Re: hum....

I don't know, Betsy. I've never read "Travels with Charley." I just returned from taking Squinty for a 5 mile ride, which included a traffic jam. She had full range of the truck--front and back--and only spent a few minutes of our tour under my feet. She complained a lot at the beginning, but was pretty well settled down by the time it was over. So I think she'll be a good traveler after a day or so on the road.
About Steinbeck: I read nearly everything he wrote from "The Pastures of Heaven" to "East of Eden" in my teens--and nothing after that, for some reason. Actually, I read "East of Eden" twice. I was stationed on a lighthouse and my MIL sent it to me when it was first published. No sooner had I finished it than Reader's Digest published its bowdlerized version, so I read that, too. It was my first known experience at seeing what good Christian conservatives didn't want us aspirers to middlebrow pretensions to read. 



On Mar 27, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Betsy Kelson wrote:


Jim,
    Are you going to follow the same route as Steinbeck and Charley?

Betsy
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From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum....



Awwww...it'll be fine. It will be a good trip. I can tell you are
stressing Jim. You and Squints will have a GREAT adventure on the way to 
your new place.



----- Original Message ----
From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:49:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum....

Weather here's passible--mid-70s, no wind to mention. Orchids are
blooming. Squinty and I are almost all packed up and ready to split; I
keep trying to find room in the truck for something and she keeps
fussing because she knows something's afoot but not what.

Tomorrow we start "travel training" for Squinty--putting her in the
truck cab sans cat-carrier and driving around the neighborhood for a
few minutes--to get her used to the idea. Obviously, I want her to
begin to think of the cab as a safe haven so if she escapes while we're 
on the road, she'll come right back to be brushed or treated with a
"Greenie."


On Mar 26, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Donna wrote:


must have some nice weather everywhere... although it is nice out
here, I am stuck in the office...

 just testing to see if working.

 Donna

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Southwest Florida
27.1 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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