Sara’s Redwood Adventure

by Sara
(with humanspeak translations by my Meowmie)

I have lived in Soufern Catifurnia my whole life, but I haff neffur gone norf and seed doze giant redwood trees, so dis summer Rufus and I decided to go. We wanted to take the scenic way, so we started out early in the morning on the Pacific Coast Highway. Here's how it all went.

Sara: Oh Rufus, luk at all dis beautifur scenery.....da wafes is crashing on da bigg rocks.......

Rufus: Sara, we not effun outta Dana Point yet!

Sara: Wells, it still purdy - mewhehe

So we drove, and drove, and drove. We only stopped to eat and use the litterbox. I asked Rufus if he was getting tired of driving and tole him I could drive fur a while, but he said he's seen me drive and would rather just push on himself. Since I've seen me drive too, I understood and didn't get mad!

Finally, we were getting close to Big Sur and started looking for a place to spend the night.

Sara: Mews Rufus - I getting many hungries, an mew muss be many tire from drive so much.

Rufus: I ken use a break an a gud din din. Led's check out dat place up dere. I bet dey haff all kindsa fresh fishies!!


Sara: It shure luk eggspensiff. Oh, wait a minit. Meowmie is giff me her credick card an say it fur 'mergencies. Dis a mergency! I tire an I hungry.

So, Rufus parked the car and we went inside. It was beautiful. We went to the front desk and asked for a room with a big fluffy bed. The man asked us if we could afford a room and I showed him Meowmie's credick card.

We put our stuff in the room and went back downstairs and ordered everything on the menu......and we ate it all!!

By the time we got back to our room, we were almost asleep, but we washed each other first and then climbed into the big fluffy bed, cuddled up and went right to sleep.


We got started early the next morning and made our way to the Redwood Forest.

Rufus: Luk, Sara - dat tree so bigg dat dey is make a tunnel fru it soze we ken drive da car to da offur side!

 

Sara: Dis awesum! I fink sum a dese trees goze all da ways to da moon!

Rufus: I gonna park da car soze we ken walk aroun and see effuryfing up close.

So, Rufus parked the car and we began to stroll among these gigantic trees. We both felt so tiny.

 

Sara: I wanna clime one.

Rufus: Is mew kids me? Deze way to bigg to climes. Dere purrably a law say mew not effun appose to try!

Sara: Oh, only a liddle ways up. Pleeeeze......

Rufus: Okays, butt beez carefur!

So, up I went - and up, and up, and up, and finally I stopped to look down. Dat's when I got askaird. I yelled down... RUFUS WHERE IS MEW??

I heard Rufus yell back......SARA I CANNUT SEEZ MEW!

Sara: I UP HERE.....WAY UP HERE, AN I ASKAIRD!!

Rufus: Keep talking, I gonna climes up an fine mew.

So...... up he came, and up, and up, and up, til he finally got to me.

Sara: Oh Rufus, mew so brafe to safes me!

Rufus: (as he looks down for the first time). Umm...shure, I here to safe mew. I jess isn't noze how to da dat. We shure up high. I fink a 747 passed by me on da way up - mewhehehe

Sara: Oh, no. Wat we gonna do? Is mew got mewr cells fone wiff mew?

Rufus: Yep, we ken calls 911!

So.... Rufus calls the fire department and tells them that we are up in a tree....... waaaaay up in a tree. They tell him that the only way to get is down is by helicopter, but it's too dark to fly in the forest. We will have to wait til morning!

Sara: MORNING???

Rufus: Dat wat dey sayed. We gotta spend da nite up here.

Sara: Butt it getting so cold, an I hungry again.

Rufus: I pass by a great bigg abandon birdie nest jess a few feets frum here.

Sara: Wells, I got sum leff offurs frum brekfass in my bak pac. Led's fine dat birdie nest.

We found the bird's nest and huddled together to stay warm while we munched on peces of cold bacon and cold sausage. Finally we fell asleep, and when morning came we heard the sounds of a helicopter...........

The firemen got us down and back to the car. Then one of them handed me a bill for about a zillion toonas. I gave him Meowmie's credick car we were soon on our way.

Rufus: Wat mewr Meowmie gonna says wen she get da credick card bill?

Sara: I not too worries rite now. Da bill won't come fur about a monf. Dat giff me plenny time to fink sumfing up.

We drove straight home, picking twigs and feathers out of our fur, barely talking and only stopping for cheap food and free litterboxes. We didn't stop til we were inside my house. Meowmie was glad to see us, but we didn't tell her about the credick card....... mewhehehe

I no longer have the urge to climb a tree - any tree.......

 

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