Assembling Cat Enclosure and Testing RV Gear

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[0:00] hey everyone welcome back uh there's

[0:02] stuff's here I am so thrilled I think

[0:05] they're going to love it I cannot wait

[0:08] to set it up and show you guys uh first

[0:11] I want you to meet my cats because one

[0:13] of them is kind of shy he's probably

[0:14] going to want to go in soon so to start

[0:17] with that I'm going to see if I can just

[0:18] reverse my

[0:20] camera hope so there are my cats Bailey

[0:25] and Oliver Oliver is the orange

[0:28] one and he acts like a dog in a lot of

[0:32] ways uh he bites you all the time in a

[0:35] cute way usually doesn't hurt you but if

[0:38] he's scared he might bite pretty hard I

[0:40] actually think it's

[0:42] endearing um Bailey he's the one that

[0:44] was abandoned by his mom when he was a

[0:46] day old and this is what he's grown

[0:48] into and he

[0:51] is very adventurous I think he would

[0:54] love to be out there so when I'm out

[0:57] here this is what they live in or not

[0:59] what they live in what they play

[1:01] in and you know I let them come out here

[1:04] when they want

[1:06] and they hang out here for a little

[1:08] while and then we go back inside and

[1:10] that's our life and it's just not the

[1:12] life I want us to

[1:14] have so what I did was got them all this

[1:18] stuff it's all by Kitty City and we're

[1:21] just going to assemble it on and see and

[1:24] you know set set it up and put them in

[1:26] it and see how how they like it I hope

[1:28] they love it and then there's just a

[1:30] couple of other things like I got them a

[1:32] first aid

[1:33] k um this is something you put water in

[1:36] and there's a dish in it that the locks

[1:39] shot and I thought you know that's

[1:40] pretty cool you can take it in and out

[1:43] of the RV so they have water while

[1:44] they're outside and then this is just

[1:47] got some some Pat supplies in it it says

[1:51] it's for dogs but you know it'll work

[1:54] for cats too um so give me just a minute

[1:57] and we'll get

[1:58] started so first thing I want to do is

[2:01] just get them some water while they're

[2:02] out here try this thing

[2:05] out there they came in two sizes I got

[2:08] the bigger one which I don't think I

[2:10] should have done because you know it's

[2:11] an RV everything should be small um I

[2:14] just didn't I I'm not very good

[2:17] with um measurements things like that I

[2:20] I really didn't know how big it would be

[2:21] and it doesn't look too big I actually

[2:23] think it might work actually it's pretty

[2:25] good actually so I'm just going to deal

[2:27] with that real

[2:28] quick

[2:31] okay so it's actually a really good size

[2:35] um it's pretty

[2:37] awesome normally I don't give them tap

[2:40] water I just

[2:42] don't they actually drink drink Fiji

[2:45] Water I hope no one criticizes me for

[2:48] that I just want them to have good water

[2:50] but you know on the road I'm probably

[2:52] going to have to get um you know some

[2:55] kind of

[2:57] filtration there is something down here

[3:00] wait for this to stop

[3:03] and you know obviously goes into that

[3:06] and it's got this red button I don't

[3:08] really understand it it just pushes that

[3:11] down so if anyone knows please let me

[3:14] know cuz I have no idea what it

[3:16] does um so you know so me just screw it

[3:21] on I have no idea what this button is

[3:23] for like what is it doing it's moving

[3:28] that um but why like what does that do

[3:33] so hope this works so here we

[3:36] go you know easy to

[3:39] carry can't beat that so coming out of

[3:42] the

[3:43] RV cats are in their play

[3:46] pen and they've got fresh water wherever

[3:49] they are hey guys I got you some fresh

[3:53] water you stay in there okay you stay in

[3:56] there buddy I got you some water oh

[4:01] sorry all right let's see

[4:03] if which camera is this can I zoom

[4:07] out trying to zoom out here guys okay

[4:11] so um somehow this opens oh no ol ol so

[4:18] when they are on campgrounds and things

[4:22] like that I might have to change like

[4:25] how

[4:26] I um bring them in and out cuz I really

[4:29] do want them to be safe these cats are

[4:32] very

[4:34] spoiled there we

[4:37] go you know they're chimped vaccinated

[4:39] all that stuff of course

[4:44] and but I definitely I don't want

[4:46] anything to happen to these two guys I

[4:48] love them so much they're so

[4:51] cool is the water coming out I can't

[4:54] really a little bit of water is it

[4:58] enough that button do

[5:01] anything I don't know what this button

[5:03] is for I really have no

[5:06] idea wait maybe if you just hold it open

[5:09] oh I think it FS oh okay I get it it's

[5:12] taking the well so it doesn't f itself

[5:16] up I just assumed it was worked on

[5:21] gravity so doesn't that mean if this

[5:24] Runs Out of

[5:26] Water the dish part I have to put more

[5:29] water in in it it doesn't do it itself I

[5:31] think that's what's going on there so

[5:34] that's

[5:36] cool um I think that's perfect I love

[5:39] that and it's the perfect size um if you

[5:42] guys are interested in it you know I'll

[5:45] I can post some links I'll do you know

[5:47] I'll do

[5:48] that so I'm going to just let these guys

[5:50] play Bailey will start doing that when

[5:52] he wants out but he doesn't he doesn't

[5:55] really want in if I were to take him in

[5:58] now he would want right back outside

[6:01] what he really wants is go running

[6:04] around not sure what Oliver is doing

[6:06] Oliver is the good one I could have let

[6:09] him out and he'd walk right to the door

[6:11] all by himself he'd just well that's

[6:15] doesn't happen every day Oliver you be

[6:19] nice that's your brother you be nice so

[6:23] you probably saw his eye there

[6:25] he um when he was a baby before I had

[6:28] him he had an infection is what I'm told

[6:31] and you can see it one of his under his

[6:33] eyelid there's this Scar and it just

[6:36] causes him to always have problems with

[6:39] that eye and just draining

[6:41] stuff and so that's a constant like

[6:44] maintenance thing with

[6:47] him

[6:49] um yeah they're awesome I mean Oliver

[6:53] is just a joyous cat he is it took a

[6:57] long long time years before he really

[6:59] warmed up to me you know now he he sits

[7:02] on my lap a lot

[7:04] and he's just so lovely he doesn't he

[7:07] doesn't sleep in my bed because of

[7:10] Bailey Bailey refuses to let him in the

[7:13] room most days he guards my bed all

[7:16] night long and keeps him out of there

[7:18] I'm hoping maybe a different environment

[7:20] we get into the RV you know maybe that

[7:24] will change I mean you change their

[7:25] environment and sometimes it changes

[7:27] their behavior cuz I would love to have

[7:30] them

[7:31] both I always try to let Oliver know how

[7:34] welcome he is you know and sometimes he

[7:36] does sleep with me but mostly he

[7:41] doesn't hey buddy I love

[7:45] you love you Oliver

[7:48] ow jeez those are some claws

[7:52] dude M will just hang out over here he's

[7:56] such a cool cat he's so cool

[8:00] I love

[8:02] him so when he was a baby you know for

[8:05] the six first six weeks I didn't have

[8:07] him the the woman who found him did and

[8:10] took very good care of him and then I

[8:12] took over after 6 weeks uh he got very

[8:15] sick soon after I got him he when he got

[8:17] his first shots he got very sick I went

[8:20] to like five different

[8:22] vets every single day a different vet

[8:25] until I found a really good one who

[8:26] understood what's happening to him

[8:29] uh it cost a lot but we got him

[8:33] healthy and we became very close from

[8:36] that I think and you know he had to be

[8:38] fed with a syringe it was a wet food

[8:41] with pumpkin mixed in

[8:44] it um but as an adult he does not eat

[8:47] any wet food at all it's just so weird

[8:49] we cannot get him to eat anything but

[8:52] dry food I've tried everything he just

[8:55] and I think maybe that experience is why

[8:56] he

[8:58] just Associates the two and I mean we

[9:02] give Oliver what

[9:03] food Bailey just doesn't care at

[9:07] all so those are my cats they're going

[9:10] to be in an RV with me living life

[9:13] living life to the

[9:16] fullest and so my thought

[9:19] is you know I don't know how much time

[9:21] I'll spend

[9:23] at um and I don't know the rules there I

[9:25] mean I know you can have dogs if they're

[9:27] unleashes so I assume you can have cats

[9:30] and I I just don't know can they be

[9:33] outside um especially if they're in like

[9:35] a tent like

[9:37] structure um I'm just looking for

[9:40] something so I I don't plan to spend a

[9:43] lot of time at camgrounds I will

[9:45] sometimes and while I'm there you know

[9:47] they're going to have this modular

[9:50] tent um stuff that I can set up for them

[9:53] and if I can I'm going to even try a DIY

[9:56] like tunnel that leads into a window so

[9:59] they can just come and go as they want

[10:01] during the

[10:03] day I um haven't thought that totally

[10:07] through I'm not you know like I said in

[10:09] my first video I'm A

[10:11] programmer and you know so I just don't

[10:13] I don't have any mechanical skill at all

[10:16] I'm just opening this box

[10:19] here but doesn't mean I don't want to

[10:21] try and learn new

[10:23] skills and I figure if I'm living in an

[10:25] RV I'm going to have to learn some new

[10:27] skills right

[10:31] so I'm gonna try to do that for them I

[10:34] think

[10:35] that they'll love that I I want them to

[10:38] have a better life I don't feel like

[10:40] this is a good life for them you know

[10:43] they spend a lot of time

[10:45] indoors

[10:49] and nobody should be indoors all the

[10:51] time including

[10:52] myself so so you

[10:55] know I want to do better for them so

[10:58] here we go this is what I I you know I

[11:01] kind of think of as

[11:03] um the structure that all the other

[11:05] structures come off oh

[11:08] wow oh

[11:11] God so there's some assembly required I

[11:14] should have expected that oh my God

[11:17] there's a lot of assembly

[11:22] required oh I this I wasn't expecting so

[11:26] it's not like I thought it was is kind

[11:29] of

[11:31] um

[11:33] collapsible I guess not so this is going

[11:36] to be a hard thing to take apart and put

[11:38] together every couple

[11:40] days oh man that

[11:43] sucks doesn't mean I won't do it though

[11:47] honestly

[11:49] cuz um well it's not that bad really you

[11:53] know I get it it's

[11:54] not it's not that bad we'll see how long

[11:57] it takes I'm going to put it aside for a

[12:01] minute

[12:03] um very

[12:07] cool yeah I mean it's not I mean it's

[12:10] not

[12:12] terrible yeah the cats are going to hate

[12:14] me cuz I can just see now there's going

[12:16] to be times where I'm like I don't want

[12:18] to put this together but they've got

[12:21] other stuff I guess I'm keeping that t

[12:24] then well I really don't know I I'll

[12:26] have to think about it I guess

[12:29] cuz this will not cut it of course this

[12:33] was just meant to be a

[12:35] piece that comes off of it just going to

[12:38] set this down you guys don't mind see

[12:42] how this

[12:44] goes all right make it

[12:47] easier

[12:49] um man I don't know why I just I assumed

[12:53] it was

[12:57] collapsible we'll see how long it takes

[12:59] I have no idea and you know after you do

[13:01] it a couple times probably get pretty

[13:03] good at

[13:04] it these are some real crapp

[13:07] scissors those would be my neighbor's

[13:09] dogs they have three of

[13:13] them and they are always barking at me

[13:15] when I'm

[13:16] outside one of the reasons I don't like

[13:19] living here actually I like the

[13:22] dogs um we feed them bacon but just too

[13:27] much no privacy that's another reason

[13:29] why I don't want to be on

[13:31] campire I'm trying to do

[13:33] something that takes me out of this kind

[13:37] of an environment I don't want to

[13:40] just duplicate that environment in an

[13:43] RV so that's why boondocking appeals to

[13:46] one but you know there are some camps

[13:48] where where it's not so

[13:51] bad where you've got space or you've got

[13:55] trees you just got to find the right

[13:57] ones and I'm going to look around a lot

[13:58] and do a lot

[14:02] of

[14:04] um just you know a lot of research and

[14:07] I'll keep

[14:08] notes and you know I'll return to those

[14:10] places

[14:14] sometimes collect them

[14:17] all so let's see

[14:26] here I can't imagine this one

[14:32] yeah see this is what I was expecting

[14:34] just something

[14:36] simple but this isn't going to be big

[14:38] enough not a cat like

[14:42] Bailey it's not a bad size

[14:45] though that's pretty easy to be

[14:49] honest don't really understand

[14:54] this

[14:57] thep yeah you take these down very cool

[15:01] you just take these

[15:03] down and if they need sun

[15:07] sh they don't

[15:21] more don't

[15:27] know

[15:32] you know what I feel like an idiot right

[15:34] now I have no idea somehow

[15:38] used over here

[15:43] right is not a bad

[15:51] sign you guys okay over there know those

[15:55] dogs hopefully the neighbors will take

[15:57] them in soon

[16:01] oh I mean I love the dogs but just a lot

[16:04] of I have like six neighbors I got a

[16:07] neighbor behind me who just set up he

[16:09] just did

[16:11] this that little structure

[16:15] there I thought it might have been for

[16:17] his kids or something but it's he put a

[16:20] rooster in there today it's been it's

[16:22] been Ro roosting all day long and and

[16:25] you're not supposed to do that in you

[16:27] know a city they a city or

[16:31] ordinances to me it feels inconsiderate

[16:34] I I get it you know you get free

[16:36] eggs um and I don't want to criticize

[16:40] anyone trying to make their lives easier

[16:43] but it's still kind of

[16:45] inconsiderate very windy all of a

[16:48] sudden going all over the

[16:53] place all right poppy if you

[16:57] win hold on

[16:59] I'm just going to get them some bacon

[17:01] maybe they'll leave me alone

[17:05] after this is my life

[17:09] here I don't want to sound like I'm

[17:11] complaining it's

[17:13] just you're not going to find salace

[17:15] here I I literally cannot go outside

[17:18] without someone

[17:22] around just making it feel less Pleasant

[17:26] I mean just don't want to live this way

[17:29] anymore really

[17:31] don't all right let's go Fe these

[17:34] so a the little ones out hi little one

[17:39] you are the cute

[17:40] one hi

[17:42] puppies all right hold

[17:47] on

[0:00] hey everyone welcome back uh there's

[0:02] stuff's here I am so thrilled I think

[0:05] they're going to love it I cannot wait

[0:08] to set it up and show you guys uh first

[0:11] I want you to meet my cats because one

[0:13] of them is kind of shy he's probably

[0:14] going to want to go in soon so to start

[0:17] with that I'm going to see if I can just

[0:18] reverse my

[0:20] camera hope so there are my cats Bailey

[0:25] and Oliver Oliver is the orange

[0:28] one and he acts like a dog in a lot of

[0:32] ways uh he bites you all the time in a

[0:35] cute way usually doesn't hurt you but if

[0:38] he's scared he might bite pretty hard I

[0:40] actually think it's

[0:42] endearing um Bailey he's the one that

[0:44] was abandoned by his mom when he was a

[0:46] day old and this is what he's grown

[0:48] into and he

[0:51] is very adventurous I think he would

[0:54] love to be out there so when I'm out

[0:57] here this is what they live in or not

[0:59] what they live in what they play

[1:01] in and you know I let them come out here

[1:04] when they want

[1:06] and they hang out here for a little

[1:08] while and then we go back inside and

[1:10] that's our life and it's just not the

[1:12] life I want us to

[1:14] have so what I did was got them all this

[1:18] stuff it's all by Kitty City and we're

[1:21] just going to assemble it on and see and

[1:24] you know set set it up and put them in

[1:26] it and see how how they like it I hope

[1:28] they love it and then there's just a

[1:30] couple of other things like I got them a

[1:32] first aid

[1:33] k um this is something you put water in

[1:36] and there's a dish in it that the locks

[1:39] shot and I thought you know that's

[1:40] pretty cool you can take it in and out

[1:43] of the RV so they have water while

[1:44] they're outside and then this is just

[1:47] got some some Pat supplies in it it says

[1:51] it's for dogs but you know it'll work

[1:54] for cats too um so give me just a minute

[1:57] and we'll get

[1:58] started so first thing I want to do is

[2:01] just get them some water while they're

[2:02] out here try this thing

[2:05] out there they came in two sizes I got

[2:08] the bigger one which I don't think I

[2:10] should have done because you know it's

[2:11] an RV everything should be small um I

[2:14] just didn't I I'm not very good

[2:17] with um measurements things like that I

[2:20] I really didn't know how big it would be

[2:21] and it doesn't look too big I actually

[2:23] think it might work actually it's pretty

[2:25] good actually so I'm just going to deal

[2:27] with that real

[2:28] quick

[2:31] okay so it's actually a really good size

[2:35] um it's pretty

[2:37] awesome normally I don't give them tap

[2:40] water I just

[2:42] don't they actually drink drink Fiji

[2:45] Water I hope no one criticizes me for

[2:48] that I just want them to have good water

[2:50] but you know on the road I'm probably

[2:52] going to have to get um you know some

[2:55] kind of

[2:57] filtration there is something down here

[3:00] wait for this to stop

[3:03] and you know obviously goes into that

[3:06] and it's got this red button I don't

[3:08] really understand it it just pushes that

[3:11] down so if anyone knows please let me

[3:14] know cuz I have no idea what it

[3:16] does um so you know so me just screw it

[3:21] on I have no idea what this button is

[3:23] for like what is it doing it's moving

[3:28] that um but why like what does that do

[3:33] so hope this works so here we

[3:36] go you know easy to

[3:39] carry can't beat that so coming out of

[3:42] the

[3:43] RV cats are in their play

[3:46] pen and they've got fresh water wherever

[3:49] they are hey guys I got you some fresh

[3:53] water you stay in there okay you stay in

[3:56] there buddy I got you some water oh

[4:01] sorry all right let's see

[4:03] if which camera is this can I zoom

[4:07] out trying to zoom out here guys okay

[4:11] so um somehow this opens oh no ol ol so

[4:18] when they are on campgrounds and things

[4:22] like that I might have to change like

[4:25] how

[4:26] I um bring them in and out cuz I really

[4:29] do want them to be safe these cats are

[4:32] very

[4:34] spoiled there we

[4:37] go you know they're chimped vaccinated

[4:39] all that stuff of course

[4:44] and but I definitely I don't want

[4:46] anything to happen to these two guys I

[4:48] love them so much they're so

[4:51] cool is the water coming out I can't

[4:54] really a little bit of water is it

[4:58] enough that button do

[5:01] anything I don't know what this button

[5:03] is for I really have no

[5:06] idea wait maybe if you just hold it open

[5:09] oh I think it FS oh okay I get it it's

[5:12] taking the well so it doesn't f itself

[5:16] up I just assumed it was worked on

[5:21] gravity so doesn't that mean if this

[5:24] Runs Out of

[5:26] Water the dish part I have to put more

[5:29] water in in it it doesn't do it itself I

[5:31] think that's what's going on there so

[5:34] that's

[5:36] cool um I think that's perfect I love

[5:39] that and it's the perfect size um if you

[5:42] guys are interested in it you know I'll

[5:45] I can post some links I'll do you know

[5:47] I'll do

[5:48] that so I'm going to just let these guys

[5:50] play Bailey will start doing that when

[5:52] he wants out but he doesn't he doesn't

[5:55] really want in if I were to take him in

[5:58] now he would want right back outside

[6:01] what he really wants is go running

[6:04] around not sure what Oliver is doing

[6:06] Oliver is the good one I could have let

[6:09] him out and he'd walk right to the door

[6:11] all by himself he'd just well that's

[6:15] doesn't happen every day Oliver you be

[6:19] nice that's your brother you be nice so

[6:23] you probably saw his eye there

[6:25] he um when he was a baby before I had

[6:28] him he had an infection is what I'm told

[6:31] and you can see it one of his under his

[6:33] eyelid there's this Scar and it just

[6:36] causes him to always have problems with

[6:39] that eye and just draining

[6:41] stuff and so that's a constant like

[6:44] maintenance thing with

[6:47] him

[6:49] um yeah they're awesome I mean Oliver

[6:53] is just a joyous cat he is it took a

[6:57] long long time years before he really

[6:59] warmed up to me you know now he he sits

[7:02] on my lap a lot

[7:04] and he's just so lovely he doesn't he

[7:07] doesn't sleep in my bed because of

[7:10] Bailey Bailey refuses to let him in the

[7:13] room most days he guards my bed all

[7:16] night long and keeps him out of there

[7:18] I'm hoping maybe a different environment

[7:20] we get into the RV you know maybe that

[7:24] will change I mean you change their

[7:25] environment and sometimes it changes

[7:27] their behavior cuz I would love to have

[7:30] them

[7:31] both I always try to let Oliver know how

[7:34] welcome he is you know and sometimes he

[7:36] does sleep with me but mostly he

[7:41] doesn't hey buddy I love

[7:45] you love you Oliver

[7:48] ow jeez those are some claws

[7:52] dude M will just hang out over here he's

[7:56] such a cool cat he's so cool

[8:00] I love

[8:02] him so when he was a baby you know for

[8:05] the six first six weeks I didn't have

[8:07] him the the woman who found him did and

[8:10] took very good care of him and then I

[8:12] took over after 6 weeks uh he got very

[8:15] sick soon after I got him he when he got

[8:17] his first shots he got very sick I went

[8:20] to like five different

[8:22] vets every single day a different vet

[8:25] until I found a really good one who

[8:26] understood what's happening to him

[8:29] uh it cost a lot but we got him

[8:33] healthy and we became very close from

[8:36] that I think and you know he had to be

[8:38] fed with a syringe it was a wet food

[8:41] with pumpkin mixed in

[8:44] it um but as an adult he does not eat

[8:47] any wet food at all it's just so weird

[8:49] we cannot get him to eat anything but

[8:52] dry food I've tried everything he just

[8:55] and I think maybe that experience is why

[8:56] he

[8:58] just Associates the two and I mean we

[9:02] give Oliver what

[9:03] food Bailey just doesn't care at

[9:07] all so those are my cats they're going

[9:10] to be in an RV with me living life

[9:13] living life to the

[9:16] fullest and so my thought

[9:19] is you know I don't know how much time

[9:21] I'll spend

[9:23] at um and I don't know the rules there I

[9:25] mean I know you can have dogs if they're

[9:27] unleashes so I assume you can have cats

[9:30] and I I just don't know can they be

[9:33] outside um especially if they're in like

[9:35] a tent like

[9:37] structure um I'm just looking for

[9:40] something so I I don't plan to spend a

[9:43] lot of time at camgrounds I will

[9:45] sometimes and while I'm there you know

[9:47] they're going to have this modular

[9:50] tent um stuff that I can set up for them

[9:53] and if I can I'm going to even try a DIY

[9:56] like tunnel that leads into a window so

[9:59] they can just come and go as they want

[10:01] during the

[10:03] day I um haven't thought that totally

[10:07] through I'm not you know like I said in

[10:09] my first video I'm A

[10:11] programmer and you know so I just don't

[10:13] I don't have any mechanical skill at all

[10:16] I'm just opening this box

[10:19] here but doesn't mean I don't want to

[10:21] try and learn new

[10:23] skills and I figure if I'm living in an

[10:25] RV I'm going to have to learn some new

[10:27] skills right

[10:31] so I'm gonna try to do that for them I

[10:34] think

[10:35] that they'll love that I I want them to

[10:38] have a better life I don't feel like

[10:40] this is a good life for them you know

[10:43] they spend a lot of time

[10:45] indoors

[10:49] and nobody should be indoors all the

[10:51] time including

[10:52] myself so so you

[10:55] know I want to do better for them so

[10:58] here we go this is what I I you know I

[11:01] kind of think of as

[11:03] um the structure that all the other

[11:05] structures come off oh

[11:08] wow oh

[11:11] God so there's some assembly required I

[11:14] should have expected that oh my God

[11:17] there's a lot of assembly

[11:22] required oh I this I wasn't expecting so

[11:26] it's not like I thought it was is kind

[11:29] of

[11:31] um

[11:33] collapsible I guess not so this is going

[11:36] to be a hard thing to take apart and put

[11:38] together every couple

[11:40] days oh man that

[11:43] sucks doesn't mean I won't do it though

[11:47] honestly

[11:49] cuz um well it's not that bad really you

[11:53] know I get it it's

[11:54] not it's not that bad we'll see how long

[11:57] it takes I'm going to put it aside for a

[12:01] minute

[12:03] um very

[12:07] cool yeah I mean it's not I mean it's

[12:10] not

[12:12] terrible yeah the cats are going to hate

[12:14] me cuz I can just see now there's going

[12:16] to be times where I'm like I don't want

[12:18] to put this together but they've got

[12:21] other stuff I guess I'm keeping that t

[12:24] then well I really don't know I I'll

[12:26] have to think about it I guess

[12:29] cuz this will not cut it of course this

[12:33] was just meant to be a

[12:35] piece that comes off of it just going to

[12:38] set this down you guys don't mind see

[12:42] how this

[12:44] goes all right make it

[12:47] easier

[12:49] um man I don't know why I just I assumed

[12:53] it was

[12:57] collapsible we'll see how long it takes

[12:59] I have no idea and you know after you do

[13:01] it a couple times probably get pretty

[13:03] good at

[13:04] it these are some real crapp

[13:07] scissors those would be my neighbor's

[13:09] dogs they have three of

[13:13] them and they are always barking at me

[13:15] when I'm

[13:16] outside one of the reasons I don't like

[13:19] living here actually I like the

[13:22] dogs um we feed them bacon but just too

[13:27] much no privacy that's another reason

[13:29] why I don't want to be on

[13:31] campire I'm trying to do

[13:33] something that takes me out of this kind

[13:37] of an environment I don't want to

[13:40] just duplicate that environment in an

[13:43] RV so that's why boondocking appeals to

[13:46] one but you know there are some camps

[13:48] where where it's not so

[13:51] bad where you've got space or you've got

[13:55] trees you just got to find the right

[13:57] ones and I'm going to look around a lot

[13:58] and do a lot

[14:02] of

[14:04] um just you know a lot of research and

[14:07] I'll keep

[14:08] notes and you know I'll return to those

[14:10] places

[14:14] sometimes collect them

[14:17] all so let's see

[14:26] here I can't imagine this one

[14:32] yeah see this is what I was expecting

[14:34] just something

[14:36] simple but this isn't going to be big

[14:38] enough not a cat like

[14:42] Bailey it's not a bad size

[14:45] though that's pretty easy to be

[14:49] honest don't really understand

[14:54] this

[14:57] thep yeah you take these down very cool

[15:01] you just take these

[15:03] down and if they need sun

[15:07] sh they don't

[15:21] more don't

[15:27] know

[15:32] you know what I feel like an idiot right

[15:34] now I have no idea somehow

[15:38] used over here

[15:43] right is not a bad

[15:51] sign you guys okay over there know those

[15:55] dogs hopefully the neighbors will take

[15:57] them in soon

[16:01] oh I mean I love the dogs but just a lot

[16:04] of I have like six neighbors I got a

[16:07] neighbor behind me who just set up he

[16:09] just did

[16:11] this that little structure

[16:15] there I thought it might have been for

[16:17] his kids or something but it's he put a

[16:20] rooster in there today it's been it's

[16:22] been Ro roosting all day long and and

[16:25] you're not supposed to do that in you

[16:27] know a city they a city or

[16:31] ordinances to me it feels inconsiderate

[16:34] I I get it you know you get free

[16:36] eggs um and I don't want to criticize

[16:40] anyone trying to make their lives easier

[16:43] but it's still kind of

[16:45] inconsiderate very windy all of a

[16:48] sudden going all over the

[16:53] place all right poppy if you

[16:57] win hold on

[16:59] I'm just going to get them some bacon

[17:01] maybe they'll leave me alone

[17:05] after this is my life

[17:09] here I don't want to sound like I'm

[17:11] complaining it's

[17:13] just you're not going to find salace

[17:15] here I I literally cannot go outside

[17:18] without someone

[17:22] around just making it feel less Pleasant

[17:26] I mean just don't want to live this way

[17:29] anymore really

[17:31] don't all right let's go Fe these

[17:34] so a the little ones out hi little one

[17:39] you are the cute

[17:40] one hi

[17:42] puppies all right hold

[17:47] on

First Time Positive for COVID

Feb 15, 2024

Positive for COVID

Feb 20, 2024

15:44

Announcing the Decision to Live Full-Time in an RV

Feb 25, 2024

10:04

Recording Second Video on RV Transition Preparation

Feb 25, 2024

17:49

Assembling Cat Enclosure and Testing RV Gear

Feb 25, 2024

1:03

Recording Before Dental Surgery, Naming Mountain Dew

Feb 26, 2024

49:16

Noting Camera Orientation During Recording

Feb 28, 2024

6:09

Selecting First RV and Placing Deposit

Feb 29, 2024

19:16

Walking Through a Diesel RV in Chattanooga

Mar 1, 2024

4:06

Deciding to Buy the RV After Dealer Visit

Mar 1, 2024

10:21

Driving to the Dealership to Buy the RV

Mar 1, 2024

1:43

Walking the Exterior During Slide Retraction

Mar 1, 2024

3:12

Touring and Applying for RV at Lazy Days

Mar 1, 2024

5:13

Recording Pre-Dawn Dreams Ahead of RV Purchase

Mar 2, 2024

2:15

RV Loan Approved, Delivery Next Week

Mar 2, 2024

6:52

Outlining Five Steps to Full-Time RV Living

Mar 2, 2024

4:40

Researching Towing Limits and Brake Upgrades

Mar 2, 2024

1:19

Documenting RV Cargo Weight Limits

Mar 2, 2024

2:22

Planning West Coast Start for Full-Time Travel

Mar 2, 2024

7:20

Planning Tow Setup and Cat Enclosure Before RV Pickup

Mar 3, 2024

9:13

Recounting Personal History Before the Road Adventure

Mar 3, 2024

15:09

Testing Cat Enclosure Setup for RV Life

Mar 3, 2024

8:10

Filming Oliver's Wild Mood Before RV Move

Mar 4, 2024

6:28

Planning Camper Pickup Drive With Walkie-Talkies

Mar 4, 2024

2:53

Receiving Towing Gear Quote for RV Setup

Mar 4, 2024

2:42

Feeding Dogs, Testing Camera Setup, Cats Outside Early

Mar 4, 2024

1:18

Documenting Cat Setup for Road Life

Mar 4, 2024

4:24

Planning Cat Transport and Containment for RV Life

Mar 4, 2024

18:18

Cataloging RV Equipment Purchases Before Pickup

Mar 5, 2024

6:40

Walking Through RV Departure Preparation Notes

Mar 5, 2024

7:12

Reading RV Preparation Notes on Camera

Mar 5, 2024

13:59

Setting Behavioral Baseline Before Full-Time RV Transition

Mar 6, 2024

4:50

Counting Down 48 Hours to RV Pickup

Mar 6, 2024

19:53

Testing GoPro Setup and Unboxing RV Gear

Mar 7, 2024

23:19

Preparing for RV Pickup and Drive Home

Mar 7, 2024

1:15

Receiving Solar Donation Trophy from Blue Edie Purchase

Mar 7, 2024

14:16

Unboxing Solar and RV Gear Before Pickup

Mar 7, 2024

0:52

Morning Departure for Dealership Visit

Mar 8, 2024

2:19

Taking Delivery of RV in Murfreesboro

Mar 8, 2024

2:31

Driving the RV Home for the First Time

Mar 9, 2024

1:48

Assessing RV Parking Options in Driveway

Mar 9, 2024

PUBLIC

February 25, 2024 rswfire PUBLISHED

Temp 0.20

Density 0.30

Energetic Quality

warm and steadily attentive, sharpening at the property line

Journey Phase

pre-departure, provisioning

Directional Vector

away from crowded fixed property, toward mobile autonomy with dependents provisioned for

Narrative

The box was already there when rswfire started recording — Kitty City components still sealed, sitting in the yard beside the mesh playpen. He greeted the camera, then flipped it around to introduce the two who would be using what was inside. Oliver, the orange one, who behaves like a dog, who bites in the affectionate way and harder when frightened. Bailey, abandoned by his mother at a day old, grown now into something adventurous — the kind of cat, rswfire noted, who would love to be out there. This is what they play in when he's outside with them, he said, gesturing at the pen. A little while out, then back in. That's our life. And it's just not the life I want us to have.

Before the enclosure, the water. He'd ordered the larger of the two sizes and second-guessed it aloud — everything in an RV should be small, and he named measurement as something he isn't good at — then set the carrier down, looked at it in place, and revised: it was actually a really good size. He filled it, mentioning almost in passing that the cats drink Fiji Water and that filtration would have to be solved on the road. Then the red button. He pressed it, watched something move inside the mechanism, screwed the lid on, and admitted he had no idea what it did. He asked the camera for help. He carried the thing out to the pen — easy to carry, can't beat that — poured, watched the dish fill only a little, pressed again, held it open, and worked it out himself: vacuum, not gravity. The dish wouldn't refill on its own. He'd have to top it up. He accepted that and moved on.

The cats occupied the middle of the recording. He caught Oliver going after his brother and corrected him gently — you be nice, that's your brother — then used the moment to explain the eye: an infection before rswfire had him, a scar under the eyelid, permanent drainage, an ongoing maintenance item. He described how long it took Oliver to warm to him, years, and how he sits on the lap now but rarely sleeps in the bed, because Bailey guards the room most nights. Maybe the RV changes that, he offered. Change the environment and sometimes the behavior changes. He said he always tries to let Oliver know how welcome he is. Then Bailey's history — the woman who kept him six weeks, the illness after the first shots, five vets in five days until one understood, the syringe feeding of wet food mixed with pumpkin, the expense, the closeness that came out of it, and the adult cat who will not touch wet food now, which rswfire suspects is the association still holding.

He laid out the plan while working: not much time at campgrounds, rules he doesn't yet know, the modular tent set up wherever they land, and a DIY tunnel running from the enclosure into an RV window so the two of them could come and go as they want during the day. He hasn't thought it all the way through. He said so directly, alongside the other thing — that he's a programmer with no mechanical skill at all — and then said it didn't mean he wouldn't try to learn. Living in an RV was going to require new skills anyway. He'd do it for them. Nobody should be indoors all the time, he said. Including myself.

Then he opened the box. The main structure came out in pieces — assembly required, more of it than he'd pictured, and not collapsible in the way he'd assumed. Oh man, that sucks. He sat with it for a beat, cut into the packaging with scissors he called crappy, and talked himself through the arithmetic out loud: hard to break down and rebuild every couple of days, and he'd do it anyway, and honestly it wasn't that bad, and after a few times he'd probably get quick at it. He pulled out a smaller piece, recognized it as the simple thing he'd been expecting, and immediately measured it against Bailey — not big enough. Not for a cat like that.

The property closed in around the work. The neighbors' three dogs started up, as they always do when he's outside; he said he likes the dogs, that he feeds them bacon, that it's just too much, that there's no privacy — and that this was the reason campgrounds don't appeal either, why boondocking does, why he'd rather find the sites with space and trees and keep notes and return to the good ones than duplicate this in a smaller footprint. He pointed out the new structure behind him, built that day, which he'd assumed was for the neighbor's kids and which turned out to house a rooster that had been going all day. Against city ordinance, he noted, and inconsiderate — and in the same breath declined to criticize a man trying to make his life easier. The wind came up hard and started moving things around the yard. He stopped the assembly, said he'd go get the dogs some bacon, maybe they'd leave him alone after. This is my life here, he said, and added that he didn't want to sound like he was complaining — only that solace isn't available in this place, that he can't step outside without someone making it less pleasant, that he doesn't want to live this way anymore. Then he went to feed them.

Summary

rswfire films an outdoor unboxing and assembly session ahead of RV living, opening with introductions to his two cats, Bailey and Oliver. He describes Oliver as orange, dog-like, and prone to play-biting, with a chronic eye condition traced to an early infection; Bailey was abandoned at a day old, is adventurous, and guards the bedroom against Oliver at night. He recounts Bailey's illness after his first shots, the search across five vets before finding one who understood the condition, syringe feeding with wet food and pumpkin, and Bailey's present refusal of anything but dry food.

He sets up a Kitty City modular tent system, a portable water dispenser, a pet first aid kit, and pet supplies. He fills the dispenser with tap water, notes the cats normally drink Fiji Water and that filtration will be needed on the road, and works out that a red button controls a valve rather than gravity feed.

On opening the main structure he finds it requires full assembly rather than being collapsible, and states this complicates repeated setup and teardown but that he will still do it.

He describes plans for campground use, a possible DIY tunnel into an RV window, and interest in boondocking. He states his current location has six neighbors, three barking dogs he feeds bacon, and a newly installed rooster, and that he cannot go outside without someone present — a reason he is leaving.

Environment

Outdoor residential yard at a fixed suburban/city property, pre-RV departure. rswfire records handheld on a phone, switching between front and rear cameras, working on the ground beside a mesh cat playpen and an open shipping box of Kitty City modular cat enclosure components.

The surrounding field is dense with neighbors — three barking dogs adjacent, roughly six neighboring properties, and a newly built backyard structure housing a rooster. Wind rises during the recording. The RV is present as the near-future environment being provisioned for.

Substrate

rswfire is building the material infrastructure of a life change before the change occurs — testing gear, measuring fit against RV constraints, and treating two cats as full members of the system whose conditions must improve rather than transfer. The ontological position is that enclosure without choice is not an acceptable life for any being in the household, including himself; the stated standard is come-and-go access, space, and privacy. What is being dissolved is the fixed-property arrangement where proximity to neighbors removes solace; what is being built is a portable, modular environment engineered to preserve autonomy on the road.

Actions

Performed

•reversing the phone camera to show Bailey and Oliver
•introducing each cat and their history and medical conditions
•filling and assembling the portable water carrier
•testing the red button and diagnosing the vacuum-feed mechanism
•carrying water out to the playpen
•handling the cats and speaking directly to them
•opening boxes and beginning assembly of the enclosure frame
•cutting packaging with scissors
•identifying a smaller component as too small for Bailey
•assessing sun-shade panel removal
•naming the neighbor conditions: barking dogs, six neighbors, rooster structure
•going to feed the neighbors' dogs bacon

Referenced

•purchased Kitty City modular cat enclosure, first aid kit, water carrier, pet supplies
•took in Bailey at day-old abandonment; Oliver at six weeks
•visited five vets on consecutive days until finding one who understood Oliver's illness
•syringe-fed Oliver wet food with pumpkin during recovery
•gives the cats Fiji Water rather than tap
•feeds the neighbors' three dogs bacon
•stated in a prior video that he is a programmer
•let the cats out into the playpen on a recurring in-and-out cycle

Planned

•assemble the full modular tent structure and put the cats in it
•post product links
•attempt a DIY tunnel from the enclosure into an RV window for free come-and-go access
•learn mechanical and RV-maintenance skills
•get a water filtration setup for the road
•boondock primarily; use campgrounds only occasionally
•research campgrounds with space and trees, keep notes, return to good sites
•verify campground rules on cats outdoors in tent structures
•live full-time in the RV with both cats

Entities

beings

Bailey — Cat, abandoned by his mother at one day old and raised by rswfire; described as very adventurous, wants to run free, guards the bedroom against Oliver.

Oliver — Orange cat, dog-like in behavior, taken in at six weeks after severe post-vaccination illness; has permanent scarring under one eyelid requiring ongoing maintenance and eats only dry food.

the neighbors' three dogs — Adjacent dogs that bark whenever rswfire is outside; he likes them and feeds them bacon while naming their noise as a condition of the property.

places

the RV — Near-future full-time residence being provisioned for; its size constraints govern gear decisions.

campgrounds — Occasional-use sites with unknown rules on outdoor cats; to be researched and filtered for space and trees.

systems

Kitty City — Brand of the modular cat tent/tunnel enclosure being unboxed and assembled; requires full assembly rather than collapsing.

the rooster / backyard structure — Newly built enclosure behind the property housing a rooster, against city ordinance; named as inconsiderate without criticizing the neighbor's motive.

concepts

boondocking — Off-grid dispersed camping; stated preference over campgrounds because campgrounds reproduce the crowding he is leaving.

media

Fiji Water — What the cats normally drink; named as a standard rswfire expects may draw criticism.

Symbolic Elements

Represented archetypes or recurring motifs.

enclosure

tunnel

threshold

water

assembly

wind

boundary

open door

Ontological States

Expressed modes of being or awareness.

provisioning (material acquisition and testing precedes the move; gear is validated against RV constraints before departure)

custodial (two dependents whose conditions and histories are tracked in detail; their access to outdoors is treated as a design requirement)

pre-departure (current property named as a condition to exit, with the exit not yet executed)

boundary-mapped (neighbor density, barking, rooster, no privacy named precisely as environmental inputs rather than grievance)

Engaged Subsystems

Architecture engaged in this transmission.

infrastructural (assembling modular enclosure, water carrier, planning tunnel-to-window access)

custodial (medical histories, feeding protocols, safety and containment logic for Bailey and Oliver)

mechanical (diagnosing the vacuum water mechanism, assessing assembly load, naming skill gaps to close)

spatial (measuring gear against RV footprint, evaluating campground space and tree cover)

ethical (naming the rooster and dogs as inconsiderate while refusing to criticize the neighbor's motive)

documentary (to-camera narration, product links, research notes to be kept and returned to)

Dominant Language

Core motifs or linguistic fields.

not the life I want us to have

come and go as they want

assembly required / collapsible

boondocking

no privacy / can't go outside without someone around

learn new skills

nobody should be indoors all the time

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