| And what a trip it was!!! So far all the trips we have taken have
been memorable and fun.. something
we can look back on and
smile about. I had ever confidence that this trip would be the same.
And, in a way it has been...now!! First of all, the trip out there was
not actually a vacation type of trip. I had
to pick up my belongings
that remained there. This meant that I would have to have contact
with my ex-husband.. Although a nice man, the meeting was
uncomfortable at best. Having gotten that part of
the trip over, Bill
proceeded to hook up my pride and joy to a tow bar. If you haven't
guessed, my
pride and joy is a car.. a 1985 California Cougar, in mint
condition with only 40,000 miles on it... a
beautiful vehicle. Poor Bill
spent several hours hooking the car to the tow bar in the middle of a
black top parking lot, no shade, no breeze and about 90 degrees.
Finally he had it secured, and we zigzagged through the parking lot
to make sure it was secure, and headed on our way home. In good
spirits and finally glad to be on our way. We slowly turned onto the
main road, when Bill almost
calmly said, "There goes your car, Pat",
I looked out the passengers window only to see my car
leisurely drive
up a side walk.. through a food court, straight for a restaurant!! Oh yes..
it hit the
building to be more exact a plate glass window! I was out of
the truck before it came to a stop, ran
up the same sidewalk my car
had just traversed and could do nothing but stand there while glass
was still showering down into the food court, my car and the sidewalk
we both had charged up!
The good news was, it was 2:00 PM and the food court and restaurant was virtually empty except
for the employees,
and no one was hurt, not even a little scratch. After reassuring myself
that
no one
was injured, I kind of collapsed and got a tad hysterical!! Bill
tried
to calm me, an elderly lady in a
wheel chair, who by the way saw what
happened from a very close vantage point, tried to calm me to
no avail. I was not to be denied my hysteria!! After several minutes, I did calm down
some and
proceeded to try and give that car away to any one and every
one who passed by, I didn't care if they
took it and made it into a flower
box, in fact suggested that to restaurant owners...after all it certainly
was
in a perfect spot for it!! The police arrived, looked puzzled then chuckled.
Told us to get the car
moved and to be on our way. No ticket was issued. No complaint levied on us. So we got a tow
truck to come and get the car
and took it to a garage that said it could re-attach the tow bar the next
day. Frankly all I wanted to do at that point was leave California for good. There is so much more to this little (?) story, but as usual, I've gotten a bit chatty. I will add more to this saga at a later date.. Stay tuned. Bill and I finally got on our way out of California back home to Michigan. As usual I took lots of photo's, mostly from the window of the truck, lots of scenery, sunsets, mountains and Mesa's. I hope you enjoy our trip across the country. Here is Bill behind the wheel of the truck. He drove the full distance of the trip for which I am grateful. We stopped several times just to look at things along the way. We decided we had to come back to this area for a real vacation to stop and spend more time just to discover the wonderful things the west has to offer as far as history. We both have the same thought processes, and several times made the comment that we could visualize what it must have been like while the country was still young and what the settlers must have seen and thought as they came across this vast country of ours. |
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| Below are just a few of the vista's we marveled at. The 3rd photo is a rainbow. It is unusual to have rain out across the desert, but had some rain and the way the desert came alive after was a sight to behold. I will be adding more photo's of our trip, so please stop back again to see the changes that will be made. |
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