the Pennsylvania Sky on a cold winters day [12.10.05]departure time: 9:21 am
destination: Brush Valley, PA (outside of Indiana - the town, not the state)
reason for travel: Christmas with 57 other 'Coffman's' ( my wife's side of the family)
the following are excerpts from our journey to and fro
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10:25 am
We stopped @ McDonalds to get some breakfast. Jen asked if they were serving lunch yet. The woman said "No." So Jen then orders a 10 piece McNugget meal. "We aren't serving lunch yet." she said. We ordered 4 hashbrowns, a biscuit & some sort of McMuffin sandwich.
McDonalds Drive Thru Woman (after handing Jen our food): Would you like a free Vindicator?
Jen: What's that?
McD: A newspaper.
Have you ever been offered a free Vindicator? We thought it maybe was a kids toy... or a weapon. By the way, they shorted us one hashbrown, so we pulled around again, and I ran in to get our vacant Hashbrown.
p.s. worst hashbrowns ever.
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11:15am
Jen: Were having a lovely day on our escapade to PA.
Tim: Escapade. That's a song by Janet Jackson.
Jen: Who's Dave Jansen?
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11:45am
Jen: How do you spell hocker? (or is it hawker?)
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12:17pm - 8:08pm
during this time an assortment of activities took place involving various things, such as sledding under the winter sun, getting lost in the dull roar of 57 other people, watching the kids wrestle, talking football, eating food, getting sleepy, watching the children unwrap toys, watching children fight over said toys, fixing broken toys, saying 'Merry Christmas' to Santa & Mrs. Claus and fellowshiping with friends and family.
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8:59pm
Jen: Wouldn't it be cool to name your kid 'Natalie' but spell his name with a silent 'G' so it would be 'Gnatalie'?
Tim: Other options would be Phrank...
Jen: or Gnoah
Tim: or Pneal.
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9:47pm
We decided to stop at the Grove City Outlets. Holiday hours extends closing time to 10pm. Jen had just enough time to run into the new Old Navy Outlet to buy stuff. i think she bought some gloves or Christmas presents or a plastic bag that says Old Navy on it.
I remember one time we stopped at the Grove City Outlets back in September. We got there around 6pm on a Sunday. They closed at 6. In the parking lot I saw two people take matts out of their trunk and neeled on it, praying to the East... facing Mecca, I presume. I think they were in the Gap before that. Jen bought jeans there.
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10:17pm
We were hungry so we headed to Wendy's. Jen ordered 2 5-piece Nuggets. They gave us 1 5-piece nugget. When we drove around the building to get our vacant 5 piece nugget we saw this old woman clawing at her window of her car. It was if she was saying to us "come and help me. I'm being held captive in my own car. Save me. Save me!!!" Almost similtaniously, we noticed a calico cat scurrying from the back of the Wendy's. Then, when I pulled up to get our nuggets, I almost ran the cat over. The cat then ran towards the clawing womans car. As it turns our, her window wouldn't go up and she was using her hands to push it up manually. Either that or that stray cat bit her and she turned into a cat. Or maybe she was just crazy.
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11:46pm
We were driving back into town, when our worst fears almost came to fruition: a deer was in the middle of the road. He wanted to play chicken. we won, he darted. Ironically, earlier in the day a dead deer was along the side of the road. Jen swerved the car more when seeing the dead deer than she did when seeing the live deer. Regardless, she got us home safely from there. She is a good driver. (i'm trying to get brownie points).
on a similar note, when i was 9 or 10, i was playing football in the backyard on a snowy Christmas afternoon. I threw the ball up in the air, then dove and caught it. Lying on the ground, i rolled over in the snow right onto a frozen dead rabbit. the rabbit was lying on the side of the road, right across the street from a guy who shot a deer and left the dead carcass hanging in his garage for a week. It smelled up the neighborhood real good.
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12:04am
we arrived back home. Would you like a free Vindicator?
7 comments:
funny stuff Mr. Beck. We sure know how to have a fun time on our trips- eh?
yes we do.
and sorry to those who have been waiting patiently to hear my story (as it was linked from Jen's blog.)
I bet there's nothing better than to land on a dead rabbit. Sounds like you guys had a good trip home. At least the deer didn't hit you guys this year.
LOL You two are so cute. Did you ACTUALLY keep notes as the trip went on? Because I kinda like that idea. And so funny - all of it. Though for some reason the part that made me laugh the most was that Jen possibly bought a bag that said Old Navy on it. LOL Why I laugh?
shannon, truth be told, we actually had a few pieces of paper in the car with scribbled notes on it.
funny thing is, my original post had some of the facts messed up. jen corrected me... i looked at the notes and she was right, so i changed the post.
LOL Never, ever doubt your wife. Especially when she has notes to back her up!
Ha! Landing on a DEAD rabbitt!! That would definitely have scarred me for life!! Sounds like you have recovered well...or maybe that is what is just a little "off" about you :) I think keeping notes during road trips is a GREAT idea! crazy things happen when you venture out in a vehicle! Thank goodness for the fast food oasis' in the desert land we call "ohio" :)
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