{"id":300,"date":"2018-09-25T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/25\/part-5-driving-cross-country-1\/"},"modified":"2018-09-25T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T19:38:00","slug":"part-5-driving-cross-country-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/25\/part-5-driving-cross-country-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Smoit, the Adventure Cat, Part 5: Driving Cross-Country (Episode 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nDriving Cross-Country, Episode 1<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\nLast night I cried for 2 \u00bd hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\nYesterday was my first day on the road. I don\u2019t like my cage. I detest it. Then they put me in that big gray box with wheels. I think they call it a truck. And it started moving.<\/div>\n
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\nI don\u2019t feel good. I cried and I  cried and I cried. They couldn\u2019t see me panting so I cried louder. Whenever they weren\u2019t paying attention to me, I screamed so they would keep paying attention to me. <\/div>\n
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\nI think I really upset my dad.<\/div>\n
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\nThen Noxy had diarrhea. Fortunately, it didn\u2019t happen until we arrived at the hotel.<\/div>\n
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That’s me on top. Noxy is underneath.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I didn\u2019t have to stay in the same room as Noxy and Kaylee, because I would have taken my anger out on the kitten.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nBut I had my own room with Mommy and I cuddled her a lot and head-butted her in the middle of the night. She brought her own quilt and I slept on it. <\/div>\n
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\nI know Grandma, in the other room, had to clean out Noxy’s cage and give him a bath. I hate baths.<\/div>\n
\nNow it\u2019s morning and we\u2019re back on the road again. Noxy is in the cage under me. He doesn\u2019t smell too bad. Oops, now he does.<\/div>\n
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\nI\u2019m still panting, but I can see the outside and it\u2019s pretty. And flat. And there are a lot of cows. And wind turbines. And fields. And sky. And that\u2019s about it. <\/div>\n
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\nSo I\u2019m crying less. But I\u2019ll probably cry later.<\/p>\n

Ellie Smoit, the Adventure Cat, is chronicling her journey from her house in Colorado across the United States and to Mexico, with a little help from her owner, Lexie Greenawalt.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kaylee had the best view<\/p>\n
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Noxy was on the bottom<\/p>\n

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Kaylee staked her claim to backpacks and suitcases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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Driving Cross-Country, Episode 1 ELLIE SMOIT Last night I cried for 2 \u00bd hours. Yesterday was my first day on the road. I don\u2019t like my cage. I detest it. Then they put me in that big gray box with wheels. I think they call it a truck. And it started moving. I don\u2019t feel … <\/p>\n

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