How do you entice an elephant into a Durango?

Let me tell you about my dream last night. Isn’t that a cringe worthy statement? I know but I’m the blogger and you’re the reader. Either hang with me on this or not.

There is a park in our neighborhood that we all played in as kids. In the dream, I drive by the park and there are all kinds of animals playing in the grass. There were orangutans, lions, huge brown bears and elephants.  Across the street where there is a church in real life a gypsy camp had been set up.  On the third corner, a pair of giant mountain gorillas sat in a person’s yard. A baby elephant walked down the street.

Understandably, I got very excited in my dream. My first thought was that I needed pictures for this blog.  So I turned the car around and got out the camera phone.

My favorite thing about recalling dreams are the thought processes you have in the dreams. I did have the presence of mind to wonder why

Heeeeeere little elephant

there was a gypsy camp in the middle of town. The southwest desert is not a high gypsy occupation area. In fact, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen gypsies here. Also, I wondered if they had a circus or something and then it occurred to me that they were certainly going to get in big trouble for letting all these animals play loose in mid-town.

Certainly the cops were going to show up at any moment. This was very important in the dream. My very next thought was that I needed to get a hold of Ava right away. When else were we going to have the opportunity to snatch a baby elephant?

I do love a dream that is most certainly going to end in an arrest.