We went to 3 local animal shelters on Saturday. The goal: 2 cats, about 1 year old, probably at least one of them male. The first one was the Cal Poly Cat Program – which was having an open house. It was kind of a zoo. Lots of cats and lots of people. The second place was the Woods Humane Society, SLO. Really nice facility, not a lot of cats. Of course it really doesn’t take many, but we just didn’t find any we really felt attached to. The last one was the Woods Humane society up in Atascadero. Bunch of cats. We spent about 3 hours there.

After that, we headed just a little further North to Paso Robles. I’ve said, many times, that one of the things I miss about the bay area is good Chinese food – and that we don’t have any within 50 miles. Mom went to a place in Paso a week or two ago and said ‘the ladies all liked it!’ It turns out I’ve been lying all this time! There is good Chinese food to be had just 29 miles from home!

On Sunday we returned to Atascadero, spent a little more time with the two cats we had our eyes on, and brought ’em home with us. We were given lots of advice on how long to keep them apart and how to let them meet. But they shared a common area and one of them (Zeke) is so obviously so laid back. After a very frightening ride home, we put them in their respective spaces. About 10 minutes later, one got into the other’s room while we were arranging things. They seemed OK.

Here they are the next day. Zeke is the black one; Henry the other. Zeke is about a year and a half and henry is about a year.