Kevin's Maiden Voyage

 We are in sunny Folkston, GA. The trip was ...... I suppose this trip was no different than any others.

We were ready to roll at 9 am. I was in the RV with the animals, waiting for my ride to start moving when I heard The Man say something outside. I thought he might be trying to explain his deer feeder set-up to the feral felines. He was not. He was disgusted with himself for having locked the keys in his truck.

You may recall that The Man used to do some towing and rescuing travelers from themselves when they also locked their keys in their vehicles. He has all the tools necessary to break into a vehicle and fortunately the one he needed was in the cargo area of his truck. With my assistance guiding the tool to the door handle, it only took 17 minutes to retrieve the keys and be on our way.

The Man had acquired navigational advice from his friend, Siri. I had actually looked at a map and checked out a route with MapQuest that would take us east of Helen, thus avoiding going round and round through the mountains with all the switchbacks. The Man told me it was only a 6-hour trip. I pondered this and thought that did not sound right. Then I happened to look out the passenger window from my perch in my recliner to see that we were on the road to Helen. Towards Atlanta we rolled. This is just wrong, I thought to myself.  Why are we heading west? We were on the road for 10 hours. The Man opined that we had stopped a lot for the dogs. Yeah, that was not the event that lengthened the trip.

This is Kevin's first adventure in a vehicle. He was intrigued and had to explore the entire vehicle before he settled in next to his buddy, Bo in the other recliner. The twisty turns bothered him not. Bo was a little green around the gills but managed not to throw up on his feline friend. I leashed Kevin up and took him outside with the dogs on our first potty break. He did not like it. We were in a rest stop and the noise scared him.

I put his little pop-up tent enclosure up on the bed over the cab and put his food and litter box up there. He liked it and would stare down at us like we were his subjects in a kingdom ruled by him. He was not fazed when we went in and out to tend the canines. He just sat up and watched, never trying to escape. I bought along some toys, and he just entertains himself and naps while we are in motion.

I will say that he is fine as long as he can see his humans. So far, the trip has been a success for Kevin. Now I am off to meet up with my cousin that I have not seen in decades.