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August 12, 2025
Weeds Be Gone from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm happy to say I've made my way around the whole house and eradicated the weeds...the ones I didn't miss anyway. Mike has finished the mowing too, and so he'll spray whatever is left of the weeds. This could not have been accomplished without the steadfast help of the resident attack cat. With him standing guard, I felt purrfectly safe from all who might invade.


As I was picking the last of the weeds, I noticed the aptly named Bumble Rumble dahlia has bloomed.
That makes three of the four dahlias ...

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Weeds Be Gone from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm happy to say I've made my way around the whole house and eradicated the weeds...the ones I didn't miss anyway. Mike has finished the mowing too, and so he'll spray whatever is left of the weeds. This could not have been accomplished without the steadfast help of the resident attack cat. With him standing guard, I felt purrfectly safe from all who might invade.


As I was picking the last of the weeds, I noticed the aptly named Bumble Rumble dahlia has bloomed.
That makes three of the four dahlias ...

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August 10, 2025
Afternoon Delight from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a hot day today. If I'm going to pick a bucket o' weeds, I'll have to get outside early. After picking yesterday's bucket, I estimate I'm about halfway around the house. A few more days should get the job done.

We had a delightful afternoon yesterday. Erik and Mae invited us over for a backyard barbecue. We also got a tour of Erik's Weber barbecue collection. You might remember when we toured his barbecues back in May. Over the summer, he added a few more and made some ...

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Afternoon Delight from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a hot day today. If I'm going to pick a bucket o' weeds, I'll have to get outside early. After picking yesterday's bucket, I estimate I'm about halfway around the house. A few more days should get the job done.

We had a delightful afternoon yesterday. Erik and Mae invited us over for a backyard barbecue. We also got a tour of Erik's Weber barbecue collection. You might remember when we toured his barbecues back in May. Over the summer, he added a few more and made some ...

read more
August 4, 2025
Normalizing from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Things are starting to settle down here at the stationary Three Cats Ranch. And...welcome to August! Good grief! The summer is flying by! Being on the road for the past two months has us feeling as if we're in some kind of time warp. As we get organized, we're falling back into our routines. So let's just see what greeted us in the garden when we got home.

The echinacea is in full bloom, and the bees are all over it.


Two of the four dahlias have bloomed. It seems early for ...

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Normalizing from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Things are starting to settle down here at the stationary Three Cats Ranch. And...welcome to August! Good grief! The summer is flying by! Being on the road for the past two months has us feeling as if we're in some kind of time warp. As we get organized, we're falling back into our routines. So let's just see what greeted us in the garden when we got home.

The echinacea is in full bloom, and the bees are all over it.


Two of the four dahlias have bloomed. It seems early for ...

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August 2, 2025
Home Again from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Yes, I did say I was going to take a few days off from blogging while we get resettled at home, but our drive from yesterday deserved a post. Honestly, I can't remember when I've seen worse traffic. We decided to get our beloved Egg McMuffins for breakfast. There was a McDonald's nearby, and so it seemed a little like a breakfast celebration. The only thing missing was the champagne for our orange juice. 

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, traffic through Seattle is notoriously awful. It's even been listed in ...

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Home Again from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Yes, I did say I was going to take a few days off from blogging while we get resettled at home, but our drive from yesterday deserved a post. Honestly, I can't remember when I've seen worse traffic. We decided to get our beloved Egg McMuffins for breakfast. There was a McDonald's nearby, and so it seemed a little like a breakfast celebration. The only thing missing was the champagne for our orange juice. 

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, traffic through Seattle is notoriously awful. It's even been listed in ...

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August 1, 2025
Mt. Vernon, Washington from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning on the road. We've crossed the border into the United States, and we're here to stay for a while. Probably a long while. We'll be doing more traveling eventually, but we have no plans to travel internationally at this point.

After the heat of the day before, we got on our way early. As it turns out, it never got very hot yesterday, but we took no chances. We needed fuel, and the cheapest fuel was down the road in the Ashcroft First Nation territory. As we drove ...

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Mt. Vernon, Washington from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning on the road. We've crossed the border into the United States, and we're here to stay for a while. Probably a long while. We'll be doing more traveling eventually, but we have no plans to travel internationally at this point.

After the heat of the day before, we got on our way early. As it turns out, it never got very hot yesterday, but we took no chances. We needed fuel, and the cheapest fuel was down the road in the Ashcroft First Nation territory. As we drove ...

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July 31, 2025
Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning in Canada. We'll cross the border into Washington state toward the end of today's drive. We'll spend one more night in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and then we'll make the last leg of the journey toward home tomorrow. We're all pretty well ready to be off the road.

So, let's back up to our drive from Quesnel to Ashcroft yesterday. Before I go on, I want to address a couple of things I said in yesterday's post. For one thing, the air-conditioning in the truck ...

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Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning in Canada. We'll cross the border into Washington state toward the end of today's drive. We'll spend one more night in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and then we'll make the last leg of the journey toward home tomorrow. We're all pretty well ready to be off the road.

So, let's back up to our drive from Quesnel to Ashcroft yesterday. Before I go on, I want to address a couple of things I said in yesterday's post. For one thing, the air-conditioning in the truck ...

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July 30, 2025
Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're moving closer to the Canada/USA border today. Tomorrow's post will be my last from Canada. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about yesterday's drive, shall we? I started seeing barns and rustic structures right away after leaving Houston.


I've abandoned the Milepost for the remainder of the trip. I was looking up these little communities on Wikipedia as we passed through. We passed through a series of small communities associated with the many lakes we saw along the way. Here's another grouping of rustic ...

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Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're moving closer to the Canada/USA border today. Tomorrow's post will be my last from Canada. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about yesterday's drive, shall we? I started seeing barns and rustic structures right away after leaving Houston.


I've abandoned the Milepost for the remainder of the trip. I was looking up these little communities on Wikipedia as we passed through. We passed through a series of small communities associated with the many lakes we saw along the way. Here's another grouping of rustic ...

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July 29, 2025
Houston, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We’re another day closer to home. The roads have improved as we’ve moved farther south, probably because of increased population density. We’re still seeing some beautiful mountains. I believe the ones in the image below are the Seven Sisters peaks.


There wasn’t much to talk about until we crossed the bridge over the Skeena River. This was near the junction to Trans-Canada Hwy 16.


We turned east at the junction, and then crossed the river again. We traveled parallel to the river for many kilometers.


So, here we go. This highway is ...

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Houston, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We’re another day closer to home. The roads have improved as we’ve moved farther south, probably because of increased population density. We’re still seeing some beautiful mountains. I believe the ones in the image below are the Seven Sisters peaks.


There wasn’t much to talk about until we crossed the bridge over the Skeena River. This was near the junction to Trans-Canada Hwy 16.


We turned east at the junction, and then crossed the river again. We traveled parallel to the river for many kilometers.


So, here we go. This highway is ...

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July 28, 2025
Meziadin Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Today we find ourselves in a really beautiful provincial park in British Columbia. 

This is the view from our window.

When we left Dease Lake yesterday, Smitty was comfortable in his usual riding chair.


Sadie was enjoying the morning sunshine. We hated to disturb her, but the catio must come down.


In our travels, we've enjoyed the changing of the wildflowers. We started with scads of dandelions.


Moving next to lupine.


From there, the fireweed still blooming in abundance.


And the newest wildflower to make the scene is Indian paintbrush.


We saw just a few ...

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Meziadin Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Today we find ourselves in a really beautiful provincial park in British Columbia. 

This is the view from our window.

When we left Dease Lake yesterday, Smitty was comfortable in his usual riding chair.


Sadie was enjoying the morning sunshine. We hated to disturb her, but the catio must come down.


In our travels, we've enjoyed the changing of the wildflowers. We started with scads of dandelions.


Moving next to lupine.


From there, the fireweed still blooming in abundance.


And the newest wildflower to make the scene is Indian paintbrush.


We saw just a few ...

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July 27, 2025
Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We traveled some new road yesterday via the Cassiar Highway. Some of you might know it better as British Columbia Hwy 37. We caught one last glimpse of the Teslin River as we drove away.


About a half hour down the road, we stopped at a rest area to use their facilities. We found this map showing where we were headed. We would be stopping in Dease Lake by day's end. We got a chuckle out of "Smithers" to the south there. It's one of Smitty's nicknames.


From the rest area, it was ...

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Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We traveled some new road yesterday via the Cassiar Highway. Some of you might know it better as British Columbia Hwy 37. We caught one last glimpse of the Teslin River as we drove away.


About a half hour down the road, we stopped at a rest area to use their facilities. We found this map showing where we were headed. We would be stopping in Dease Lake by day's end. We got a chuckle out of "Smithers" to the south there. It's one of Smitty's nicknames.


From the rest area, it was ...

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