Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Dave and Barbara Pickett were driving their RV along Highway 20 toward Sweet Home on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend when they found the kittens.
The Picketts, a retired couple in their 70s who live in Chehalis, Wash., had gone to Idaho and decided to try a different route home.
“I said ‘Let’s go over Santiam Pass,” said Dave Pickett. “We’d never been over it, and we could…