Cabbie!

What do you do when you live in New York, don't drive, and have two cats and want to move to Arizona? Take a cab of course! That is what an older New York couple are doing. They got in a cab a few weeks ago after a shopping trip and started talking to the cabbie about their move. They jokingly asked the cabbie if he wanted to drive them to Arizona and he surprisingly said sure why not! It was a joke that became reality for elderly couple Betty and Bob Matas. They did not want to fly because they did not want their cats to be stuck in a cargo hold on an airplane for a few hours. They are getting New York City cab driver Douglas Guldeniz to drive them to Arizona. The cost of the trip will be $3,000 plus lodging, gas, and meals. The Matas' are apparently getting a great deal, David Pollack who is the director of the Committee for Taxi safety said the flat rate for this type of trip would be close to $5,000. It is hard enough to get a cabbie to go to Brooklyn, I can't believe this couple got someone to go all the way to Arizona. Only in New York!