Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Getting Away and a Blast From the Past



I'm about to go on vacation, too, so this resonates with me.  I mean... we ALL have to get up off of the verandah, put the beer down, and do something, right?  As for me... I'm gonna drive out to DeeSee and parts o' Northern Virginia (Langley Airplane Patch, specifically).  We mulled over flying out there but decided on a road trip, instead.  There are two reasons for that: (a) I took a vow to NEVER fly again after the fucking TSA confiscated my USS MASON Zippo (I understand their point: ya gotta make SURE a 60-something old guy doesn't hijack an airliner with a fucking lighter) and (b) I haven't done a serious road trip since 2010... a 3300 mile jaunt out to South Carolina, up to Pittsburgh, and back... in The Green Hornet.  Before that it was 2007 when I took The Zuki on a 2200+ mile trip up to Utah.  Back then I billed the Utah trip as a Last Hurrah, and it was... on a mo'sickle.  This time The Tart and I are gonna go explore some Blue Highways on the east side of this great country.  I think THIS road trip will be a lot more comfortable than the previous two, but that said: we have some planning to do.


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And then there's this:



I was 12 at the time.

16 comments:

  1. A road trip in the Dowager Tart sounds like a superb idea. That's rolling in comfort in a way that a motorcycle or a sports car can't provide. Take your time and make it about the journey... and post lots!

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    1. That's rolling in comfort in a way that a motorcycle or a sports car can't provide.

      I guess that means we're all grown up now, eh? ;-)

      I plan to take my time, mainly coz we're a lot older and slower than we used t'be. Overcoming that ol' Type A behavior is gonna be hard, though, but we WILL try.

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  2. Remember to shut the main water valve off for vacations! Nothing more fun than coming home and finding water coming out your door from a blown washing-machine hose, or a toilet that got stuck, or a neighbor pounding a nail through your wall right into your water pipe...

    I never understood the Beatles. It was mostly just noise to me. Maybe just a man thing.

    Have a safe trip, and you're lucky - no Hurricanes are projected!

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    1. That's a good ideer about the water, Christiane; thanks.

      As for the Beatles... I don't think it's just a guy thing.

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  3. How odd. I'm going to be in NOVA too from the 15th or so until the 24th. Have a good trip!

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    1. I'll still be there on the 15th and prolly the 24th, too.

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  4. Well, that answers that question. That was the year I was born.

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    1. And six or seven years later... the British Invasion!

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  5. A road trip does sound fun. I'm not sure when you are going and coming home, but you know where I live if you need a rest stop or stay over, although I will be gone from the 2 to the 11th.

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    1. I'm not planning on leaving until the 12th, Lou, but ya never know.

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    2. Good. We will be home by then if you need a place goin' or comin'.

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    3. If it happens it will be on the comin' back side. I say that now, but past experience tells me that I want to get HOME on the return trip. I'm gonna try and change that this time, though.

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  6. Depending on when the photo of the young Quarrymen was taken, I may or not have passed my first birthday. . .

    ;)

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