Lola's Salon

Birds flying everywhere, floating on air currents, diving toward the bay,
gathering leftover summer faire....

Bears gliding silently through ice packed waters shaking frigid cold from their
protective coats, seal pups playing close to shore avoiding floes, mammas watching protectively.

Marnie sits on the veranda, sleeping not an option. She views the tundra
as a welcome escape from city heat.


Stradee bundles in a warm parka, orders lunch from Alaskan Italian Deli
Ministroni with freshly baked bread and a cup of hot Mocha, then waves to
Lw and Lola sitting next to Wizardmobile.

Whoops ~ are those hippos, gazelles, water buffalo, elephants, gorillas in the mist! Diane Fossey smiles.

Oooh, LW, better keep going, those predators look dangerous, especially Marnie. If she's around, we'd best be careful of flowers, as well. They may not be what they seem. Female predators are rampant in the wilds of Africa as well as the wilds of Wall Street.

The SUVAfricatrekkermobile is awsome! There is everything we could possibly want, including hot and cold running water, but I'm ready to get out and go for a hike. Let's get a closer look at that lake and waterfull up ahead. Beautiful! Want to camp here? We can bathe in the lake and catch fish for dinner.

There are some unusual stones imbedded in the ledge there by the waterfall. Would there be any harm in prying one out? What could possibly go wrong?

Marni Nixon? Hmm, we could use someone to sing the singin' parts of "My Fair Lady" or whatever the heck she sang. Dun think she was related to Richard Milhouse but you never know.

Good golly, Miss Molly! Dontcha be pryin' out them stones, aintcha seen the first Indiana Jones movie?!

AcK! Help! Oitquake!! Tidal Wave! Flood! And, and, and - yikes -

AVALANCHE!!!!!!!

Wrong Marnie -- this Marnie is suppose to be here at home in So Cal minding her animals. Well, Jespah's Marnie is the most famous dubber of all time.

How'd we get so close to Kilamanjaro? I thought Gregory Peck had given us sufficient warning to stay clear of that mountain.

Hmmm, arn't we near Rwanda? Not to worry Diane, gorillas are really quite gentle unless a poachers about, then I don't know how friendly I'd be either ~ so you and Dian can be friends ~ and we can all sit and view gorillas safely.

Oh no, a kilamanjaro avalanche! Stones falling everywhere ~ lets jump in the lake and hope there arn't gators waiting. Jes and Stradee swim toward what looks like a raft, calling to Diane, Lola, and LW....

Oh look, there's a boat docked ~ er, looks as if it's been there quite some
time. Maybe there's still some clue about the owners. Bogie and Kate perhaps? Ok, seemed like a good idea.......

Stradee lights a propane lamp and all begin walking carefully toward the promanade deck...

"Wait a minute" Stradee says. "Where's Setanta"? " He was in the safari
WizardAfricantrekmobile wasn't he"?

Whew, there he is! Setanta sits comfortably on a lounge chair with brownies and shrooms ~ a table set with fine china ~ smiles saying he's found the captains quarters stocked with rum!

Peace&Love rolls down the window of the WizardMobile, hoping that a giraffe will stick his head in through the window, looking for something to eat.

"Here, Giraffie. Here, Giraffie."

Not finding a giraffe, PaL walks down to the dock and climbs the plank onto the boat. Maybe there's a giraffe on board the boat.

Hi P&L ~ haven't seen giraffes onboard the boat ~ not yet anyway.


We're just about to explore the hull though. Here, sit and have something to eat. We found the galley stocked with preserved food ~ we've been waiting for you to join us for dinner ~ I wouldn't eat the brownies or shrooms though, maybe after we've finished searching for artifacts.

Lets all have a glass of hardy rum and begin our search for pirates treasure!

"Hi Stradee! Thanks for dinner! While we're searching for artifacts, we need to remember to find fuel for the WizardMobile. No giraffes? Are you sure? Maybe our next stop will be..... Giraffic Park...... One of those roadside attractions, where the Giraffes can come right up to the WizardMobile?"

"Hey, look at this artifact! It looks like an old nautical map, with a big circle around "Treasure Island". And, look at these artifacts! They look like old antique shovels."

< slowly pulling a long black cord out of a box >

"Is this an old pirate's eye patch?"

I'm not worried much about the giraffs. Now I'm going to have to try and figure out how to get the hippo's head out of the WizardhatarisafariSUVtrekkermobile,s (everyone beware -- it morphs without any rhyme nor reason) window. I think it's stuck and we are listing to the left.

I told everyone it can be dangerous to feed the hippos and not only that, it's demanding to see "Night of the Living Dead" on the WizardTV.

Ya know P&L, I believe there's a giraffe somewhere but I don't think theres one on the boat. After we find more artifacts, we'll search for giraffs.
I'm sure we'll find a herd closeby.

Wow, a pirates eyepatch! What a good find! Let's see if we can discover where the peg leg is hidden / must be here cause we know pirates wore at least one. Admiral Nelson said thats how he caught pirates (by the peg) and somehow, I believe him. Or was it by the keg? No matter, lets keep searching.


Look P&L ~ a trunk filled with woman's dresses, gold nuggets, and pearls!

Wow, a diamond tiera ~ here P&L you can have the diamonds and I'll keep the earings and necklace! Good, LW will wire Costco and order liquified spam for Wizardhataritrektreasurelistingtotheleftmobile. Lets hurry, looks as if there's a commotion near the Wizard/ oh geeze/ the wizmobile!!!

Night of the living dead??? <lots of giggles>

How do you like me in this pirate's treasure dress? Lots of ruffles and ribbon..........I look silly

No ya don't, Lola. Here hon, wear the silk cape, we'll tie the laces around the bodice of the dress, and toss the hoop slip. Well, you're right about the shoes with the big bows. Lets see what we can find ~ oh look! Sateen slippers! They even match the wrap and the gold bracelet! Now where's the pearls / there they are.......

There, now ya look booodaful

Thanks Stradee, Let me check the mirror.......um huh, interesting. How about yourself? Let's dress you in this sleek black satin dress.......wait a minute, this can't be from the pirates treasure chest........look it has a Victoria's Secret label. But you look lovely anyway, Stradee. Let's go show the others.

Hubba Hubba ! ! !

Owwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

pant, pant, pant

I don't know the significance of the hippo wanting to see that film!
Maybe it thinks we've been hitting the hootch.

You mean Victoria Secret comes from Victoria Falls? That can't be cascading lingerie. I thought it was pink foam.

damn, an' i missed the whole Gobi Desert thing . . .

If this is what we can expect pirates to look like, i volunteer to be a hostage . . .

(The Limited is based right here in Central Ahia, an' ol' Les Wexner, founder, etc., of The Limited, Victoria's Secret, and many other enterprises, is rumored to be gay--which actually makes sense. Of course, when you're a billionaire, you get to be whatever you want, an' everyone still says: "Yes sir, right away, Mr. Wexner.")

Suddenly, I'm seeing hippos in tutus. Wait, that's just a rerun of "Fantasia". I'm better now.

Wexner has his own inventory of cross-dressing apparal that way.

Hoffman of Hoffman-La Roche, also a gay billionaire -- his own inventory of drugs?