JOEY FINALLY FOUND SOME DIRT!!!!
and he hasn't stopped for long to rest! He was great the four days we were preparing the boat at Singular, coming home each morning after a night of prowling. We continue to be amazed at how he manges to return to the boat!!!! Poor guy he had to sleep in the rental car Sunday night as mom was afraid he would miss the departure time 6:30 am Monday!Sunday afternoon we joined up with Tony and Bonito from S/V Mandayla, who introduced us to a great restaurant in downtown La Pas LA FONTANA. The local frequent it so you know it is good. The prices were excellent as was the fare. We highly recommend it! We look forward to their promise of coming to meet us at Kye Bay!!!!
Our ride to San Jose del Cabos was enjoyable and Joey was great! He enjoyed stretching in the desert when we made a pit stop mide way. The airport was great too and he was his usual charmer with all the people who stopped to visit him. He is a definite "Chick Magnet" says Claes!!!
The flight to Calgary was not one we would like to repeat anytime soon! The personnel on the plane insisted that Joey be totally encased in his bag which present a problem. Have you ever tried to put a cat in a bag??? This was suppose to be a travel bag and would have worked well if they would have allowed his head out of the bag. Needless to say we fought with him all the way and Claes has two very cut up hands to prove it. The bag was thrashed and left in a garbage can in Calgary. They have since black balled poor Joey who is now not allowed to travel via West Jet ever again. 9 We were very disappointed in the way they handled the situation just not their usual way!!)
In order to continue our flight home we had to replace the carrier and could not find a pet one so bought an ordinary duffel bag.........of course no vents or visibility! We marked our time-got through customs and on board and attempted to keep a low profile. Again the attendant insisted that he be inside the bag. After both Claes and I explaining what had transpired in the last four and half hours, our problem with the bag he asked why we had not put the cat in the pet section..........to which we responded we were told we could not! WRONG! So all of this could have been eliminated. Poor Joey! We did convince them that if they allowed his head out I promised he would not come out any further. So................I spent the next hour with my body bent over to assure that that was what happened.
MAJOR LESSON LEARNT!!!!!!
We were so thrilled to land in Comox to the very warm welcome of Tanya and the kids................and a huge surpise of about 15 of our freinds!!!!!! What a thrill! We visited and retired to Kye Bay to a beautiful supper prepared by our dear frined and employer ROZ !!!! What a gal she is. The cabin was warm and felt so much like home. The fridge was full of beer, the bathroonm full of spa things and the cubboard equiped with goodies to eat! As we laid in bed that night to the sound of gentle rain falling we sighed and truly enjoyed the ambiance it offered.We have since got moved in, provisioned the kitchen, insured the van that Roz has provided for us and had a visit with Tanya and her crew............Annika loves her dress and Cole is excited about his Spanish colouring book I brought him.
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