DDT (12)
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« on: September 11, 2023, 04:25:51 PM » |
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Therapeutic Road Tripping…
So now I have an idea... not a plan per se, mind you, but a general idea of how we'll proceed. It started with the decision to take an extra day to ensure I wasn't missing any of the preparatory details necessary for any road trip... Done... Laundry and some packing completed, so... The new tag decal arrived earlier than expected, so it was immediately installed! A couple of steps closer to KSU! That turned out to be a far better choice than I'd ever thought it could be!
By delaying departure, I also had the luxury of observing a football game with Tubby & bride... One I was secretly looking forward to celebrating along with stoking the fire of my desires for the ultimate prize being achieved at the season's conclusion... Things didn't work out that way, much to my initial dismay, but there was a hidden positive aspect to that unfortunate development...
When the vagaries of all sporting competition outcomes played out and disappointed half of all onlooking fans, yours truly was squarely in the frowning half... I realized I was much too much impacted! I'm not like those 'futbol' (soccer) fans who rip their shirts off, but bad enough... Maybe it’s time for me to give up fanhood all together…
I became a bit sullen, and I withdrew from interactions, choosing to retreat to my smart box rather than watch the painful conclusion... Not actually a 'problem' really, but to the extent it made my interactors pause and wonder what they might have done to cause this... Well, I was embarrassed, plus there was now yet another disappointment with which to cope.
I took some time for thinking and soul-searching in solitude on the porch in the darkness and for pondering my just re-illuminated personal flaw along with the probable source of that malady. Hmmm, this is likely the 'tip of the iceberg' too, I figured, so I wondered what to do about these developments...
Have my recent greatly increased social activities distracted me from the more important pursuit of personal improvement? Perhaps some tweaking is in order... Wherever I might find a solution, though, it would almost certainly occur on a road trip, so... time to get cracking!
I awoke in plenty of time for a pre-dawn departure if I hustled just a bit; however, … I decided instead some fence-mending would be appropriate, plus final preparations could be leisurely made with a reduced likelihood of missing any necessary steps by the addition of an extra day. Besides, I still needed to take a longcut anyway since more time continued to be available than what I would need for a direct ride to the DRU.
In the back of my mind was a nagging, gnawing notion that perhaps it was past time for this ponderous ponderer to go find some shade high up on a mountain and spend some quality think time. Naturally, we still carry that venerable multi-purpose nap chair, so... I was also entertaining another longcut possibility, too.
The more than three-week period between the DRU and the FCR would offer plenty of time for a hamburger run... out to Greybull, WY. Over three-thousand miles from Madison, IN, to Robbinsville, NC, by way of Greybull. Perfect! We could even stop by Brenda's Tumbleweed Cafe in Watauga, SD, on one of the legs. A rider does have to have energy, ya know, and certain dining locations do add considerable zest to the experience...
OK, so now we had a mission and purpose, and we knew a road trip must figure into any solution. KSU this morning and we were off! Of course, it did get hot later, and it was muggy all the way. All but the last hour or so was tolerable, though... Most importantly, however, we arrived safe and sound in plenty of time to scoot just up the road for some BBQ. Yep, it turned out to be a '12' kind of day for sure!
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