The Valley of the Cats pt2

After just minutes of Whiley receiving the injection, I have Liati and myself loaded in the car. We are headed to Wyoming to bury Whiley next to his brother. I wonder if Liati knows that Whiley is in the box that sits in the back seat. Surely she can smell him. I am no longer sobbing, but my eyes continue to irrigate my face. I don't have any music playing. I cant take any more stimulation of any kind.
Thank the Goddess that I know this highway so completely. I am in auto drive mode. We make it to the Ranch in about 45 minutes. I drive into the main homestead and let Liati go into the bushes ontop of the old root cellar. I load up some shovels and grab a bottle of water. Thank goodness no one is around as I sure the hell don't want to talk with my family right now.
I drive back to the front pasture to where my sacred Aspen Grove is. It has been 7 years since I buried Wolfie out here. I hope I can remember how to get my car back into the valley. I get out of my car and move some branches. I drive my little Subaru wagon along an animal trail for awhile. Then I really need to just get out and walk to assess the drivability of the trail. I walk West along the valley floor for about 1/2 mile. The temp is hot and dry. I come to a tight place where an Aspen tree has fallen over the trail. I work for about a half an hour to move the tree. It doesn't happen. I will have to find a new way in. I walk back to my car and drive up to the north west end of the valley. The rocks and trees are huge here. I find a way to slowly drive down and around the trees and rocks. I have to go over the sage brush and the noise it makes is awful. I come to the bottom of the hill and I am now very close to where I need to go. I need to go down the hill a bit more and then up a hill. I gun it, but the car stops. When I let off the brake, my car slides down into a ravine. I get out and assess the situation. Horrified to think of my parents berating me for even trying this. I pull out shovels and work for an hour and a half trying to dig, rearrange, or pry myself out of this situation. Its not going to happen. I grab the water bottle and my cell phone then head up the hill. I may have to walk back out to the highway to get cell phone coverage. Or maybe flag someone down on the ranch road. I actually get connected to the ranch phone on the top of the hill. I leave a message for my mom, and continue to walk towards the ranch road. Eventually my mom shows up and picks me up in her Jeep. She drives us back to the ranch house hoping to find the ranch manager to asses getting my car out. They decide they will do it tomorrow. I start sobbing because I cant stand to leave Whiley in the car back in the ravine. My mom drives me back to the car, and we find an easier way in. She takes note of the bad angle my car is in, but at least she doesn't say anything too deprecatory. I load Whiley in the Jeep and we had home. I decide that I will put Whiley's box in my old play room. It is a little out building that has walls made of granite and quartz stone. It will be cool and safe there.
I go up to my room and don't come out the rest of the night. I try to get Liati to snuggle with me but she will have none of that. I don't really sleep much, worrying about what I still need to do tomorrow. I wish that I could have completed the burial. Tomorrow will be another day.