Saturday September 13, 2014
I think my humans are cheating on me. I saw them with another feline.
We were slow getting started this morning, by choice. We have been on the move daily so it was nice
to just sit. Spouse took Rudy for a walk
and what did he find...
He comes back and says there is a feral cat. Let's give it food. (Deja Vu).
I get some of Rudy's food and go over there. She was a young kitty, about 5 months old and
she is a polydactl just like Rudy! I
call her and she comes running (just like Rudy). She is purring and cuddly. She is hungry, she is thirsty. Sound familiar? Rudy hissed when he saw her. I couldn't stop cuddling her and she was good
with that. We played. We do NOT need another cat.
Spouse went to the office (just like Rudy). But this time, they said they think they know
where she came from and would work on getting her back there. She is supposed to be a barn kitty next door
(which is a far piece away). If she
does not belong there, they will get her a home. Spouse took her to the office and she had a
hissy fit. She wanted to be back at the
cabin where she hangs out under the patio.
Coyotes can't get her there. That
is where she is now. There are new
tenants in the cabin that are cat people.
We left them some food for her. I
hope it goes well, but we can't take her.
Rudy won't stand for it. We
cheated on him, but he is our true love.
This area of South Dakota is breathtaking. We drove into the Badlands National
Park. Here is where the prairie meets
the buttes. Badlands is very much like
Bryce Canyon in that it has a gazillion rocky outcroppings popping up from the
prairie, but they appear to be sandstone as opposed to the hard rock of Bryce. Riding along the top of the mesa provides
sweeping views of the valleys below with the rock spires. Within the first five minutes of driving, we
spot bighorn sheep on top of the spires watching the cars drive by.
Spouse is back to being crippled so all he could do was
look. I took some of the walking trails
and did some exploring without taking too much time away from Spouse. It is white (hmm, must be why the name White
River). It almost looks like the
moon. It feels like dried mud but a bit
softer. Oddly enough, there are some
wildflowers popping out here and there.
More bighorns. The hiking trails
are not clearly marked outside of the trail heads. Because of the terrain, the trail does not
look worn, and it would be easy to lose the trail. But I did not walk too far for that to be a
problem.
We continued driving on the road through the various
viewpoints. Hey bighorns, get off the
road so we can get by. At one point, we
headed over to the town of Wall, known for the Wall Drug Store. Really?
Yep! It is a drug store, souvenir
store, t-shirt store, and a bunch of little vendors and stores. There is a T-Rex that roars and actually
looks a bit scary. A great way to scare
a toddler! It's just one of those places
you need to see if you are near there.
We left, going back into Badlands to do the off road trail
along the mesa ridge. To the right,
green prairie grass stretches as far as the eye can see. To the left is a valley of gazillions of
rocky spires. I would love to have had
more pictures, but I didn't charge the camera batteries. Blond!
We went by a prairie dog town.
Cute little rodents with a sophisticated society. When I got out, they started squealing to one
another. It was only a warning once they
saw I was not a threat. But they did
keep their eyes on the 3 coyotes on the horizon going after their relatives.
We continued the road until we exited the park and got back
on to hwy 44. The water at this RV park
is horrible. We found a store and bought
some water. I couldn't figure out why my
tea tasted so bad. Then our coffee this
morning, yech! Now all will be better.
And the battery to the camera is charging...
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