Here I go Again!

As Daddy drove through the mountains, I just shut my eyes! Mommy kept making strange squeaky noises. I think she was scared that we were so high up on a narrow winding road. Sometimes a kitty just doesn’t want to know. Stuart just crawled under the sofa and hid.
At least I was trying to maintain some cool. I didn’t know where we were going. I can only understand a few human words. You know, the important ones like food, outside, bird, dog, home, etc. My mom has started calling me LiLi. Ugh! She has given me a “pet name.” I refuse to acknowledge this insult to my beautiful name, Lyra. ​

After what seemed like 7 weeks in cat days, they let me out into this glorious field of grass. Even though my parents tethered me to that stake, I practiced my hunting skills on the rabbits that were taunting me with their fluffy tails and big ears just out of my reach. ​

The visit to the Colorado grasslands aka Colorado River State Park was brief but I learned so much about rabbits. We were back on the road.  They didn’t let me out for long time. Oh! but when my parents did, it was worth the wait. I jumped out of our house into red dirt! My favorite kind! Meooow!!! After a good dirt bath, I realized that I didn’t hear any dogs. What is this place?! Is this the place I dreamed about in all my months of life? ​

​Then I saw it! It was quick and slender. It was going to be my lunch! I stalked it. Be very still. Wait for it! It’s coming closer. Pounce! I missed. Oh, lizard you will be mine! Some day! This place was my heaven. ​

​​I’m in the Jeep! Yay! I love riding in the Jeep. Daddy and Mommy took me down this trail and we splashed through water. There was so much to see that I had to hang out the window. I tried climbing out onto the mirror but Mommy caught me. “I just wanted to see better,” I protested. She wouldn’t let me.

​Stuart, the old boy, liked Utah, too. He usually eats and sleeps and never wants to play. I saw him chase a beetle and run!
 This was a magical place!