April 10, 2010 Day 1, Las Vegas

Your intrepid canine contributor of news from the Yokum travel desk is at your service once again! We are once more on the road to discover areas of beauty, wonder and nice people who love good dogs. We took off from Ventura at noon time today, our usual late start, and arrived at our favorite Vegas home, the Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort, a little after five. The trip was nonstop, and noninteresting in the least. So I am going to take the opportunity of this first post of the trip to discuss something that has been on my mind since we returned from our last voyage; the subject of Cats.

When we returned from our last trip, I noticed that the previously designated outdoors cat, Rusty, had wormed his way into the house and was sleeping on the end of the couch nightly. Don even installed a cat door in a window in the back, so that he could come and go at will. He was even getting served his meals in the bay window in the kitchen! Now, I don’t mind sharing things with other animals who are not as well cared for as I am, but I have to say that I did find this a bit intrusive. Now, I know Rusty very well, he’s been a neighborhood hanger-on for more than a year. My temptress Debbie, across the street, had been providing food for him, and I’m sure others in the area have been benefactors. I think that’s fine. But when he comes into my house, and demands that Geri entertain him with a floating feather cat toy, feed him on a regular schedule (before me!) and get almost the same run of the house that I do, well, I’ve started to feel a bit uncomfortable about him. So, when I got wind of this trip, I asked Geri if Rusty was coming with us. She assured me that he wasn’t, but I shouldn’t worry about his care and feeding, as Debbie would be taking care of him. Oh, like that was my chief concern? Not really! I could just see him crowding onto my couch in the coach, getting play time and attention at my expense, probably even getting some of my food and treats! Anyway, I’m just glad he’s not along. Well, I’m glad I got that off my manly chest.

The site we’re in here is just around the corner from where my old pal Kahuna lived before he graduated to Doggy Heaven, but it looks like his folks don’t live there any longer. Too bad, they were really nice people, and very free with treats. I’m not sure how long we’re going to stay here, ‘cause Geri and Don aren’t too sure about that either. But I always enjoy it here when the weather is on the cooler side, like it is now. Lots of really nice grassy areas, friendly people, and interesting excursions. We expect to be visiting with Geri’s grandkids, Genevieve and Matthew, his lovely mate Brittany, and her great-grandkids, Little Matt and Keira, who was whelped just last weekend! Should be fun!