Road trip this weekend: Joan's Mother's 87th birthday. So, 600 miles north to the Dallas area. Our high today was going to be in the low 80s... We just got here... 37 degrees! Seriously - adding insult to injury, it's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock, and the wind is out of the north... making it all suck even more. Oh, wait - we're sitting in the rental car (we left Big Red back in the Tropical Tip), 'cause Joan's brother isn't here. But, they should be back in a half hour or so. Fun!
Other than the typical crazy-ass drivers in this part of the country (really, we've traveled all over this country - the drivers in this state are the most aggressive I have ever seen), it was just a long driving day. Not towing, we tossed our leisurely travel style... only drove about 5 mph above the posted speed limit most of the way... which put us about 20 mph slower than most. Crazy-ass!
Along the way, Joan broke out "treats"... some kind of chocolate chip energy bar. "You don't fool me with that crap - what are the ingredients? Dirt and twigs."
She read the ingredients list to me... about 20 things I didn't recognize (and definitely didn't sound appetizing), and the very last thing (which also means the least ingredient): chocolate chips.
"Oh, just try it - we used to sell a lot of these in the Tetons"
I was a good boy... I took a bite. "I'm sorry," I said, "I was wrong. I thought it was going to taste like dirt and twigs... it tastes like dirt and sawdust!"
It was a long drive.
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LOL! A loooong drive.
My vote for the country's most aggressive drivers in Connecticut. I used to drive about six miles on I-95 and it was rare that I didn't see at least one accident.
They don't have fender-bender type accidents here... they are more like NASCAR multi-car pile ups!
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