Our Boat Has A Doorbell

We have a screen over our hatch/companion way that Hilo can get out of but hasn't figured out how to get back in. So some times when we are down below he'll come over and sit by the companion way and just look into the boat through the screen- at us and stare. Some times he actually wants to come down, sometimes not; so I started telling him that if he wants to come down he has to say 'meow'. This way we don't have to get up and see if he wants to come down or not. Well, we've been on the boat 2 months now and it seems that he is figuring it out - he'll come over and sit and meow, then we get up and let him in. We have a doorbell that sounds like; 'MEOW'.

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Mexican Cat Story
I was walking back to the boat the other day when our friend Lorena pulled up in her car to chat. So we were chatting for a little bit and she kept on looking at a 5-gallon bucket (with lid on) that was on her passenger side floor. She finally confessed that Susanetta, the hotel cat, was in the 5-gallon bucket and they were on their way back from the vet! The lid wasn't completely on. I was thinking well at least she brought her in to the vet in some kind of carrier instead of having her get all freaked out-an issue at my old job. Then I started thinking about Hilo's fancy carrier that I brought him to the vet in, oh well.

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BELLY BOUNCE

Yesterday a bunch of us were sitting in the cockpit to discuss the electrical project and it was cool and overcast so I put on a fleece jacket. About 1 minute after I sat down Hilo came out of the boat and was standing on the cabin top (about 2 feet from me and up) looking at my fleece covered lap like a Thanksgiving dinner so I moved my notebook and braced myself for a belly bounce from him jumping over. Sure enough he launched over and landed square in my lap then settled in for a little warm cuddle while we all discussed batteries and solar panels. Maybe he was educating himself on our electrical system.