Once when I was a Joshua Tree NP, in the middle of a climb I looked down and
saw someone with a Vanagon camping down below.  Cool, I thought.  I looked a
little more and noticed this person had a cat on a leash, tied to the van.
Strange, I though.  I've seen people walk their cats on leashes on rare occasion,
but not tied to a vehicle while camping.  Must have been a unique and cool
cat to enjoy camping.

That's almost a strange as the people who were walking their cat in a state
park without a leash.  It looked like it was OK until the cat noticed me and my
2 big dogs coming down the trail.  Last I saw, the people were trying to coax
the cat out of a tree.

Bill Marshall
85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
Aurora, IL