Due to an annoying law in California, our scooter cannot be registered in California unless it has 7500 miles on it. At 35 mph, that is a lot of riding, so our scooter will need to live in Utah instead of California for quite a while. The best way to get Rocky to California was to bring him in the back of the pickup truck when I made my initial trip.
I bought a kennel for Rocky to ride in. He did not like it at all at first. I tried to get him used to it by throwing a ball into the kennel and have him retrieve it. He was still pretty nervous about it. I put a towel in the kennel and I think that masked the plastic smell enough that he would go in on Monday morning. I left the baseball with him.
The scooter, Rocky and I left early Monday morning headed for Utah. I stopped frequently to give him water. This is a stop we made somewhere in the middle of Kansas.
When we stopped at a gas station, a lady came up and started talking to Rocky about how he was a good boy to ride in a kennel. She explained to Rocky how that was the safest way for him to travel. I am pretty certain that Rocky did not understand anything that she said except that he was happy to have someone talk to him.
We dropped the scooter off with Sarah and Nate and then went on to Pleasant Grove. We were both happy to get to Julie and Christian’s home. Rocky got to get out of the kennel and I got to get some wonderful sleep.
Julie fixed omelets for breakfast. This is what mine looked like.
After throwing the ball for Rocky and letting him run a bit, Christian and I got Rocky back in the kennel for the trip to California. We arrived at John and Becky’s house at about 10:30 Tuesday night. Rocky was happy to have the back yard to run around in.
Rocky was happy to meet Bubba, but Bubba had some reservations. Becky took some photos and posted on the California Crapos Blog.
The new job is going well but has been very hectic. There are several things at work that they wanted to get input from the new VP of engineering on so the first three days have been pretty packed with getting up to speed on everything so I can be productive and helpful. I believe I have already made significant contribution in the first three days.
Mom will be leaving St. Louis on Wednesday night or Thursday morning and will drive to Utah to spend a few days. I will fly to Utah Saturday morning and then drive back to San Jose with Mom. I am looking forward to seeing Mom again.
