Man do I have road rash!!!
Yesterday we went down to Pittsburg, or a suburb thereof, to attend a graduation party for Linda’s cousin Cindy’ son Stephen. He had graduated from high school this year and will be attending Temple University for 2 years of pre-pharmacy.
We rode down with Cousins Diane & Denny, a two hour trip to the big city. Boy do I enjoy goin’ to the ‘Big City’!
Just like Arthur-It is.
A really Big Pain.
Well we follered’ the dir-ek-tions to the ‘T’ and would up cruisin’ ‘The Hood’ lookin’ fer’ a landmark on the directions that never materialized. We were on the wrong road! After backtrackin’ we went down to the next intersection and lo & behold, there was the street we’s supposed to turn on. It was 4 lights not 3 as indicated on the directions supplied by the hostess and ‘Party Chief’.
The party was a great success, food was fabulous & we got to mingle with folk’s we haven’t seen in a year. The man of honor, Stephen, had all his accolades & awards on display for all to view. This fella must be ‘One smart cookie’ cause he had an award for ‘Academic Excellence’ for achievin’ a grade point average of 4.0+. Now that’s an achievement approachin’ perfect. He must be buckin’ fer’ my spot!!
After the celebration we left to find ourselves in a ‘Big City Gridlock’. Maybe moved 4 miles in 40 minutes, so’s off we go, Denny knows how to get around it. About 10 blocks later we’re right back in that same gridlock, but 10 blocks further. After another stint in ‘Gridlock’, we pulled off at an exit and down into ‘Downtown’. Zippin’ among all the skyscrapers, no traffic at all, we found ourselves on the other side of the city getting’ on another interstate spur goin’ north, no traffic here either. Way to go Denny!!
We stopped at a Dairy Queen fer’ some much needed ‘Blizzard's. Don’t want to see us shrivel away to half a ton, do ya?
We arrived at their house and after a quick restroom break we were headed to Titusville and our rollin’ home. We arrived as two weary travelers as we had left this mornin’ around 10:15 AM and it was now 12:15 AM. We did nothin’ but go to bed after arriving.
Oh yeah! Yesterdays Balloon entry was supposed to include the ‘Star Balloon’ and I forgot to post the picture, here it is.
The Purple People Eater!
Well that’s all for today. Hope to see ya’ down the road as were;
Does not sound like that much fun, except for the blizzards.
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