Speaking of Detroit…we picked up a load of truck axles
headed to York, SC. We decided to save
on some miles so we took a short cut across Ohio on Route 250 to I-77. This route happened to take us through Amish
country. Wow! What a beautiful early evening country ride we had. On top of all
that, I was able to see several Amish in there buggies and a team of work horses
being put to use by a farmer. I am not sure why but for some reason I am very
fascinated by the Amish…Irene thinks I am nuts, oh well. Maybe it’s there
simple way of life…after all…I am a simple kind of guy.
Just about at the end of highway 250 (where it meets I-77) there
was a little town called Strasburg that we rolled into. While driving thru this
little town I noticed a drive-in movie theatre. Irene and I looked at each
other in amazement. We could not believe that a drive-in movie theatre was still
open in America. Honestly, we have not seen one of these drive-ins anywhere in
years. I wondered if the Amish people drive
to the drive-in in there horse and buggies. It was early evening and there was
a line of cars going in to the drive-in, which happened to be playing the movie
“Madagascar 3”. Of course we tried to look inside the drive-in to see if there
were any buggies in there, but we could not get a good look. We are such knuckle heads. I started to think
we were doing a “Back to the Future” scenario…
On another recent run we did from California to Indiana,
Irene got up close and personal with a black bear. We had just fueled at a
Pilot Travel Center and we pulled back onto I-80 heading east in Utah. It was
late and Irene was at the wheel. I
figured it was time to get some shut eye. Now keep in mind, this was a
mountainous countryside, we were traveling through. I had no more than put my
head on the pillow when I hear Irene yelling OMG! OMG! I thought to myself this is it; we are going
over a cliff! Oh, I did not want to go this way. Please help me Jesus! I’m
sorry for breaking that window when I was a little kid; I’m sorry for putting
my parents thru hell; I’m sorry for not sharing with others; I’ll never tell
another lie; just let me live through this! Then I hear Irene yelling “Holy
Sh!t”. Now I am thinking to myself…Oh Lord,
this is the big one. A lot goes through
your mind quickly when your life flashes before ya! Now at this point I am out
of my bunk and Irene says…“a huge huge bear just crossed in front of me, and I
mean huge.” You mean we are not going
over the cliff! Dang Irene, you scared
the heck out of me! “Scared you? How did
I scare you?” Irene asked. She was the
one who almost hit the bear…but I was the one who thought we were going over
the cliff. “So you think I drive that bad?” she asked. Good Night honey…I said…love you!
Our miles have been okay but nothing to brag about lately.
We were in Joplin MO last week for some Qualcom (computer) work that needed to
be up-graded in our truck. We spent the night at the Holiday Inn and we were
able to relax, go swimming, and just enjoy some normal time for a change.
Later that evening Irene was showering and I was watching
TV. She yelled for me to pass her the shampoo
and conditioner. Usually Irene does not
use the complimentary shampoo and conditioner from the hotels, but she happens
to like the ones at Holliday Inn. She
says that they smell nice. Anyway, I quickly picked up one green bottle and one
white bottle and passed them to Irene in the shower. For a second I wondered why the hotel leaves
two conditioner bottles and only one shampoo bottle. Oh well, back to the TV. A couple of minutes later I hear Irene say
“RANDY” in that tone that tells me that I am in trouble. “What did you give
me?” she says. I headed to the bathroom
with tail tucked between my legs and asked what the problem was. “This isn’t
conditioner you idiot…this is body lotion!” I guess the Hotel leaves
complimentary shampoo, conditioner, and body lotion. You learn something new every day. “Oh” I
said, “I was wondering why there was 2 white bottles…hmmm.” It was a very quiet
night in the hotel room…rather cold to…won’t make that mistake again…LOL
Things are going well, truck is running good, the family is
healthy, and we are heading home in a few weeks to celebrate Irene’s and my
birthdays…big 50 for me this year. Life is good…
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