Day 10 (last day)

This was the longest and last leg of the trip.

We got an early start and saw a nice sunrise in Salt Lake City



some rain that we missed out on in Utah


Great Salt Lake


Utah


Can anyone tell me what this is because I don't know? It was in the salt flats of Utah


The salt flats


Utah was like this for the last 100 miles or so


Biggie in Nevada


the family (notice ray getting some front seat time)


Nevada in the east


Nevada in the west


then we hit the windy, hilly, bumpy roads of Tahoe

and Ray started to get nauseous


but fortunately we made it into Berkeley without incident






the backyard from our deck

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Day 9

Nothing to really report from today. Ray was good again. He even had some time out of his carrier. Biggie may be getting a bit stir crazy, but tomorrow is our last, but longest day so hopefully he cooperates tomorrow.

Here's some pictures from the day




a face in the rocks


Lincoln in Wyoming for some reason


Wyoming looked pretty cool in spots


more Wyoming

Day 8

The day was fairly unexciting all around. We had about 400 miles in Nebraska that had absolutely nothing going on in it.


We decided to try something different this time, no drugs for Ray.

Biggie was up to his usual self

as was Juicebox


Ray was not his usual self. He was pretty much like this then entire 9 hours. Not a single thing came out of any of his openings.


It was so uneventful, it put me to sleep


Here's some pictures of the day

that's something you can hang your hat on


This was right past the State sign and really showed them up


this seems to be the thing out here. regular gas costs less than premium although their definition of premium is a bit different


Iowa was kind of cool looking in places

Day totals: 0 craps, 0 yaks, 0 pisses, 2 happy people

Day 7

Back on the road again.

Things started out good as usual. We dosed only Ray this time.

Ray is in his carrier under the sheet that Biggie is sitting on.

Then Biggie started whining and only calmed down when Kristy let him sit up front


Then the real trouble began

that's Ray yakking in his cage

Soon after he crapped and pissed himself (sorry no pictures to share).

He eventually started to relax


We then made our first stopped and gave the boys a chance to stretch their legs. The rest stop was very loud with trucks and the boys immediately wanted to run under the car. Needless to say, neither ate, drank or used their litter box and it was no trouble to get them back in the car (we opened the door and they jumped in).

Then things started to repeat themselves


Biggie looks really happy here doesn't he.

Fortunately, Ray didn't repeat his actions (good news for those who bet low)

The next time we stopped and let the boys out, the place was quieter but it didn't seem to help their nerves. At one point, Ray basically attacked Kristy.



So we eventually arrived in Iowa City and went looking for a place to eat, not having high hopes and we found this place

all organic and vegan. quite a surprise, but not as good as you might hope, but good enough.

Some other interesting pics from the day

we entered the Indiana turnpike at exactly 12:12:12. weird.


weird sign in Indiana


crazy hairy-backed biker

lastly and most important

we noticed this chunk of rubber missing from our tire. Should we be concerned about this?

Day totals, 1 crap, 1 yak and 1 piss
trip totals 4 craps, 3 yaks and 2 pisses.

Day 6

The last day in Ohio. Biggie has made himself very comfortable here.


he scratched the hell out of the bathroom wall after crapping.

While Ray has lately been spending half of his time in hiding


Some pictures from the day


I think this lady wanted to throw a water balloon at us.


if you don't see what's odd about this sign, keep looking


not something you see everyday at a 7-11


another family cat nap