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| *Official invitation to my dad to guest blog about the title of our family newsletter* |
We finally packed up and left around Two in the afternoon, Sunday, and resigned ourselves to a long and wet drive back to L.A. and we weren’t disappointed. It rained hard all the way back until we got to the Grapevine, then it turned to snow and ice – a real blizzard!
Those guys I had been cussing at the whole way for cutting me off just to gain a car length, forcing me to cut them off to get it back, we were all stuck at the top together! Ha Ha, we had a van and they had little cars.
Celia, as usual, wanted to make the best of it and as all four lanes hadn’t moved an inch in over an hour she thought we should get out and throw snowballs or make snow angels. Not gonna happen I told her because I knew, as soon as we got out, the line would move a few feet and one of those guys would cut me off again.
Anyway, our biggest problem soon became more personal – I had to pee! and there were no restrooms anywhere. We had seen people open their windows and toss out perfectly good cups of coffee then finally realized it wasn’t coffee. Not able to hold it I was forced to use a cup myself and Celia promised not to peek, or take pictures (dang cell phone!) Between keeping an eye on her and those other drivers who suddenly seemed curious I managed to take care of business and added my coffee to the rest.
Celia, on the other hand managed to hold on until we finally reached the bottom of the hill, then did a fifty yard dash, bad knees be damned, into the first McD’s we came to. I wouldn’t have peeked either It took us four hours to get over that hill but we made it and according to the news this morning many people were stranded there all night. I had seen a chance to cutoff several drivers at one time, like jumping pieces on a checker board and I took it. Celia cried “NO you’ll get stuck” but I didn’t and I heard her say admiringly, “you idiot!” but I know it saved us several hours and left several drivers crying in frustration! Looking back, we should have made those snow angels but for now it’s on our bucket list and we’ll get to it someday.
. She came out looking as pretty as I have ever seen her, what a smile! A great end to a great trip!
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Very sweet, how cool is your dad? And I love the picture. Have a lovely Sunday.
I know! He should have his own blog. You have a wonderful day too!
Great Father's Day tribute! Makes me wanna pee… I mean, cry!
Wow! Now I have learned something new about you and your family and where your amazing spirit comes from! Actually brought tears to my eyes as my father and I no longer speak, and it has been some time…