That is GREAT! I have a question, though . . . How do you get the kitties to walk beside you? Mine have their own ideas of where they want to go and it's usually not the direction I'm headed! I've only taken both of them out at the same time once and of course both cats wanted to go opposite directions.
Remy turns into a struggling ball of terror when he sees people, too. Booster just crouches in the grass. Anyway, I carry a beach towel over my shoulder so that I can scoop Remy up with minimal scratches (and wrap him in it if necessary) when he gets scared.