We were warned of Mountain Lions in the area near Hart Ranch, but encountered a different type of cat entirely. For several days, a young solid grey cat approximately 4 or 5 months old kept walking up and down the street in front of our RV. We finally called and he came right over, so we checked him out. It was a neutered male and very friendly (and hung
ry). After feeding him, he stopped walking around the RV Resort, and chose to remain on and under our RV step.The next door neighbors also checked him out. The cat liked their two bird dogs and their 4-year-old daughter who was able to pick him up with no problem. He also liked our cats when we let them nose each other. This was one well socialized cat! We checked for lost cat signs all around the Resort, and checked with management and workers with no success of finding his people. We tried to find him a home in the park with our neighbors and park workers with no success. It is hard to believe someone dumped a neutered cat this well socialized, so perhaps he got out of the rig without the owners noticing until they were many miles down the road. We learned today that he is quite an escape artist when he wants to go outside - and difficult to pick back up.
He tired of living on our coach step while we were looking for his people and ran inside every time we opened the door. You can guess the rest of the story – he moved in and would not willingly leave, crying near the door when placed back outside. Now we have 3 too many cats! He has now been to the
vet who confirmed he is a neutered male. We had him de-wormed and given immunizations as a precaution – even though he may well have been vaccinated previously. He also likes to travel by RV, sitting on the couch while we drive with no complaints at all. He has no name yet, though Little Guy, Smoke, Houdini (the escape artist), and Hitch for Hitchhiker are possibilities. Time to name the cat - any suggestions?In the pic above he looks quite happy with his new home.
After using our membership for one week at the Hart Ranch, we moved to Rushmore Shadows RV park, also near Rapid City, for 3 nights to use our membership there as well - again for $10 a night. We plan to depart the area on Tuesday.
The weather wasn’t as bad this week. It would start out sunny and by noon there would be thunderstorms. We managed a trip to the Badlands NP and only had a few raindrops fall while seeing the sites. We stopped to eat a roast beef sandwich special at the Wall Drug in Wall, SD. We were surprised by the maze of stores and eating areas as we wandered around inside the drugstore. It is an interesting story about the beginning of the drugstore and free ice water. Ted Hustead and his wife, Dorothy were quite the entrepreneurs in their time. You can find their story at this website.
Sandy has added more pictures from the area to the Black Hills 2. There are pictures of our drive through Spearfish Canyon with three waterfalls to visit and Mt. Rushmore. Of course, we also walked the Presidential Trail as well. While we were visiting the presidents, we noticed people on top of George’s head. It turned out to be a rescue team practicing emergency evacuations of injured workers.
For Sandy’s quilting friends: this folder also includes her Christmas Bears wall hanging designed by Mckenna Ryan along with her new designing fabric wall. Thanks to Cher’s suggestion, Sandy used the backside of a picnic tablecloth for her designing fabric wall. She was able to keep the tablecloth attached to the side of our rig with the magnetic clips, but still needs to use straight pins to keep the blocks from blowing away. Sorry, no pictures of mountain goats. Maybe next time.
