The Road Trip

It's not everyday that you get the chance to take a 3,000 mile whirlwind road trip to visit grand kids for two days.  If you are lucky enough to know the gals from Raffia/Sisters retail outlet here in Billings you could get invited to join them for a trip to the Dallas Market in June.  Well, I was invited along and in fact offered my car and was brave enough to leave both my hat and my boots home.

We left Billings at 6am on Tuesday and returned at 10pm on Saturday with a car full of jewlery and memories of the trip together.  What a pair of gals.  You stop where they always stop and eat what they always eat.  (They've been doing the Dallas Market for seventeen years)  Don't know whether or not they'd admit it but think they were glad to have a driver for a lot of the trip.  I was force fed Cirrius Radio Fox News.  Didn't know I could listen to Bill O. and avoid depression but it all worked out. 

In a nutshell, it was an experience and a good one at that.  Oh, the grand kids, as you'd expect they are the greatest and Papa Bill was thouroughly entertained for 48 hours and explicitly reminded when crossing the street for a play in the park to "Watch for cars, they are dangerous!"   Don't know how your kids and grand kids can be so much more intellegent than their parents and grand parents.  Sure makes me wonder about the validity of EPDs.  And the gals from Raffia & Sisters, they are sharp cookies too and darn good traveling companions.  Will go down in history as one of the  best weeks in this old cowboy's life.