Introducing: The Cats!

This post is long past due; I'm an avid procrastinator as you've probably noticed. Anyhow, I thought this would be a good time to introduce our other three travelling companions!

Bartleby Herman Meowville

Oscar Wildecat

And a new and unexpected tag-a-long finally dubbed Frankenstein!

Bartleby and Oscar are Dan's cats. They were perfectly content chilling in the camper until last night, when Bartleby put into action his brilliant escape plan. Now they know how to get out of the camper through a poorly-designed canvas doorway cover, and we've got to come up with a way to prevent that. They're both lifelong house cats who wouldn't know how to protect themselves out in the wide world. I'll let Dan flesh out their bios if he so desires.

Frankenstein was a stray cat who lived near my house. She had been hanging around for months and was always friendly, but a couple days before we left for the trip I fell in love with her. She loves to cuddle, rides on my lap in the car, and even actively associates with the dogs. Juno has no idea how to react to a cat that she can't make uncomfortable with an hour-long staring session. Frankenstein was originally dubbed Tag-a-long, but that's just not a very call-able name. The revision was decided upon as an homage to one of my favorite television shows called Red Dwarf featuring a cat so named, and also because the first book I read while on this trip and also for the first time happens to be Frankenstein. The cat has a very low brow ridge like that of the monster from the movies, and the loving personality depicted in the earlier parts of the monster's life in the book.

They get along peacefully for the most part, although if Bartleby or Oscar get too close to Frankenstein she tends to hiss at them. I don't imagine that she's had pleasant experiences with other cats in the past. They generally ignore her, though, and we haven't had any terrible spats.

You may not see too many pictures of them since they mostly stay in the camper (although Frankenstein is occasionally allowed out when there are no dangers around), but I'm sure they'll appear frequently in our stories.