Safe At Last!!

Photo by Opus & Roscoe

. . .The magic flying van safely returned Opus, Roscoe, Karl, Ruis, Momo, and myself to the lodge. We were all so curious about how Karl and Ruis came into possession of the magic flying van. Photo by Karl

. . . Karl and Ruis explained that after their failed rescue, they found a safe field to land their helicopter on. They were frantically trying to come up with a new rescue strategy when they spotted the magic van flying low over the African plains. With paws waving wildly, they meowed at the top of their lungs in hopes that the van would spot them. Their tactics worked and the van came in for a landing . . . when Karl got into the MFV he was so surprised to find that the van was empty . . . the MFV was flying itself!! We all know the the MFV is magical and it turned out that the van wanted to go on a long vacation. After taking cats and dogs all over the world, the van was ready for a little vacation of its own. The MFV left a note for Opus and Roscoe, who were taking a cat nap when the van decided to leave, but the note was never found.


And so THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MFV IS NOW SOLVED!!!!

After spending an afternoon in a sandpit we all settled in back at the lodge for some well deserved R&R. Opus and I enjoyed the cool water of the pool while washing the sand out of our fur. Momo and Roscoe were so happy to have the van back, that they spent hours sitting in the front seat while Karl and Ruis made themselves comfortable on the roof of van, making sure it wasn't about to leave again.


Photo by Opus & Roscoe

. . . as night fell over the Africa plains we were all so happy to be safe and be together that we all curled up together and snuggled down for a well deserved sleep.



. . . the MFV parked itself outside and had happy thoughts about it's long summer of traveling.

All is now safe and peaceful in Africa once again.

Africa Rescue Part III

Momo, Opus, Roscoe and I were still stuck in the dark cold quicksand with our hopes draining we listened as the sounds of Karl and Ruis's helicopter grow faint as they had to abort their last attempt to save us. With our spirits getting about as low as we were in the quicksand we heard sounds of a movie camera along with the familiar purring sounds of the MFV . . .

. . . caught on camera, and we are not sure who was taking photos, were Karl and Ruis at the wheel of the MVF with ropes tied to the bumper. With just the tips of our tiny little paws above the sand Karl and Ruis called down instructing us to reach out and grab a hold of the ropes . . . quickly we were carefully lifted up and out of the quicksand and headed back to the lodge, which was just in time as for sure we had used up most of our nine lives by now.

While dangling of off the ropes heading back to the lodge the four of us discussed the fact that it looked liked Karl and Ruis had the magic van all along but wondered why they would have done that. It just didn't seems like something that they would do but if not them then who stole the van and where has it been this entire time? Any ideas?

TO BE CONTINUED AGAIN!!


Photos by the Italians???

Help Is Here

Photo by Karl

My sweet friends Karl and Ruis were both catnapping together today and having lazy day. After having a restless sleep Karl shared with Ruis the dream he had. He dreamt that he and Ruis were the only executives at CCSI and they were trying to keep the company afloat and business moving. Karl wasn't sure where Momo, Opus, Roscoe and I were but in the dream found that running the company with four CEOs missing was a hard task to do. It was truly a nightmare . . .

Photo by Karl

. . . "I just had the SAME dream!", Ruis exclaimed in sheer disbelief. Both felt that this was a bad sign and a warning and that they should get back to Africa to make sure we all were OK . They arrived just in time to find us completely submerged in the quicksand . . .


Photo by Karl, Opus & Roscoe

. . . just as they were lowering the basket to save us, the wind from the helicopter blades picked loose sand and caused a terrible dust storm. As Karl and Ruis were no longer able to see from all of the blowing sand they had to call off their mission to save us . . .


Photo by Opus & Roscoe

. . when the dust settled it was clear that we were slipping further into the quicksand. We all heard the noise of the helicopter get further away from us and we are all hoping that Karl and Ruis have gone for more help!

TO BE CONTINUED

From Bad To Worse

My last post showed my computer and a hat in the quick sand. Things aren't always what they seem as we were not, at that time in the muck. What happened was Roscoe's hat blew off of his head and landed in the quick sand . . .



. . . without thinking I reached out to get the hat and lost my balance falling with my computer along side of the hat . . .



. . . sweet Roscoe quickly came to aide me and jumped in to save me without thinking his rescue through . . .



. . . Momo grabbed a life preserver but she threw it so hard that she ended up throwing herself in as well . . .



. . . Opus came to our rescue next and climbed onto the sign and used his tail as a rope. With no time to spare he told us to all get onto his tail. I was first to grab ahold, then Roscoe along with Momo clinging to his back. Roscoe's ate extra cookies at lunch and this might have proved to be too much for Opus's tail . . .



. . . we all were almost out of danger when Opus's tail could not hold all of our weight spilling us back into the quicksand . . .



. . . With no one around to hear our pleas for help the four of us quickly sunk into the sand . . .

Who will save us??????? Will CCSI loose four of it's executives to the quicksand????

TO BE CONTINUED

All photos by Opus & Roscoe

Wordless Wednesday

A Lot Of Hot Air

With great sadness we all gathered this morning to say good bye to our dear friends Karl and Ruis. Ruis had to go back home to be with his family after Maxime went to the bridge. Our hearts are heavy and our prayers are with him and his family. Karl headed back to The Cat Realm to get ready for another Dare.


Photo by Karl


Photo by Opus & Roscoe

The four of us decided that we would go out and do a little bird watching this afternoon. While we were busy looking at things we discovered a place where we could rent a hot air balloon for the day . . .


Photo by Opus & Roscoe

. . . it didn't take too long before we got into a little bit of trouble. If you look closely you can see Roscoe isn't in the basket of the balloon . . .


Photo by Opus & Roscoe

. . . lending a paw Roscoe quickly was back on board with us. While we were on our ride we all had the feeling that we were not alone. Such a silly feeling as who else would have been up there with us? . . .

Photo by Opus & Roscoe

. . . what a wonderful day we had.

Rhino Day

Today was marked with great excitement as we headed out into the jungle to spend the day observing the rhinoceroses. The rhino has always been a favorite of Roscoe and he could hardly sleep last night . . .


Photo by Karl

. . . soon after we started out in the morning we ran into a little bit of trouble . . .

. . . Opus taking control of the driving was doing all he could to avoid a dangerous situation . . .



. . . not having the word fear in his vocabulary Roscoe immediately went into action . . .

Photo by Karl

. . . coming to an agreement with the rhinos we were then allowed to proceed with our drive.