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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005The Las Vegas Roadcat - not!
Tonight was Harri's first time taking a walk in Las Vegas. North Las Vegas, actually, at the Pilot truck stop. The street we're on gets pretty quiet at night, but nearly quiet enough to suit Harri. Our walk tonight lasted only 15 minutes, and we only got about 100 yards from the truck. Way too scary! Tomorrow we'll have to check out the Petro about 5 miles north of here, or as a last resort maybe the Flying J. This will be a lonnnnng weekend for Harri if we don't find a decent kitty walk place! We'll be sitting here until Monday evening. > Tonight was Harri's first time taking a walk in Las Vegas. North Las > Vegas, actually, at the Pilot truck stop. The street we're on gets [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > J. This will be a lonnnnng weekend for Harri if we don't find a decent > kitty walk place! We'll be sitting here until Monday evening. Awww. Sorry to hear Harri's not enjoying Vegas. :-) Say, do you ever end up at the Flying J in OKC? I hear it's not a very good place, but if you ever *do* find yourself there, give us a call. We'd love to meet Harri. Sherry > Awww. Sorry to hear Harri's not enjoying Vegas. :-) > Say, do you ever end up at the Flying J in OKC? I hear it's not a very > good place, but if you ever *do* find yourself there, give us a call. > We'd love to meet Harri. > > Sherry I'll be sure to do that! I haven't been to OKC for a good while. The Flying J there is one of the worst in the chain - that is the only Flying J I've been too where lot lizards work the lot openly. The Pilot is a bit better, the Loves is a bit better (surprising, considering that Loves is normally at the bottom of the heap), and the TA is pretty decent. However, I usually have an easy time of it in OKC. The folks I used to drive for and the folks I drive for now both have terminals not far from the Flying Hook, and both of them are reasonably nice. > > Awww. Sorry to hear Harri's not enjoying Vegas. :-) > > Say, do you ever end up at the Flying J in OKC? I hear it's not a very [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > The Flying J there is one of the worst in the chain - that is the only > Flying J I've been too where lot lizards work the lot openly. What is a lot lizard? Gah. I'm not sure I want to know the answer to that. Is it hookers? Woops. DH just told me I'm not supposed to call them "hookers" anymore. Says they are "working girls." LOL. Sherry Duh.....the East-Coast-mindset Hopitus assumed he meant dope dealers....guess it'll still be awhile till I'm a Western Girl......LOL. >> > Awww. Sorry to hear Harri's not enjoying Vegas. :-) >> > Say, do you ever end up at the Flying J in OKC? I hear it's not a [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Sherry > What is a lot lizard? Gah. I'm not sure I want to know the answer to > that. Is it hookers? > Woops. DH just told me I'm not supposed to call them "hookers" anymore. > Says they are "working girls." LOL. > > Sherry Yep, they're hookers who work truck stops. Generally speaking, they are the skankiest excuses for womem I've ever seen. I guess Harri decided not to give up on Las Vegas. I went in to take a shower and got back to the truck a little after 11 PM. Harri met me on the floor at the driver's side - her signal that it's time for a kitten walk. We only walked for 15 minutes, and never left the side parking lot of the paper recycling warehouse across the street, but even so she caught 1 little tiny moth, 2 large moths, and almost caught another cricket. She was a busy little huntress! > > What is a lot lizard? Gah. I'm not sure I want to know the answer to > > that. Is it hookers? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > caught 1 little tiny moth, 2 large moths, and almost caught another > cricket. She was a busy little huntress! I thought there must be a lot of cat houses in Las Vegas. But I think you have to be of a certain age to enter. In Reno, there is a school for judges, how to be a judge. Imagine that. Training would-be judges in a city with the biggest LEGAL whore house in the country. Does make you wonder where all the future judges are spending their recesses from the classes. It's terrible. Distracts from their classes since they are so spent... > I thought there must be a lot of cat houses in Las Vegas. But I think you have > to be of a certain age to enter. In Reno, there is a school for judges, how to > be a judge. Imagine that. Training would-be judges in a city with the biggest > LEGAL whore house in the country. Does make you wonder where all the future > judges are spending their recesses from the classes. It's terrible. Distracts > from their classes since they are so spent... Actually, brothels are legal in Nevada but NOT in Las Vegas. There are a a lot of them along US95 in Nye county, but the closest I've seen to Las Vegas is at least 60 miles out. And from Reno, the closest I've seen is at least 100 miles out (again on US95). No, I've never frequented the places, but they are out in the middle of nowhere so they really stand out. BUT - here's the big point - neither Las Vegas nor Reno have ANY decent kitty walking territory at their truck stops! You have to get well outside town before you find stretches of empty desert appropriate for walking bored little kittens. You have to get well > outside town before you find stretches of empty desert appropriate for > walking bored little kittens. That sounds scary, Dan. You be careful. Sherry > That sounds scary, Dan. You be careful. > > Sherry Not to worry, we always are. When we walk in a city, we stick to areas with decent streetlights and stay where we are easily visible from the street. And no matter where we walk, I always carry a reliable, sturdy flashlight. Though she gets irritated by it, whenever Harri finds a bush or hole that interests her I light it up well with the flashlight before I let her get too close. Now that the weather is getting warmer I've got to kepe an eye for for snakes and things. > > I thought there must be a lot of cat houses in Las Vegas. But I think you have > > to be of a certain age to enter. In Reno, there is a school for judges, how to [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > outside town before you find stretches of empty desert appropriate for > walking bored little kittens. So that would explain why the would-be judges were tired. Maybe the 200 miles round-trip did them in and not the cat houses? Thanks for the corrected info. I knew a woman who attended this school in Reno, but not the "cat house" obviously, and she told me how she teased the men when they came back all pooped and pale. Of all the places in the country to have a school for judges, in a state like Nevada, figures. Nonetheless, I've always been glad the military picked the Silver State to test their A-bombs in the 50's, when I was a kid....and we were instructed to "curl up under our desks for safety" (ROFL) in case of nuclear attack! Have only been to Nevada briefly, off & on, while living in BayArea, CA.....people are very friendly & nice, once you get away from casino areas...but trees are kinda scarce.....a strange landscape to a Floridian. >> > I thought there must be a lot of cat houses in Las Vegas. But I think >> > you [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > like > Nevada, figures. > Nonetheless, I've always been glad the military picked the Silver > State to test their A-bombs in the 50's, when > I was a kid....and we were instructed to "curl up under our desks for > safety" (ROFL) in case of nuclear attack! Duck & Cover! They were still doing that stuff when I was a kid in the 60's. And of course, every school was equipped with with those black & yellow triangular "Bomb Shelter" signs. Jill >>>> I thought there must be a lot of cat houses in Las Vegas. But I >>>> think you [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> state like >> Nevada, figures. > Nonetheless, I've always been glad the military picked the Silver State to > test their A-bombs in the 50's, when [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > casino areas...but trees are kinda > scarce.....a strange landscape to a Floridian. Even kind of strange for a native of Catifurnia. I'm accustomed to desert, but not to the very long, very desolate stretches of it out here. And though the CA desert has it's share of military installations, the unbelievable number of miles of military land along US95 still blows the mind. We did move to the Petro truckstop on the far north end of Las Vegas, across the street from the speedway. There is lots of empty desert out here, so once the sun goes down we can do a really good kitten walk again. |
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