{"id":8412,"date":"2025-11-15T06:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:13:12","slug":"on-another-adventure-west-coast-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/on-another-adventure-west-coast-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"On Another Adventure, West Coast Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Greetings and Salutations!<br>Soooo&#8230; it was a LOOOONG day!<br>Did 3\/4 of a day at People&#8217;s Glorious Tractor Factory and <strong>then<\/strong> packed and got dropped off at the Aeroporto by Sapper, who&#8217;s got <strong>another<\/strong> quiet weekend without my witty repartee to bother him&#8230;  Which BTW tell me this ISN&#8217;T the coolest custom license plate we saw on the way to TPA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG20251113134806-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG20251113134806-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG20251113134806-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG20251113134806-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG20251113134806-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG20251113134806-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG20251113134806-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Florida has a Gadsden Flag plate available&#8230;  myself, I think having that plate is waaay cringe&#8230;  HOWEVER!  In this case?<br><br>KLDZR<br>Killdozer!?!<br>That&#8217;s fucking <strong>great!<\/strong><br>Both Sapper and myself were loving it&#8230;<br>Speaking of which&#8230; as I was saying&#8230; Me being gone <strong>again?<\/strong>  Well Sapper much prefers the peace and quiet with me being out and about&#8230;  The animals however tend to &#8216;cluster&#8217; when I&#8217;m out of the Casa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dc-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dc-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dc-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dc-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">ALL the Animals&#8230; From the left, you have Bob-the-Cat, the Red Hot Chili Pupper laying on Stella The Sausage Princess, and in the back, Beans.  Beans is the other cat we have who tends to be a bit &#8216;asocial&#8217;, even by cat standards.  I took him in when his person had to move back home, and unfortunately Beans wasn&#8217;t able to go&#8230;  when she had him, she told me she&#8217;d found him living out of a dumpster, so he&#8217;s semi-&#8230;. I dunno&#8230; he&#8217;s not feral, just&#8230;. not the cuddliest cat&#8230;<br><br>But BOY is he fat.<br>Like 4 times Bobs size&#8230;<br>BIG HONKING FAT BLACK CAT!!!<br><br>What I find humorous is the fact that Bob and Stella &#8216;match&#8217; in color, Chili and Beans match&#8230; and this was unplanned&#8230; it just sort of happened.<br><br>Usually the dogs stay w\/me all day while I work, and at night while I blog.  They usually bunk with Sapper at night 90% of the time&#8230;  With me gone again, they look like they&#8217;ve all clustered w\/Sapper&#8230;<br><br>So I&#8217;m here, and crashing out, as I&#8217;m wiped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cali-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cali-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cali-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cali-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cali.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I got here to freezing rain (comparative to Florida) and it was a LONG couple of flights&#8230; <br>So I&#8217;ll take some time tomorrow and try to finish up the Bahama Debrief, and then I&#8217;ll get into what&#8217;s going on this weekend, and who I&#8217;m meeting up with&#8230; with OPSEC being a part of it&#8230;  not mine, but others so to speak.<br><br>So More Later<br>Big Country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"965\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ray-965x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ray-965x1024.jpeg 965w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ray-283x300.jpeg 283w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ray-768x815.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ray.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations!Soooo&#8230; it was a LOOOONG day!Did 3\/4 of a day at People&#8217;s Glorious Tractor Factory and then packed and got dropped off at the Aeroporto by Sapper, who&#8217;s got another quiet weekend without my witty repartee to bother him&#8230; Which BTW tell me this ISN&#8217;T the coolest custom license plate we saw on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/on-another-adventure-west-coast-edition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On Another Adventure, West Coast Edition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8417,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions\/8417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}