Pip's Bucket List Tour Stops In Sunland

Mabel Lou here. My Mom is making me allow Barticus, a/k/a Farticus, co-write this post for our furiend Pip’s Bucket List Blog Tour.   

We all thought we would show Pip and Puddles our creek and then introduce them to one of our favorite new treats. We were quivering with excitements at the thought of meeting our Internet furiends!

Pip and Puddles were to meet us at the creek and they were a little late. We feared they might have stopped at one of our "green" pharmacies like they did on the way to see the Rottrovers the other day.  We have heard rumors they've been using Pip's new med card all over the place!

 It turns out   we just should have been more explicit about parking instructions. Puddles was so mesmerized by our shallow flowing waters, she drove right in!

I was non-pulsed by the car parked in my creek, naturally! Truth be told, it happens several times a year!

“Com’on in guys! The water is lovely!”

Pip and Puddles were not so sure they wanted to swim… the water is kinda chilly this time of year. So Bart enlisted his mom to demonstrate one of his favorite activities at the creek: catching rocks!

BART: I LOVE to catch rocks! I love to dive for rocks and chase rocks and hide rocks. But catching rocks my mom tosses is the BEST! 

MABEL: He’s CLEARLY been hit in the head with a few as well! 

 

Pip and Puddles weren’t too sure about this activity either… what to do??? I took them over to the pond for some tall grass sniffies. Everyone loves sniffies!

But it turns out, Pip and Puddles were so much shorter than us, we kept losing track of them in the big tall grass! Can you even SEE Pip in the tall grasses???

We lost track of Puddles altogether for a bit until I remembered one of the local creek residents always has a nice selection of beer!  Puddles apparently had made a friend and shared a few bevvies!  At least they recycle!

But she wasn’t going to leave Pip unattended for long. She caught up with us just as I was trying to get “someone”  to quit messing around….

BART: I wasn’t messing around… it’s just that grass makes me iiitttchhhh!

MABEL: Whatever… I was a little worried that our creek adventure was a bust so I suggested our Moms drive since the Pip n Puddle mobile was still drying out. We went up and over our mountain to La Canada where they have a new hamburger restaurant called Hamburger Habit... Boy is it ever addictive! Pip perked up at this news! You know he loves his cheeseburgers!

I explained to him that we were going to have something better than cheeseburgers! Pip was simply flabbergasted! He couldn’t imagine what on earth that could be. We got to the Hamburger Habit and waited patiently with Bart’s Mom outside while my mom got the foodables.   Pip and Puddles were ever so patient as the line was long. They were way better behaved that "someone" we know.

BART: Want foodables NOW!

Since Pip REALLY wanted a cheeseburger, my mom got us some. She cut them up into bite sized pieces while we waited…

BART: …and waited and waited and …

MABEL: We got the idea Bart! 

My mom always just gives me a burger with no bun. Pip just rolled his eyes and assumed it was some California low carb diet thing. Well, I do keep a lean figure but I made a mental note to con ask Mom for a cheeseburger on a bun soon! After we all had our burgers, Mom brought out the treat: a tri-tip steak sandwich. 

BART: MMMMMmmmm steak sammich good!

MABEL: How do you know? You had never had one before.

BART: I could tell by the way you licked the sammich before Auntie got it ready for us! You didn't even let Pip or Puddles go first!

MABEL: Well, I do love a good tri tip sandwich! Pip LOVED it too but  he was not ready to admit it might be better than his beloved cheeseburgers! But he did agree that the tri tip made a really nice chaser for a cheeseburger! I have to agree! At least the food made up for the scary trip to our creek!

It was so nice to meet Pip and Puddles in the furs! We loved visiting with them and we sure hope they make it safely to their next Blogville stop!