S.O.
4/15/08
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Pebble Beach

“Sarah Beara!” my mom called,” Want to go for a drive in Pebble Beach?”
“I guess so,” I declared back to her,
It was around five o’clock, and we were both very bored at the time so we would rather do anything than stay here at home. Since I was five at the time, this was even more so.
We got in the car and drove to the Pebble Beach gate’ they greeted us with the regular greeting, and we paid the small fee to get in and decided to drive the 17 mile drive. On the drive it was very magnificent, all the trees were huge compared to me, the houses were all pretty and special in there own way. The people who live in Pebble Beach were scary, rich and probably had one or more homes. Clint Eastwood even lives their! The forest is very protected and there are about four golf courses there. I think very many of them are private.
My mom asked,” isn’t this fun?”
“Yes” I said meekly, “this is very impressive, all the hoses are massive and, its fun to look at them”
We decided that the fun was over, and we should be going home now. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the way out! We kept driving around for about thirty minutes, trying to get out Pebble Beach. It was around 6:30 P.M. we saw a store, maybe the lodge, that was open and we asked for directions. They were very confusing directions but we tried to follow them. It didn’t work. I was very scared, afraid that we might be lost in this maze of trees forever. Its pitch black at night in Pebble Beach there are no street lights. I was almost crying. My mother was getting nervous too. It was around 7:30 when we saw a person on a night walk and asked for directions again. We followed those, and five minutes later we found the exit. We were very happy, relived to be out of the forest and going home.
I learned a lesson that day; it was not to drive in a place that’s not very familiar to you at night. I still look at maps a lot when were somewhere new. My mom still doesn’t like to drive at night. I also think that it’s a lesson that a lot of people have to learn.