About two hours from my house there are some really big mountains. Every summer Dad and his friends like to spend a day in the mountains driving the old four-wheel jeep roads. Mom has said for years I was too young to go. But this year Dad said it was time for me to experience some real mountain adventures. Mom was not happy about this but I was really excited!
I told Andy about this trip. He immediately wanted to go and asked his dad if he could go too—even before I asked him. Well, his dad said yes—if he could go along. This is the first-time Andy’s dad decided to take off a day of work and go with us on an adventure.
Last Saturday Dwayne, Dad and I took off early for the mountains in Dad’s friend’s jeep—with Andy and his dad riding on the brim of my hat so that they could see everything really well. After two hours, we began climbing up the really steep mountains. The road was more like a trail than a real road. We seemed to climbing almost straight up! I had to hold on for dear life—and hoped that Andy and his dad were holding on to my hat brim as well. It was hard to talk to then since they were on top of me. I had never been in such a dangerous place. There were huge boulders right in the road and we slowly had to climb over each one. We also had to go through a rushing stream and the water about covered our big tires. I was sure glad my Dad knew what he was doing.
When we got to the top of the mountain we found a sunny place near a little lake to have lunch. I took off my hat and put it on a big rock. I made sure that Andy and his Dad had some choice crumbs for their lunch. Dad said Dwayne and I could even go for a swim in the lake. What a great idea. We stripped down and I dove in. The water was freezing cold! Dad laughed until he was crying. Needless to say, we did not swim long!
We eventually packed up all of our stuff to leave and begin heading back down the mountain. After an hour of difficult down-hill traveling I suddenly realized I had left my hat on that big rock by the lake. I told Dad that I forgot my hat and really needed it. Dad said we could not go back for the hat now because we had to get home before dark ….
You can finish this adventure by answering these questions:
- What did Andy and his dad do during the lunch stop near the lake?
- Where are Andy and his dad now?
- How is Joey going to get his hat back?
- How will Andy and his dad get home?
- What lessons do you think Andy, his dad and Joey learned on this adventure?
