The First Night

This was the cats' first experience in a hotel, so it was interesting to see how they handled it. Phoenix explored for just a few minutes, decided it was okay, and settled down to be petted. Gizmo, on the other hand, quickly found he could hide under the bed and just ventured out for brief explorations and/or petting every once in a while.

The humor of the evening was provided by Phoenix when he decided to explore the TV cabinet pictured below.


All was fine while he stood on the ground or leaned on the cabinet to sniff, but when he jumped up into the shelf below the TV, which is about 2 feet off the ground and only about 4 inches high, Rachel and I were treated to a glorious view of his golden butt as he scrabbled to get into the opening. He eventually succeeded, explored while squashed flat for a few seconds, then jumped down before I could get the camera turned on and the flash warmed up. I tried to get a picture of it for you, though. Seconds later, Gizmo sniffed at the shelf but chose not to repeat Phoenix's fiasco.

Okay, I just thought I'd update everyone on the cats' first experience in a hotel. Now we've got to get ready to get on the road.