I’ve talked a little bit about another person called Sarah on my blog before. I thought I’d share one of our little adventures that we did. My neighborhood has a nice park in the center. You can take little dirt paths from different areas on the road and when you went down them they happened to have houses that would be on the other side of a fence until you got a bit into the forest and then it would form a big field where a soccer goal sits as well as an area with a baseball cage. It’s pretty nice, you can walk your dog’s there, go for a nice soccer game, or take that section to get to someone’s house faster. IT really is a handy tool to have for a neighborhood with so many side roads. Plus it gives some shade. 

Well one night when Sarah and I were having a sleepover we decided to go out on a new moon. There as this old oak tree in the woods that I liked to climb and a few of the neighborhood kids and I had climbed the trees before and had carved our names into the trunks. So I wanted to show Sarah. Trouble was, we didn’t want to be seen so we set up a plan. We decided to wait till Midnight, take the bikes, have no flashlights and go out for only half an hour, and then return back. We didn’t want to make too much noise so we had made sure to include the back door in the garage in the plan. For most of the night we played guitar hero and waited until my dad went to sleep. We decided that if he chooses to check up on us to make a sign so that he would maybe not open the door. Of course, I’m sure he knew we sneaked out but if not...well he’s hearing about it now (sorry dad). 

When midnight rolled around we packed a bag, got into nice warm jackets (it was in the middle of winter here) and went on our way to the garage where we quietly got the bikes, opened the back door and kept it open by a crack so that we could get back in easily. With much determination and our hearts beating a thousand miles a minute we set off to the road and made our way to the nearest entrance to the forest area. Sarah was feeling the adrenaline wearing off and was worried about being seen so we made way to the side of the road and didn’t say anything to one another. Once we got on the pathway though we may have gotten a little louder than normal. We were excited and we didn’t know what it would be like to climb such a tall tree at night. So off we went into the night. 

Of course once we got to the first limb we quieted down and swung up on the lowest branch. Using all our strength we propelled ourselves up and made a steady pace towards the top of the tree. Honestly it was quite fun and we both were feeling a rush of adrenaline. After all we weren’t supposed to be out and it was late. Once we got where we wanted to be we settled on the branches and started chatting. Talking about silly things and singing a little. There was a solid ten minutes until someone heard us. The branch we happened to be on was over the fence between the park and his backyard and he could see us. We tried so hard to get out of his view and sneak down but the trunk wasn’t wide enough and we were standing out with our choices of clothing. He started yelling and screaming for us to get down or he was calling the police and within minutes we were scrambling and trying not to get caught by him. Sarah was freaking out a little bit and was slipping on the branches. Luckily she got on the ground and once I met her we took off. The guy was held back by the fence so we didn’t waste time getting out of there. We were not going to get stopped and in trouble. 

That night we raced home and once we were inside we locked all the doors and let out a laugh. We had escaped the inevitable and for some reason we did well. It was insane and we could have died if one of us slipped but, we did it and were both still alive today.