{"id":4068,"date":"2020-03-17T02:38:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T10:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2020-03-17T02:38:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T10:38:12","slug":"newsday-tuesday-the-adventuring-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4068","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday\u2014The Adventuring Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marmaladeoutside-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marmaladeoutside-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marmaladeoutside-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marmaladeoutside-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marmaladeoutside.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I love reading stories of camping, hiking, mountain-climbing, canoeing cats. I generally check out the photos for any indication that the cat is frightened or that he has been coerced into taking the hike or swim against his wishes. On the contrary, generally it appears the cat is enjoying the outing with his humans.<\/p>\n<p>Just look at Ember with her person on an<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo-e1573040021232-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo-e1573040021232-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo-e1573040021232-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo-e1573040021232-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo-e1573040021232.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> extreme (for a cat, anyway) hiking\/camping trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventurecats.org\/cat-tales\/carolina-man-cat-share-a-love-of-adventure\/\">https:\/\/www.adventurecats.org\/cat-tales\/carolina-man-cat-share-a-love-of-adventure\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cezar, a pure white odd-eye Maine coon cat is considered the most well-adventured cat in the world, having traversed over two dozen countries. Look how much fun he seems to be having. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventurecats.org\/cat-tales\/cezar-cat-travel\/\">https:\/\/www.adventurecats.org\/cat-tales\/cezar-cat-travel\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/catstraytiger-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/catstraytiger-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/catstraytiger-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/catstraytiger.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If you\u2019re interested, there\u2019s also a book featuring adventuring cats. It\u2019s called <em>Adventure Cats<\/em> by Laura J. Moss<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to start adventuring with your cat, you\u2019ll need a good harness. Here\u2019s a site to get you started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventurecats.org\/gear-safety\/what-kind-of-harness-does-cat-need\/\">https:\/\/www.adventurecats.org\/gear-safety\/what-kind-of-harness-does-cat-need\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love reading stories of camping, hiking, mountain-climbing, canoeing cats. I generally check out the photos for any indication that the cat is frightened or that he has been coerced into taking the hike or swim against his wishes. On &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4068\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4069,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068\/revisions\/4069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}