Catio Crossing

Not That Mike The Other Mike

While most cats lounge in humble cat trees, the lucky few get elaborate catios, such as Oregon’s Pawthorne Bridge, modeled on the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland. The bridge is just one stop on a catio tour planned for September.

A cat stands on a miniature model of a truss bridge bearing the sign Pawthorne Bridge.
A cat stands on a miniature model of a truss bridge.
A cat looks down at a human hand holding an advertisement for an event.

The Pawthorne Bridge!, by MultCo Department of Community Services, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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11 thoughts on “Catio Crossing”

  1. AJ August 13, 2026 / 4:26 pm

    Well. We’re not spoiled, now are we?? And they rightly deserve to be! That is an amazing catio, wonder how long it took to build.

  2. debg August 13, 2026 / 5:01 pm

    Wish my clowder would enjoy a catio. But they’re fraidy cats. This catio is just lovely.

  3. allein 🐾 August 13, 2026 / 5:51 pm

    Do they make human-sized catios?

    • Blue Footed Booby August 14, 2026 / 9:42 am

      Srsly.

      There was a playground I loved as a child that was all wood. It was castle themed, with towers and battlements. It was so stinking cool. Don’t remember exactly what happened, but it became collateral damage of something else catching fire.

      • allein 🐾 August 14, 2026 / 11:35 am

        There was a wooden playground called the Fun Fort down the street from my college dorm. Every year my hall would do a Haunted Fun Fort for Halloween and the kids in town would all come.

      • allein 🐾 August 14, 2026 / 12:24 pm

        • Blue Footed Booby August 14, 2026 / 12:52 pm

          Uh, pretty sure that is in fact the place. It just wasn’t in the town I remembered. What can I say except I wasn’t even in kindergarten.

          • allein 🐾 August 14, 2026 / 1:44 pm

            That’s in Elizabethtown, PA.

            • Blue Footed Booby August 14, 2026 / 2:56 pm

              Oh, mine was in VA. But I was young enough I may well be combining an unknown number of unrelated memories.

              • allein 🐾 August 14, 2026 / 2:57 pm

                I did an image search for the other Fun Fort and the structure looked very similar to the one near my school. I’m guessing they’re not the only ones.

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