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March 3, 2024
Fortuna, California from Cat Patches

Good evening, my friends. It's been a long day, made longer by the crappy weather we've seen so far on this trip. Thank goodness we've had some sun breaks, but mostly we've had drenching rain. Fortunately, the wind has died down from the first night of our trip. We had a quieter and better night of sleep last night.

Even though I'm calling it a long day, it was a relatively short day mileage-wise. When I planned this trip, I gave us much shorter driving days than we've done in the past. We decided ...

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March 1, 2024
Plan C from ... Cat Patches

Good afternoon, my friends. Well, a lot has changed since I wrote last time. I believe I told you we'd changed our plans after learning about a big Snowpocalypse headed toward the Siskiyou Summit. Well, we've changed our plans again. After watching the weather forecast for the local area last night, we realized snow would be dumping into literally all the mountain ranges surrounding us. We had to leave home this morning or risk having problems getting over the coastal mountains. We went into panic packing mode, and we drove away from the Three Cats Ranch this morning ...

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Plan C from Cat Patches

Good afternoon, my friends. Well, a lot has changed since I wrote last time. I believe I told you we'd changed our plans after learning about a big Snowpocalypse headed toward the Siskiyou Summit. Well, we've changed our plans again. After watching the weather forecast for the local area last night, we realized snow would be dumping into literally all the mountain ranges surrounding us. We had to leave home this morning or risk having problems getting over the coastal mountains. We went into panic packing mode, and we drove away from the Three Cats Ranch this morning ...

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February 12, 2024
Church Quilt - Go Texan from Ravelly1

 

Just got my "Barnes" quilt back from the Houston Livestock & Rodeo event. This was my third quilt to win "Go-Texan,"

My "Churches" was recently delivered to Houston. It won "Go-Texan" back in June.



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October 7, 2023
Clyde Holliday State Park; Mt. Vernon, Oregon from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'll admit I had my doubts about connectivity here in tiny Mt. Vernon, Oregon, but we have five bars on our cell phones and the signal is booming in. Today will be the last leg of our journey. When I write to you after today, we'll be home at the Three Cats Ranch.

When we left Winnemucca yesterday, it was more straight-as-an-arrow roadways. It makes sense when you consider the "Great Basin" encompasses the entire state of Nevada. It's a series of smaller basins with straight road from one ridge to the next ...

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Clyde Holliday State Park; Mt. Vernon, Oregon from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'll admit I had my doubts about connectivity here in tiny Mt. Vernon, Oregon, but we have five bars on our cell phones and the signal is booming in. Today will be the last leg of our journey. When I write to you after today, we'll be home at the Three Cats Ranch.

When we left Winnemucca yesterday, it was more straight-as-an-arrow roadways. It makes sense when you consider the "Great Basin" encompasses the entire state of Nevada. It's a series of smaller basins with straight road from one ridge to the next ...

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October 4, 2023
Ely, Nevada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Here we are in Nevada. We're in an RV park right along a US Hwy, and so it's pretty darned noisy. We have a good cell signal, however, which is a good thing because the park internet is down. We were planning to be here for two days. Fairly quickly after arriving, we decided to move along to Winnemucca. Originally, we were going to do some sight-seeing in a Cave Lake State Park. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, the lake has been drained for dam construction. I learned when I checked in ...

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Ely, Nevada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Here we are in Nevada. We're in an RV park right along a US Hwy, and so it's pretty darned noisy. We have a good cell signal, however, which is a good thing because the park internet is down. We were planning to be here for two days. Fairly quickly after arriving, we decided to move along to Winnemucca. Originally, we were going to do some sight-seeing in a Cave Lake State Park. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, the lake has been drained for dam construction. I learned when I checked in ...

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October 2, 2023
Kodachrome Basin State Park from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. When I left you yesterday, we weren't sure what the day would hold. The sky was threatening, and the forecast called for rain. We decided the state park made more sense since we could shelter in our truck if it started raining. So the hike is on this morning's agenda. It rained most of the night last night. I'm just hoping the trail and the road to the trailhead won't be impassable. We're expecting improved weather mid-day, and so we'll head out there and see what's what.

Yesterday's ...

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Kodachrome Basin State Park from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. When I left you yesterday, we weren't sure what the day would hold. The sky was threatening, and the forecast called for rain. We decided the state park made more sense since we could shelter in our truck if it started raining. So the hike is on this morning's agenda. It rained most of the night last night. I'm just hoping the trail and the road to the trailhead won't be impassable. We're expecting improved weather mid-day, and so we'll head out there and see what's what.

Yesterday's ...

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October 1, 2023
Panguitch, Utah, and Mossy Cave Hike from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a banner day yesterday. We headed out to Panguitch to see the things I wanted to see there. It's a small town, and so we were finished there before lunch time. We decided to head back to the RV and stop off at a hike we'd seen along the way: Mossy Cave. Smitty got out for a walk when we got back to the RV. So with all that going on in a single day, you might know that I have a pile of pictures for you. You might want to fill ...

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Panguitch, Utah, and Mossy Cave Hike from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a banner day yesterday. We headed out to Panguitch to see the things I wanted to see there. It's a small town, and so we were finished there before lunch time. We decided to head back to the RV and stop off at a hike we'd seen along the way: Mossy Cave. Smitty got out for a walk when we got back to the RV. So with all that going on in a single day, you might know that I have a pile of pictures for you. You might want to fill ...

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September 30, 2023
Cannonville, Utah from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We've moved along to Cannonville this morning. It was a fairly short drive to reach the new spot. We were just five miles away and an hour too early, and so we stopped in a very small town for some lunch. While we were eating, a text message came in from the RV park asking when we thought we might check in. Probably, it was somebody's Friday (everybody's Friday, actually), and they were hoping to leave early. In any case, very friendly folks here. 

The park is nothing fancy, but nice enough. It ...

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Cannonville, Utah from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We've moved along to Cannonville this morning. It was a fairly short drive to reach the new spot. We were just five miles away and an hour too early, and so we stopped in a very small town for some lunch. While we were eating, a text message came in from the RV park asking when we thought we might check in. Probably, it was somebody's Friday (everybody's Friday, actually), and they were hoping to leave early. In any case, very friendly folks here. 

The park is nothing fancy, but nice enough. It ...

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September 26, 2023
Gooseneck State Park from ... Cat Patches

Good afternoon, my friends. It's true I told you I probably wouldn't be blogging today. But you know what a blabbermouth I am. Besides...I have words piling up in my head, and we can't have that.

We had a pretty good cell signal at the state park, but only 3G, and so I could get on the internet, but uploading pictures would have been a pain, if it was even possible. So we find ourselves in Kanab, Utah, this afternoon. I'll tell you about our day of driving in tomorrow's post. For now, I ...

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Gooseneck State Park from Cat Patches

Good afternoon, my friends. It's true I told you I probably wouldn't be blogging today. But you know what a blabbermouth I am. Besides...I have words piling up in my head, and we can't have that.

We had a pretty good cell signal at the state park, but only 3G, and so I could get on the internet, but uploading pictures would have been a pain, if it was even possible. So we find ourselves in Kanab, Utah, this afternoon. I'll tell you about our day of driving in tomorrow's post. For now, I ...

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September 23, 2023
A Zillion Picture Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! Well, what can I say? It was another day of jaw-dropping scenery and me not being able to stop my shutter finger from firing away picture after picture after picture. I've tried my best to whittle them down some, but it's hard to do. As I'm writing, I'm surrounded by kitties who are 'zhausted after spending so much time helping me with those pictures. Sadie is lounging on Mike's lap:


Smitty found our bed in disarray, and so he built a little nest for his sleeping pleasure.

Getting back to yesterday ...

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A Zillion Picture Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! Well, what can I say? It was another day of jaw-dropping scenery and me not being able to stop my shutter finger from firing away picture after picture after picture. I've tried my best to whittle them down some, but it's hard to do. As I'm writing, I'm surrounded by kitties who are 'zhausted after spending so much time helping me with those pictures. Sadie is lounging on Mike's lap:


Smitty found our bed in disarray, and so he built a little nest for his sleeping pleasure.

Getting back to yesterday ...

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September 22, 2023
Monticello, Utah from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. And hooray for good internet! We had some time to kill yesterday morning since our drive to Monticello was only about an hour. It gave me some time to spend on my slow-stitching. I finished the head of the cat.


I could have stitched more, but it seemed as good a time as any to move my hoop lower where I could stitch the cat's body.

When I finished with that, it was time to move along. We hitched up and left the park, driving north just a little way. We had lunch at the ...

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Monticello, Utah from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. And hooray for good internet! We had some time to kill yesterday morning since our drive to Monticello was only about an hour. It gave me some time to spend on my slow-stitching. I finished the head of the cat.


I could have stitched more, but it seemed as good a time as any to move my hoop lower where I could stitch the cat's body.

When I finished with that, it was time to move along. We hitched up and left the park, driving north just a little way. We had lunch at the ...

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