.

Our trip will be about 4,000 miles along the Eastern U.S. coastal and
inland waterways and canals in parts of Canada. Our speed averages 7
miles per hour, depending on winds and currents. We will cover from 20
to 90 miles a day between stops. Even if you use the metric units, you
can see that we are slow and almost always close to someplace.

I'm not worried about finding emergency vets. It's not likely that we
will be without Internet access where we are going. If we can't get the
Internet, we can use a phone book when we are at a dock, and we can ask
the locals for referrals. We can rent a car, if needed, anywhere we
will be.

The real trick is to get our mail delivered. We are using a service
that will forward it, but because we don't really know where we will be
on any given day, we have a problem telling them where to send it.

The third day into our trip, we were still close enough to home that my
husband rented a car and went back to get the mail. The last time, we
had them send it overnight to the marina where we were staying.

Annie, crew for Cinder and Rosie

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:25:29 +0000, "Annie Wxill"
wrote:

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Our trip will be about 4,000 miles along the Eastern U.S. coastal and
inland waterways and canals in parts of Canada. Our speed averages 7
miles per hour, depending on winds and currents. We will cover from 20
to 90 miles a day between stops. Even if you use the metric units, you
can see that we are slow and almost always close to someplace.
snip
Annie, crew for Cinder and Rosie


Hi Annie,

Are you going through the Erie/Barge Canal in NY? If so, drop me a
line. We are about 1 1/2 miles from where it goes through Oneida
Lake.

Patti

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"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
...

Thanks for the good wishes and the suggestions.

Our trip will be about 4,000 miles along the Eastern U.S. coastal and
inland waterways and canals in parts of Canada. Our speed averages 7
miles per hour, depending on winds and currents. We will cover from 20 to
90 miles a day between stops. Even if you use the metric units, you can
see that we are slow and almost always close to someplace.


OOOOH, if you are going to be overnight anywhere in North Carolina, would
you post it? We're within easy driving distance of Wilmington NC and
reasonable driving distance of anywhere else on the coast. I'd love to see
you and meet Rosie and Cinders, and knowing Rob, he'd love to stow away on
your boat.

Pam S. all kinds of excited