Road Trip Hop; Happy 16th Birthday, Madi!

In honor of our blogging pal Madi whose 16th birthday is today, we are joining The Road Trip Hop!

Eastside Cats Roadtrip Story:
In August, 2004, The Hubby and I jumped into our old Toyota Camry, and drove for hours, it seemed, to pick up a couple of kittens.  My brother's co-worker's cat had had a litter of four kittens: two black, two black-and-white.  We were the first to arrive, so we picked one boy (black) and one girl (black-and-white).

Knowing NOTHING about kittens, cats, or anything, we'd only brought along a cardboard box...with no lid.  I sat in the back seat, box in my lap, holding two squirmy kittens as The Hubby drove.  The girl kitty would not be held down; she climbed the back of the driver's seat, and up onto The Hubby's shoulder!  Meanwhile, I looked over the more-dark-brown-than-black kitten in my hands, and that's when we thought to name him "Chocolate", which later turned into Chucky.  In May, 2004, my father had passed away, so Angel was named for him up in heaven.

With difficulty, we finally had that old Toyota towed away almost 10 years later, when the windows and doors no longer worked, but the engine still did!  It was the chariot that brought my babies home to make their lives with us.  The scrap yard gave us $100...

Happy Birthday, Madi!

May your trip down the road 

of life continue for a long time!

💖😺🎂