North Carolina

We left Charleston SC about 9:30am this morning - was very glad to leave, the gnats eat you alive. Seems most of the people we met at this campground all complained of the same thing. You pray for a windy day, otherwise, you scratch, itch, get bitten, get the heebee jeebees. Dave is chewed up bigtime being outside the most with hooking up the RV. Anyhow, the trip was very nerve wracking. Chip - with 2 tranquilizers in him - I said 2, remember!, was the fiercest we have seen him. He tried biting thru the carrier even tho he could barely see straight. He cried constantly from the time we got in the truck to go. Grace would just feed off of Chip and when Chip got loud, she got loud. Chip got quiet, she got quiet. We will try a different tactic tomorrow when we hit the road again. It's been 7 hours since I gave him the sedative and he still can't stand. Poor guy. We have to watch him all the time - afraid he'll fall down the steps.

We are in Saluda North Carolina, just south of Asheville, NC. We need to get to Interstate 75 north, and typically you pick up I 40 out of Asheville heading west, then through the Smoky Mountains and then pick up I75 about 35 miles once you past Asheville. Last fall there was a huge rock slide on I40 and it has been shut down in both directions since then. Which means detours. We will have to continue going north on I26 and then pick up Interstae 81 south to get back to I75. This will add an additional hour onto our trip. Can't help it - just go with the flow.

Dave suggested that once we get the cats in the car, and we are on our way, to let them out. He blocked and gaps between back cab where they are and our front seats, and there is no room under the seats for them to go. He set up a small litter box on the floor in the back where they are, and if they need to do something, it's there. Let's see if this helps them. They will be able to roam around in the back, sleep on top of their carry boxes or inside or on the seats. Keep your fingers crossed!!!!