https://wanderingwojo.com A travel journal. Southwest to Alaska. Wojo the cat and his co-pilot Van on the road. en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://wanderingwojo.com/#pounce-pet https://wanderingwojo.com/#pounce-pet Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stevenson, WA — Been a few days since my last entry. Too busy pouncing around the huge house, chomping plants, hanging with the big guy's loud loving musical... https://wanderingwojo.com/#baffled-by https://wanderingwojo.com/#baffled-by Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stevenson, WA — Crazy how contrast seems to reveal the relief of meaning, not out there, but between me and that, here and there, all and small. Suddenly... https://wanderingwojo.com/#ran-to-redmond https://wanderingwojo.com/#ran-to-redmond Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Redmond, OR — Well... Our second stay With Michela and Chita in Tucson was so seriously special and definitely the right move after Santa Fe. Michela is a... https://wanderingwojo.com/#what-will-be https://wanderingwojo.com/#what-will-be Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — Seems like we can't step through the world without leaving paw prints. Funny that we ever might think or wish we could go without a trace, or at... https://wanderingwojo.com/#granny https://wanderingwojo.com/#granny Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — Been a couple days of stretching, splooting, keeping an eye on these damn doves, saw my first lizard and DAMN near gottem with these claws... ... https://wanderingwojo.com/#real-resty https://wanderingwojo.com/#real-resty Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — I find myself back in the room in Tucson but this time it has brand new carpet!! UGH so easy to zip around and run back and forth, ears back in... https://wanderingwojo.com/#brother-jesse https://wanderingwojo.com/#brother-jesse Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Santa Fe, NM — THIS is why we landed in Santa Fe. One amazing day of hanging with The big dude's Brother Jesse. What an amazing guy, and it's wild how much... https://wanderingwojo.com/#santa-fraidee https://wanderingwojo.com/#santa-fraidee Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Santa Fe, NM — You know what... I didn't wanna go outside today, just to throw off the big guy, now that I have the tick collar that he insisted on... Really... https://wanderingwojo.com/#jailbreak https://wanderingwojo.com/#jailbreak Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Santa Fe, NM — I busted out. He didn't even realize until I was across the campsite. No leash, no hot truck air, just freedom. Grit on my paws, smells rushing... https://wanderingwojo.com/#no-shab https://wanderingwojo.com/#no-shab Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Santa Fe, NM — It was a day of working in the sun (lazing sooo contentedly in the truck), followed by a trip to the Zen Center so the big guy could experience... https://wanderingwojo.com/#beautiful-mud https://wanderingwojo.com/#beautiful-mud Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Belen, NM — Well, it was a long evening of driving and reflecting. We headed out from Tucson with a reordered truck that feels much more spacious. Maybe the... https://wanderingwojo.com/#sacrament https://wanderingwojo.com/#sacrament Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Santa Fe, NM — We woke just north of Truth or Consequences this morning after a night of heavy rain. I already mentioned how beautifully it smelled. We drove... https://wanderingwojo.com/#xylojamz https://wanderingwojo.com/#xylojamz Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — Well, they came back with stories. I did more lazing here (tending to the cut on my little paw from hunting around the yard the other night). But,... https://wanderingwojo.com/#harness-be-gone https://wanderingwojo.com/#harness-be-gone Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — The big dude took off my harness yesterday. MAN that felt good. He really massaged and pet where the harness was and it was such a nice relief.... https://wanderingwojo.com/#friends-are-good https://wanderingwojo.com/#friends-are-good Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — Well, friends are good. If not for the generosity of their time and space, their recommendations for cool spots and great music, then for the ease... https://wanderingwojo.com/#fire-in-the-desert-sky https://wanderingwojo.com/#fire-in-the-desert-sky Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — Got to roll in some bird shit today. Chilled in a cubby. Saw some lizards. This place is pretty damn chill I'd say. Big guy did his work, saw the... https://wanderingwojo.com/#tucson https://wanderingwojo.com/#tucson Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tucson, AZ — I think I have to say... I love the truck. Never would have guessed it after the first day... remembering shoving my face into the crack between... https://wanderingwojo.com/#ease-please https://wanderingwojo.com/#ease-please Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Flagstaff, AZ — This is what I imagine goes on in his head - "Beebaboo.. Good boieee, yeah, okaaaay buddie, springtime in The Shire bub... Southwest, friends,... https://wanderingwojo.com/#where-the-wind-blows https://wanderingwojo.com/#where-the-wind-blows Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Flagstaff, AZ — Final night in Flagstaff. Feels like the cool wind is blowing us south to warmer temps, just in time for visits in Tucson, just as it has been... https://wanderingwojo.com/#the-hunt https://wanderingwojo.com/#the-hunt Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Flagstaff, AZ — Been zooming all over this morning, and last night. New things to hunt in a new space, and all... But now we're sitting on the bed for... https://wanderingwojo.com/#what-a-rush https://wanderingwojo.com/#what-a-rush Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Grand Canyon — "What a practice" he says... so dramatic... But I do see him wound up. He was so ready to have a weekend break and what does he do? He crams as... https://wanderingwojo.com/#red-red-red-all-over https://wanderingwojo.com/#red-red-red-all-over Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Flagstaff, AZ — Well, I'm REALLY relaxing. Really. Big guy got us a little motel room on old Route 66 near Downtown Flagstaff for a few nights, took off my... https://wanderingwojo.com/#constant-change https://wanderingwojo.com/#constant-change Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Grand Canyon — What a day. I was on a meowing TIRADE the first half of the day. Those coyotes chilled me to the bone, and the big guy was up in the tent having... https://wanderingwojo.com/#din-today https://wanderingwojo.com/#din-today Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Grand Canyon — 5 years ago today, the big guy's step dad passed. He was an amazing guy, with a wild story, and a huge heart. Five years ago the big guy... https://wanderingwojo.com/#las-vegas https://wanderingwojo.com/#las-vegas Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Las Vegas, NV — The big guy thought he'd be clever and drive in the evenings after work. He thought he'd even push through Death Valley, thinking it wouldn't... https://wanderingwojo.com/#death-valley-tomorrow https://wanderingwojo.com/#death-valley-tomorrow Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lone Pine, CA — Today was a chill as they come. Warm but not too hot. The big guy really tested out the solar/starlink setup and its not too shabby (i.e. no... https://wanderingwojo.com/#haht-t-day https://wanderingwojo.com/#haht-t-day Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lone Pine, CA — We gaht haht t'day. Had to make plenty of use of that cold air inside the truck... And plenty of lazy laying around in the shade, with the... https://wanderingwojo.com/#straddled https://wanderingwojo.com/#straddled Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lone Pine, CA — We drove out of Reno and up through the Sierra Mountains, behind Yosemite, to keep a bit more cool today. A stunning drive that I savagely... https://wanderingwojo.com/#family-in-nevada https://wanderingwojo.com/#family-in-nevada Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Carson City, NV — Well... what an amazing Saturday we had... On a whim we blasted out of Shasta and down into the super warm valley below. Stunning green... https://wanderingwojo.com/#finding-ease https://wanderingwojo.com/#finding-ease Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dunsmuir, CA — Spent most of the day outside on the longer leash the big guy got me. Actually went for a little stroll with him and I gotta admit... once I got... https://wanderingwojo.com/#planning https://wanderingwojo.com/#planning Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dunsmuir, CA — What a lazy day... but that's what cats crave. Still... Been thinking about the next destination. While doing a little research, its starting... https://wanderingwojo.com/#morning-time-now https://wanderingwojo.com/#morning-time-now Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dunsmuir, CA — It's morning time now. lLstening to all of the sounds out here... chainsaws, a nearby river, birds, people... It's nice but still a lot to take... https://wanderingwojo.com/#oooookay https://wanderingwojo.com/#oooookay Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dunsmuir, CA — Oooookay... today wasn't so bad. The big guy took pics of me to share, but there were plenty that weren't captured. I got to stretch my legs,... https://wanderingwojo.com/#day-1-woah https://wanderingwojo.com/#day-1-woah Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dunsmuir, CA — Welll... we landed. First real roadtripping day in the books. I hated the car ride. Flat out. I barked, yelped, moaned, until I found a nook in... https://wanderingwojo.com/#the-precipice https://wanderingwojo.com/#the-precipice Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stevenson, WA — The adventure really begins tomorrow morning. It's been nice staying with family in The Gorge, buttoning up odds and ends, getting some laughs... https://wanderingwojo.com/#touching-base https://wanderingwojo.com/#touching-base Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT White Salmon, WA — Started feeling a bit antsy in Central Oregon… Ready to get on the road but taking care of odds and ends, errands, paperwork, setting up the... https://wanderingwojo.com/#beginning-in-bend https://wanderingwojo.com/#beginning-in-bend Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bend, Oregon — Been a month since leaving White Salmon, WA to set out on this adventure. Still calling Washington home for now, but really the road is going to...