Testing Cat Enclosure Setup for RV Life

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[0:00] hey guys so this is very exciting I

[0:02] finally get to show you the stuff I got

[0:04] for my cats um and see how much they

[0:08] like it if you know um and my mom is

[0:11] here which is very cool I finally get to

[0:13] have her on video and experience this

[0:15] with her so I'm very excited about that

[0:18] um I want to start just by saying um I

[0:21] have 20 followers right now if you see

[0:23] this in 6 months and maybe my channel

[0:25] has grown this is not sponsored like I

[0:29] have it's all City stuff and I'm giving

[0:31] you my honest opinion about it and if

[0:34] you don't know what's going on basically

[0:36] I'm going to live full-time in an

[0:38] RV and I just wanted to figure out a

[0:42] solution for my cats to be safely

[0:44] outside um when they are you know I

[0:47] don't want them cooped up in an RV all

[0:49] the time I want them to experience the

[0:51] best this world has to offer with me so

[0:54] um we're going to get started here first

[0:55] I'm just show you what we got here so

[0:58] these things I couldn't hook up because

[1:00] because first of all this stuff's very

[1:02] modular you can you can put it in all

[1:04] kinds of

[1:05] different um you know orientations and

[1:09] stuff but I I need more Tunnels for this

[1:11] one this is The Big Unit we're going to

[1:14] talk about that I think they call it the

[1:15] mega

[1:17] city um it's probably not coming with me

[1:20] I'm going to be honest and then so this

[1:23] will pretty much be what my cats have to

[1:25] work with so I'm going to go and get

[1:28] them

[1:33] we're ready mom I got

[1:36] Bailey I got you this one you have got

[1:40] to hold on to because you cannot trust

[1:44] him let's just put them in here first so

[1:47] just give us a second

[1:49] here here you go

[1:52] baby be a good boy and you

[1:58] go all

[2:01] right give him time to explore Oliver

[2:04] can come in over

[2:08] here um just put that

[2:14] there okay here you go

[2:18] Ollie you going in

[2:21] there you're safe I

[2:25] promise so this is my Mom hi Mom love

[2:28] you love you

[2:32] okay

[2:34] so this thing was a lot of work to put

[2:38] together and you can technically if you

[2:40] get good at it you can start putting

[2:42] things like this bed makes no sense up

[2:43] here I cannot find any way for them to

[2:46] get up there but you could have put it

[2:48] down lower but the instructions I went

[2:50] with the instructions that's where they

[2:51] put

[2:52] it um really didn't work

[2:55] out it's just a lot of work I can't

[2:57] imagine doing it on the road

[3:00] if you're getting this for your cats at

[3:03] your house or whatever some permanent

[3:06] situation it'd be fine just be real slow

[3:09] putting this netting on so you don't rip

[3:11] it and you know this I think would work

[3:14] out for for someone but to do it

[3:16] full-time rving I just can't see it guys

[3:20] you're not even

[3:22] exploring you're not

[3:26] exploring what are you

[3:28] doing try to get him out right come on

[3:32] guys Oliver

[3:35] Oliver come here come

[3:38] here okay this might take a while

[3:42] Oliver

[3:47] Oliver well I didn't expect this I I

[3:51] didn't either guys come

[3:54] explore probably should have closed that

[3:56] one off

[3:58] then

[4:02] H well they're just you know they're

[4:04] getting they're this they're scent

[4:06] everywhere and just

[4:10] like come over

[4:13] here so because I'm not going to take

[4:16] this big thing I just want to make sure

[4:18] these ones I got two of them are enough

[4:20] for Bailey cuz he's such a big cat want

[4:23] him to be comfortable in

[4:28] there

[4:30] guys so weird what are they

[4:34] doing they have been cooped up all day

[4:36] long like running around the house like

[4:39] crazy they were watching me put this

[4:41] stuff

[4:42] together

[4:46] and you know they definitely wanted to

[4:48] come out and play and now they're not

[4:49] even

[4:52] playing come over here baby here we

[4:56] go Grandma can get him come on Oliver

[5:00] go see

[5:02] Daddy go do it here you

[5:05] go there you

[5:09] go yeah this is going to work

[5:12] out it's going to work out I want to see

[5:14] them when they try to go through the

[5:16] tunnels at the same

[5:19] time oh Bailey's figured it

[5:22] out yeah you can get over there you sure

[5:26] can if you

[5:28] try

[5:33] Bailey's like that you know he is he

[5:35] always watches Oliver he watches Oliver

[5:38] play and doesn't play himself

[5:41] so he's just way more reserved aren't

[5:46] you come on he's like let him be over

[5:50] there I'm over here where I don't have

[5:52] to be bothered by

[5:55] him so when I'm on the road we'll put

[5:58] beds in here and stuff like that you

[6:01] know and some toys we just wanted to

[6:03] see come see

[6:06] Grandma baby come see

[6:09] Grandma come see Grandma oh here we go

[6:12] come see

[6:15] Grandma here you go come on you're

[6:17] almost here cool there you

[6:20] go you can make it I didn't stake

[6:23] anything down might help with stability

[6:25] just to be clear about

[6:27] that I didn't stake it down or

[6:32] anything get Oliver oh now he's like

[6:35] okay go get

[6:43] Oliver come on Oliver see Grandma this

[6:46] is

[6:49] awesome see Grandma I love

[6:58] this you like your home baby

[7:02] Bailey

[7:04] Bailey yeah they're they're really like

[7:07] just getting used to the space right now

[7:10] they're not paying attention to

[7:12] us not at

[7:21] all don't teacher word like the you know

[7:26] cuz

[7:27] you'll he'll definely make use of

[7:36] them is it nice over here Oliver nice

[7:40] and private got some

[7:42] shade it's it nice and private and you

[7:45] got shade over

[7:47] here unfortunately this one's too big to

[7:50] take just too much

[7:53] work I don't think I can do it it's just

[7:56] too

[7:57] much all the other stuff I can put in a

[8:00] single bag and just carry cuz it's all

[8:04] collapsible so I feel

[8:08] like you know I don't know found fresh

[8:12] grass yeah I saw

[8:15] that um he won't find any in the desert

[8:19] that's where we're going first

[8:21] so yeah you better eat it

[8:25] now I might still try to like do that

[8:27] grass stuff that we have

[8:30] um you know grow their grass for them

[8:32] and

[8:33] yeah I might try to keep up with that

[8:36] they do like the

[8:40] grass oh Oliver you look cute that was

[8:49] cute I really wish I could take that big

[8:52] thing cuz you could put it right next to

[8:54] the side of the RV over the the um

[8:58] awning and

[9:02] and it's just it is a lot of work I mean

[9:05] it just is

[9:07] so oh I should say that you don't have

[9:10] to put all that stuff in there you can

[9:12] just do the basic structure on the

[9:13] outside that's real not that's easy

[9:17] getting the net over it I did it wrong

[9:20] the first time my mom was here when I

[9:22] tried to and it was just

[9:24] wrong this time now that I knew what I'd

[9:28] done wrong it was actually really easy

[9:31] you just need a bit of room to do it in

[9:34] and be like really just do it slowly so

[9:37] you don't rip the netting and it really

[9:39] wasn't

[9:41] hard so maybe I don't maybe I just take

[9:45] the basic unit I don't know I'll think

[9:48] on it I guess maybe

[9:51] I'll take it apart and put it back

[9:53] together a few times see how I feel

[9:55] about

[9:57] it so

[10:02] hey ba

[10:04] Bailey you're so

[10:07] pretty you're just such a pretty

[10:10] cat he's

[10:14] happy he's

[10:17] happy this is the life that he wants to

[10:20] just be outside all the

[10:24] time it's big oh that's definitely big

[10:27] enough for him too you could fit like

[10:29] four of them in

[10:32] there

[10:35] okay yeah that could be a nice space for

[10:38] him with the bed in

[10:45] there this just lets them get around a

[10:47] little bit I mean if like some days

[10:50] maybe I don't even want to deal with

[10:51] this a lot like I just take that thing

[10:54] one little tunnel and then that thing

[10:55] and I'm

[10:56] done just you know it doesn't have to be

[10:59] everything all the time but it's real

[11:02] easy so and and or if I have space

[11:05] limitations cuz that might happen

[11:08] sometimes like let's maybe I'm at a

[11:12] campground and I've just got space

[11:20] limitations so yeah this will definitely

[11:24] work I mean it's the tunnels are big

[11:26] enough for him he's just sitting in the

[11:28] middle of them

[11:30] now I had these in the house for a

[11:33] while but he never went into them really

[11:37] I

[11:41] guess I mean yeah it's fine he's fine I

[11:44] mean he has a pig cat he can barely get

[11:46] through that I don't

[11:48] know he's just so

[11:51] big oh my God

[11:55] Bailey you're so funny you're just so

[11:58] big

[11:59] I know you can't help it though you're

[12:01] just a big

[12:03] cat don't do that you're not going out

[12:06] this is it this is as good as it gets

[12:08] for you doesn't get any better that's

[12:14] it so I you can take these off and give

[12:20] them some

[12:23] sunlight I did it like both

[12:27] ways oliv

[12:30] oh he really loves that thing well none

[12:32] of them have even jumped up into those

[12:34] things yet like at all they had it in

[12:37] the house for a little

[12:38] while when I first put that one together

[12:41] was the only thing they hadd seen and

[12:43] they have never jumped up into those

[12:45] things and I've shown them that they

[12:48] can so just is what it is I maybe isn't

[12:53] maybe that thing's not ideal for

[12:56] them I knew that was going to happen I

[12:59] knew it was going to

[13:01] happen

[13:04] um it's so weird every time on video

[13:07] it's always Oliver attacking Bailey but

[13:09] it's usually the other way

[13:11] around what's going on with you

[13:14] Oliver H You' be nice is that

[13:20] nice Bailey's just like whatever I'm so

[13:23] big I could just sit on you

[13:25] and that will be that

[13:35] yeah so I think this

[13:38] works all right I'm just going to end it

[13:41] there this is awesome just what they

[13:43] need Oliver be nice well they want their

[13:47] private spaces that's why I got two of

[13:49] them

[13:50] though I mean I guess in a way you could

[13:52] think it you know Bailey's kind of

[13:54] intruding on his face right

[13:57] now so

[13:59] they'll they'll work it out like you

[14:01] were

[14:04] saying

[14:09] yeah so that's really all I was going to

[14:12] share was just their first experience in

[14:15] there

[14:18] and yeah I think it's exactly what they

[14:21] need um so my opinion of this

[14:27] stuff like so Oliver loves to bite

[14:30] everything like a dog but he doesn't

[14:32] seem to do it with like we had another

[14:34] one and I've never seen him do that

[14:36] outside but he's going to you know claw

[14:38] stuff and can't really comment on that

[14:40] cuz I just got it like how long this

[14:42] netting will last I have read reviews

[14:45] where people were saying the seams were

[14:46] coming apart like it seems real sturdy

[14:48] to

[14:49] me um and if that happens well just sew

[14:52] it up you know it's not expensive and

[14:56] this is great for your cats so

[14:59] and you'll see it a lot when I'm on my

[15:00] Adventures so you'll see how it

[15:03] um how it bears in the long term talk to

[15:06] you guys later

[0:00] hey guys so this is very exciting I

[0:02] finally get to show you the stuff I got

[0:04] for my cats um and see how much they

[0:08] like it if you know um and my mom is

[0:11] here which is very cool I finally get to

[0:13] have her on video and experience this

[0:15] with her so I'm very excited about that

[0:18] um I want to start just by saying um I

[0:21] have 20 followers right now if you see

[0:23] this in 6 months and maybe my channel

[0:25] has grown this is not sponsored like I

[0:29] have it's all City stuff and I'm giving

[0:31] you my honest opinion about it and if

[0:34] you don't know what's going on basically

[0:36] I'm going to live full-time in an

[0:38] RV and I just wanted to figure out a

[0:42] solution for my cats to be safely

[0:44] outside um when they are you know I

[0:47] don't want them cooped up in an RV all

[0:49] the time I want them to experience the

[0:51] best this world has to offer with me so

[0:54] um we're going to get started here first

[0:55] I'm just show you what we got here so

[0:58] these things I couldn't hook up because

[1:00] because first of all this stuff's very

[1:02] modular you can you can put it in all

[1:04] kinds of

[1:05] different um you know orientations and

[1:09] stuff but I I need more Tunnels for this

[1:11] one this is The Big Unit we're going to

[1:14] talk about that I think they call it the

[1:15] mega

[1:17] city um it's probably not coming with me

[1:20] I'm going to be honest and then so this

[1:23] will pretty much be what my cats have to

[1:25] work with so I'm going to go and get

[1:28] them

[1:33] we're ready mom I got

[1:36] Bailey I got you this one you have got

[1:40] to hold on to because you cannot trust

[1:44] him let's just put them in here first so

[1:47] just give us a second

[1:49] here here you go

[1:52] baby be a good boy and you

[1:58] go all

[2:01] right give him time to explore Oliver

[2:04] can come in over

[2:08] here um just put that

[2:14] there okay here you go

[2:18] Ollie you going in

[2:21] there you're safe I

[2:25] promise so this is my Mom hi Mom love

[2:28] you love you

[2:32] okay

[2:34] so this thing was a lot of work to put

[2:38] together and you can technically if you

[2:40] get good at it you can start putting

[2:42] things like this bed makes no sense up

[2:43] here I cannot find any way for them to

[2:46] get up there but you could have put it

[2:48] down lower but the instructions I went

[2:50] with the instructions that's where they

[2:51] put

[2:52] it um really didn't work

[2:55] out it's just a lot of work I can't

[2:57] imagine doing it on the road

[3:00] if you're getting this for your cats at

[3:03] your house or whatever some permanent

[3:06] situation it'd be fine just be real slow

[3:09] putting this netting on so you don't rip

[3:11] it and you know this I think would work

[3:14] out for for someone but to do it

[3:16] full-time rving I just can't see it guys

[3:20] you're not even

[3:22] exploring you're not

[3:26] exploring what are you

[3:28] doing try to get him out right come on

[3:32] guys Oliver

[3:35] Oliver come here come

[3:38] here okay this might take a while

[3:42] Oliver

[3:47] Oliver well I didn't expect this I I

[3:51] didn't either guys come

[3:54] explore probably should have closed that

[3:56] one off

[3:58] then

[4:02] H well they're just you know they're

[4:04] getting they're this they're scent

[4:06] everywhere and just

[4:10] like come over

[4:13] here so because I'm not going to take

[4:16] this big thing I just want to make sure

[4:18] these ones I got two of them are enough

[4:20] for Bailey cuz he's such a big cat want

[4:23] him to be comfortable in

[4:28] there

[4:30] guys so weird what are they

[4:34] doing they have been cooped up all day

[4:36] long like running around the house like

[4:39] crazy they were watching me put this

[4:41] stuff

[4:42] together

[4:46] and you know they definitely wanted to

[4:48] come out and play and now they're not

[4:49] even

[4:52] playing come over here baby here we

[4:56] go Grandma can get him come on Oliver

[5:00] go see

[5:02] Daddy go do it here you

[5:05] go there you

[5:09] go yeah this is going to work

[5:12] out it's going to work out I want to see

[5:14] them when they try to go through the

[5:16] tunnels at the same

[5:19] time oh Bailey's figured it

[5:22] out yeah you can get over there you sure

[5:26] can if you

[5:28] try

[5:33] Bailey's like that you know he is he

[5:35] always watches Oliver he watches Oliver

[5:38] play and doesn't play himself

[5:41] so he's just way more reserved aren't

[5:46] you come on he's like let him be over

[5:50] there I'm over here where I don't have

[5:52] to be bothered by

[5:55] him so when I'm on the road we'll put

[5:58] beds in here and stuff like that you

[6:01] know and some toys we just wanted to

[6:03] see come see

[6:06] Grandma baby come see

[6:09] Grandma come see Grandma oh here we go

[6:12] come see

[6:15] Grandma here you go come on you're

[6:17] almost here cool there you

[6:20] go you can make it I didn't stake

[6:23] anything down might help with stability

[6:25] just to be clear about

[6:27] that I didn't stake it down or

[6:32] anything get Oliver oh now he's like

[6:35] okay go get

[6:43] Oliver come on Oliver see Grandma this

[6:46] is

[6:49] awesome see Grandma I love

[6:58] this you like your home baby

[7:02] Bailey

[7:04] Bailey yeah they're they're really like

[7:07] just getting used to the space right now

[7:10] they're not paying attention to

[7:12] us not at

[7:21] all don't teacher word like the you know

[7:26] cuz

[7:27] you'll he'll definely make use of

[7:36] them is it nice over here Oliver nice

[7:40] and private got some

[7:42] shade it's it nice and private and you

[7:45] got shade over

[7:47] here unfortunately this one's too big to

[7:50] take just too much

[7:53] work I don't think I can do it it's just

[7:56] too

[7:57] much all the other stuff I can put in a

[8:00] single bag and just carry cuz it's all

[8:04] collapsible so I feel

[8:08] like you know I don't know found fresh

[8:12] grass yeah I saw

[8:15] that um he won't find any in the desert

[8:19] that's where we're going first

[8:21] so yeah you better eat it

[8:25] now I might still try to like do that

[8:27] grass stuff that we have

[8:30] um you know grow their grass for them

[8:32] and

[8:33] yeah I might try to keep up with that

[8:36] they do like the

[8:40] grass oh Oliver you look cute that was

[8:49] cute I really wish I could take that big

[8:52] thing cuz you could put it right next to

[8:54] the side of the RV over the the um

[8:58] awning and

[9:02] and it's just it is a lot of work I mean

[9:05] it just is

[9:07] so oh I should say that you don't have

[9:10] to put all that stuff in there you can

[9:12] just do the basic structure on the

[9:13] outside that's real not that's easy

[9:17] getting the net over it I did it wrong

[9:20] the first time my mom was here when I

[9:22] tried to and it was just

[9:24] wrong this time now that I knew what I'd

[9:28] done wrong it was actually really easy

[9:31] you just need a bit of room to do it in

[9:34] and be like really just do it slowly so

[9:37] you don't rip the netting and it really

[9:39] wasn't

[9:41] hard so maybe I don't maybe I just take

[9:45] the basic unit I don't know I'll think

[9:48] on it I guess maybe

[9:51] I'll take it apart and put it back

[9:53] together a few times see how I feel

[9:55] about

[9:57] it so

[10:02] hey ba

[10:04] Bailey you're so

[10:07] pretty you're just such a pretty

[10:10] cat he's

[10:14] happy he's

[10:17] happy this is the life that he wants to

[10:20] just be outside all the

[10:24] time it's big oh that's definitely big

[10:27] enough for him too you could fit like

[10:29] four of them in

[10:32] there

[10:35] okay yeah that could be a nice space for

[10:38] him with the bed in

[10:45] there this just lets them get around a

[10:47] little bit I mean if like some days

[10:50] maybe I don't even want to deal with

[10:51] this a lot like I just take that thing

[10:54] one little tunnel and then that thing

[10:55] and I'm

[10:56] done just you know it doesn't have to be

[10:59] everything all the time but it's real

[11:02] easy so and and or if I have space

[11:05] limitations cuz that might happen

[11:08] sometimes like let's maybe I'm at a

[11:12] campground and I've just got space

[11:20] limitations so yeah this will definitely

[11:24] work I mean it's the tunnels are big

[11:26] enough for him he's just sitting in the

[11:28] middle of them

[11:30] now I had these in the house for a

[11:33] while but he never went into them really

[11:37] I

[11:41] guess I mean yeah it's fine he's fine I

[11:44] mean he has a pig cat he can barely get

[11:46] through that I don't

[11:48] know he's just so

[11:51] big oh my God

[11:55] Bailey you're so funny you're just so

[11:58] big

[11:59] I know you can't help it though you're

[12:01] just a big

[12:03] cat don't do that you're not going out

[12:06] this is it this is as good as it gets

[12:08] for you doesn't get any better that's

[12:14] it so I you can take these off and give

[12:20] them some

[12:23] sunlight I did it like both

[12:27] ways oliv

[12:30] oh he really loves that thing well none

[12:32] of them have even jumped up into those

[12:34] things yet like at all they had it in

[12:37] the house for a little

[12:38] while when I first put that one together

[12:41] was the only thing they hadd seen and

[12:43] they have never jumped up into those

[12:45] things and I've shown them that they

[12:48] can so just is what it is I maybe isn't

[12:53] maybe that thing's not ideal for

[12:56] them I knew that was going to happen I

[12:59] knew it was going to

[13:01] happen

[13:04] um it's so weird every time on video

[13:07] it's always Oliver attacking Bailey but

[13:09] it's usually the other way

[13:11] around what's going on with you

[13:14] Oliver H You' be nice is that

[13:20] nice Bailey's just like whatever I'm so

[13:23] big I could just sit on you

[13:25] and that will be that

[13:35] yeah so I think this

[13:38] works all right I'm just going to end it

[13:41] there this is awesome just what they

[13:43] need Oliver be nice well they want their

[13:47] private spaces that's why I got two of

[13:49] them

[13:50] though I mean I guess in a way you could

[13:52] think it you know Bailey's kind of

[13:54] intruding on his face right

[13:57] now so

[13:59] they'll they'll work it out like you

[14:01] were

[14:04] saying

[14:09] yeah so that's really all I was going to

[14:12] share was just their first experience in

[14:15] there

[14:18] and yeah I think it's exactly what they

[14:21] need um so my opinion of this

[14:27] stuff like so Oliver loves to bite

[14:30] everything like a dog but he doesn't

[14:32] seem to do it with like we had another

[14:34] one and I've never seen him do that

[14:36] outside but he's going to you know claw

[14:38] stuff and can't really comment on that

[14:40] cuz I just got it like how long this

[14:42] netting will last I have read reviews

[14:45] where people were saying the seams were

[14:46] coming apart like it seems real sturdy

[14:48] to

[14:49] me um and if that happens well just sew

[14:52] it up you know it's not expensive and

[14:56] this is great for your cats so

[14:59] and you'll see it a lot when I'm on my

[15:00] Adventures so you'll see how it

[15:03] um how it bears in the long term talk to

[15:06] you guys later

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

6:43

Introducing Oliver to the RV

Mar 9, 2024

10:28

Acclimating Bailey to the Camper, Day One

Mar 9, 2024

4:08

Introducing Oliver to the RV Interior

Mar 9, 2024

13:31

Acclimating Cats to the RV Interior

Mar 9, 2024

5:37

Leveling an RV on a Sloped Driveway

Mar 9, 2024

PUBLIC

March 3, 2024 rswfire PUBLISHED

Temp 0.30

Density -0.20

Energetic Quality

warm, unhurried, attentive

Journey Phase

pre-transitional — testing equipment against a life not yet begun

Directional Vector

toward mobile living — provisioning for departure

Narrative

The camera came on in the yard with the netting already stretched and the frames already standing, and the first thing rswfire said was that he was excited. Not performing excitement — stating it. His mother was there, on camera for the first time, and he named that too, folded it into the same breath as the gear. Twenty followers. He said the number out loud, addressed whoever might find the video six months later when the channel had grown, and put the disclosure down before anything else: not sponsored, all his own money, honest opinion. The ground rules established before the first cat entered the frame.

What stood assembled behind him was a modular system — a large multi-room unit he called the mega city, two smaller collapsible enclosures, tunnels running between them. Nothing staked down; he said so plainly, twice, so no one would mistake the wobble for a flaw in the product. He explained the frame of the whole exercise in one clean sentence: he was going to live full-time in an RV, and his cats were not going to be cooped up inside it. I want them to experience the best this world has to offer with me. The enclosure was not a convenience being evaluated. It was the mechanism by which a promise already made would be kept.

Then Bailey came out in his arms, and Oliver came out with his mother, the one you cannot trust, held tight until the mesh door closed behind him. And the cats did nothing. They had spent the whole day watching the assembly from inside the house, running the walls, wanting out — and now, released into the thing built for them, they sat. rswfire called to them. Oliver, Oliver, come here. He narrated the not-exploring with something closer to amusement than frustration, told the camera this might take a while, admitted he hadn't expected it, heard his mother say the same. He noted, correctly, that he probably should have closed off one of the sections first. The cats were laying scent, working the perimeter in their own order of operations, indifferent to the two people asking them to demonstrate.

The verdict on the mega city arrived early and did not soften. A lot of work. The elevated bed placed where the instructions said to put it, which no cat could reach and which he could find no way to make reachable. Fine for a house, fine for a permanent installation, impossible for the road. He circled it several times over the next stretch — I really wish I could take that big thing, imagining it set up against the RV's awning — and then walked himself back through the honest accounting. He had gotten the netting wrong the first time, with his mother helping, and gotten it right this time now that he knew what he'd done wrong. You don't have to install every internal fitting. The basic structure alone is easy. Maybe he takes just the basic unit. He would think on it, take it apart and rebuild it a few times, see how he felt. The cut was not made in the video. The criteria for making it were.

What passed the test passed while he watched it happen. The two small units and a tunnel — collapsible, single bag, carried in one hand. He measured the tunnel against Bailey, a cat big enough that the question was real, and found it big enough, then found Bailey sitting square in the middle of it as if to settle the matter. Then the run to Grandma: Oliver coaxed through, come see Grandma, you're almost here, you can make it, and then he made it. Bailey figured it out on his own and stayed apart, watching Oliver play without playing, the way he always does. rswfire said this is going to work out twice, and then said it a third time in a different register — some days he might not want to deal with all of it, just that unit, one tunnel, done. Some campgrounds would have space limitations. The system flexed to fit.

There was fresh grass in the enclosure, and Oliver found it, and rswfire told him to eat it now — he wouldn't find any in the desert, and the desert was where they were going first. He said he might try growing grass for them on the road, might try to keep up with that. The peeled-back panels for sunlight, the shade in the private unit, the two separate small enclosures bought precisely so each cat could have his own space, Bailey now intruding on Oliver's, the two of them working it out. They'll work it out, his mother said, and he agreed.

He closed the way he opened. The netting seemed sturdy to him; he had read reviews about seams separating and hadn't seen it; if it happens, he'll sew it. He couldn't yet speak to how it holds up against claws over time, so he didn't. You'll see it on the adventures, he told the twenty people. You'll see how it bears in the long term. Behind him, on unstaked ground in a yard he was about to leave, a big reserved cat sat in a tunnel that fit him, and the architecture of the life not yet begun had passed its first load test.

Summary

rswfire records a video walkthrough of a modular outdoor cat enclosure system he purchased ahead of moving into an RV full-time. His mother is present and appears on video with him. He states at the outset that the video is not sponsored, that he has 20 followers, and that the opinions are his own.

He introduces his cats Bailey and Oliver into the setup and narrates their behavior as they explore, scent the space, and move through the tunnels. Both cats initially hesitate before using the structure; Bailey eventually navigates a tunnel and settles inside one.

He assesses the components against RV constraints:

The large unit — the "mega city" — he describes as too much work to assemble and pack, and states it is probably not coming with him.
The two tunnel/cube units are collapsible, fit in a single bag, and he concludes these will work for the road, including at campgrounds with space limitations.
The elevated bed placement per the instructions did not function; the cats have never used it.
He notes he did not stake the structure down, and that netting installation is easy once done slowly and correctly.

He mentions the desert as his first destination, plans to bring beds and toys, and considers growing grass for the cats. He states he may take the basic unit apart and reassemble it a few times before deciding. He commits to reporting on long-term durability in future videos.

Environment

An outdoor residential yard or open ground at a fixed home location, pre-departure. A modular cat enclosure system — a large multi-room unit rswfire calls the mega city, plus two smaller collapsible units and connecting tunnels — has been assembled on unstaked ground with netting stretched over frames.

The recording is a first-person handheld video addressed to a small audience (20 followers stated). rswfire's mother is present on camera and physically assisting. Two cats, Bailey and Oliver, are introduced into the enclosure for the first time. The setting is explicitly framed against a coming environment: full-time RV life, with the desert named as the first destination.

Substrate

This is load-testing of infrastructure before a structural relocation: rswfire is evaluating whether a modular enclosure system can hold its function under mobility constraints, and deciding what survives the cut. The ontological position is that the cats' access to outdoor experience is non-negotiable and the architecture must be built around it rather than the animals adapted to confinement — 'I want them to experience the best this world has to offer with me.' What is being dissolved is the permanent-installation assumption; what is being built is a collapsible, single-bag, campground-variable version of the same guarantee, with an explicit no-sponsorship disclosure establishing that the assessment is his own.

Actions

Performed

•displaying the assembled units on camera
•stating the video is unsponsored
•carrying Bailey into the enclosure
•introducing Oliver into the enclosure
•introducing his mother on camera
•noting the bed placement does not work as instructed
•flagging that nothing was staked down
•measuring tunnel size against Bailey's body
•observing Bailey and Oliver's differing play behavior
•removing covers to admit sunlight
•assessing netting durability
•coaxing the cats toward his mother

Referenced

•assembled the modular enclosure per instructions
•attempted the netting install once before with his mother present and did it wrong
•kept the tunnels in the house for a period
•demonstrated the elevated beds to the cats
•read reviews reporting seam failure
•let the cats watch the assembly all day

Planned

•living full-time in an RV
•leaving the mega city unit behind
•taking the two small units and tunnels
•possibly reconsidering and taking the basic outer structure
•disassembling and reassembling the unit several times to test portability
•adding beds and toys to the enclosure on the road
•growing grass for the cats
•traveling to the desert first
•sewing seams if they fail
•filming long-term durability during travel

Entities

beings

rswfire — Records, assembles, and evaluates the enclosure system; states the plan to live full-time in an RV.

Bailey — Large cat; reserved, watches rather than plays; sizing constraint for tunnel and unit selection.

Oliver — Smaller, more active cat; bites and initiates contact with Bailey on camera.

rswfire's mother — Present on site, holds a cat, assists with the introduction; first appearance on video.

places

RV — The coming full-time dwelling; the constraint that governs every equipment decision.

the desert — Named first destination after departure; cited as absent of grass.

campground — Anticipated setting where space limitations will determine which units get deployed.

systems

the mega city — Large modular enclosure unit; assessed as too labor-intensive and bulky for mobile use.

media

the channel / 20 followers — Small audience at time of recording; referenced as a marker against future growth and as basis for the no-sponsorship disclosure.

Symbolic Elements

Represented archetypes or recurring motifs.

threshold

enclosure

tunnel

netting

collapsibility

grass

desert

shelter

modularity

Ontological States

Expressed modes of being or awareness.

pre-transitional (equipment tested against a life not yet entered)

provisioning (deciding what crosses the threshold and what stays)

relational-embedded (mother present, cats introduced, kinship field active on camera)

sovereign assessment (unsponsored, self-tested, honest verdict stated regardless of product)

Engaged Subsystems

Architecture engaged in this transmission.

infrastructural (evaluating a modular system for portability and load)

logistical (packing decisions, bag volume, campground space constraints)

relational (mother on site and on camera; care relationship with two animals)

somatic (physical assembly, carrying cats, body-size measurement against tunnel diameter)

observational (tracking animal behavior to test whether the design works)

documentary (recording for an audience with explicit disclosure of independence)

Dominant Language

Core motifs or linguistic fields.

a lot of work

collapsible / single bag

full-time RVing

space limitations

it's going to work out

safely outside

not sponsored / honest opinion

Narrative

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