The traveling cat

I got a cat for Christmas, Kristen and Gabe decided that I needed a cat to snuggle with, so when they visited us at Christmas, they brought an orange cat with them as my Christmas gift.  They got him at a shelter, he was about 2 years old. 

We named him Obi, which means belt in Japanese.  So he is an orange belt.  I had a cat in Fargo who was also named Obi, he was black.

Obi is a great cat, he likes sitting on my lap, which is a great comfort when I am not feeling well, and he follows me around like a dog.

In the past, when we would go to Fargo, we would leave Obi at home - we would set out food and water for a week and leave.  When we come home he met us at the door and tells us in no uncertain terms that he is mad that we left him for the week.  And then he is mad for a couple of days.

We always worried about him being home alone, so we decided that we would take Obi with us on our trip to Rochester to see how he traveled.  We found out that he travels well.  He doesn't  like being in the kennel in the car but when we let him out he was OK, he would settle on the armrest between the front seats. 

We didn't have any problems making reservations at hotels, we found out that there are a lot of pet-friendly accommodations.  Once we would get to the room, Obi would explore for a bit, look out the window and then find a place to lay down.  He didn't fuss, we think he was just happy to be with us.

As he is such a good traveler we will be taking him with us more often in the future.