It was the night before departure all through the house
the bags were packed and the truck is loaded
all food is in the truck, the feeding station installed, the poop shield in place
the new printer has been tested and the laptop is charged
I bought two spare harnesses , just in case
Maggie was dispatched to Las Vegas this morning
no eggs yet in the parrot cage, the pen is spotless for the other fowl
Venus is ready, she just had a bath and  her cachet is not foul
Los Banos will be our first stop , then Bakersfield, Boron and Barstow
I 40 ,not 15 will take us to Needles,
On to Kingman, Flagstaff, Winslow, and Albuquerque
Guess what color caused them to name Amarillo?
OK City and Memphis  and ft Smith,Little rock then Tupelo
see where the King was born and then to Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery
I lie not, its there really!
Birmingham, Atlanta,
Greenville and Fayetteville and them Emerald Isle
Letterboxes everywhere, too many to list but never too many to find
follow us daily and chuckes I promise, and remember my daily prayer

Oh Lord , protect us against speed traps, stinging nettles, nails on the freeway, bedbugs, ptomaine,
hail storms, floods and critters that bite.  Turn every hawks gaze away from us as we fly. May all the Innkeepers be so profoundly overtaken by Venus's beauty that  they welcome her into their establishment without conditions.