Tales from the road (if anyone really cares)….😂
* Day 1 - Drove 7 hrs to Beebeetown and hung out at the farm with my 92 yo mom.
Days 2/3 - on to west Des Moines (actually Urbandale) to hang with my son and his family.
Day 4 (Sunday) - Drove to South Bend, IN. Found a great dive bar, lost my main credit card and visited Touchdown Jesus the next morning before leaving town. (never found the card. Fuck me….)
Day 5 - drove to Cleveland. Stopped at a Loves gas station/ Truck stop and witnessed first hand a near throw-down right out at the gas pumps.
Some old boy (ballpark 75 yrs old) beside me was getting gas when another 75 yr old pulled up to the pump behind us. That guy, upon getting out of his car, yelled at the other old guy “Did you lose a bet?” Old guy #1 didn’t hear/understand him and guy #2 repeated: “Did you lose a bet?”
Old guy #1 said “No, why do you ask?” Old guy #2 pointed to old guy #1’s “Trump” ball cap and said: Why in the hell else would you be so god damn dumb as to wear a hat that said “Trump”
And the verbal sparring/ threats/ bad mouthing was on. I seriously thought at one point there might be bloodshed. And all of this 10’ in front of me. Old guy #1 liked the phrase “Dumbocrats” and used it a lot. In the end no blood shed. Free entertainment….
Later that day picked up my bride at the Cleveland airport and the vacation was officially on.
Day 6 (yesterday) - Drove to Buffalo, NY, got a room and went to the Anchor Bar. This is the original spot where chicken wings officially became a thing. This very bar. Old building, cold beer and great wings.
While there, I struck up a conversation with another guy at the bar who happened to be Pedo St. guy. He immediately brought up what a screw job PSU got in ‘94 as they also finished undefeated but “The voters GAVE the Natty to Nebraska because they felt sorry for TO”
Of course I couldn’t let him get away with that. I clarified a few details about that season for both teams and, in the end, he didn’t have much of a rebuttal. After that I also couldn’t pass up the opportunity to remind him of the “out of bounds” pass completion in ‘82. That was also a short conversation. Fucking idiot.
Spent 4-5 hours at Niagara Falls today, had a couple of beers at the Hard Rock and ended up in Syracuse tonight. Eventual destination is Maine, real maple syrup, colorful leaves and lots of lobster. Let’s hope to hell we win Saturday…..🏈
GBR
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