The car is loaded with everything except the ice chest and HRH's bike. We exchanged HRH's blue tooth device which should have accessed both her Ipod and cell phone but it didn't. So now she has ear buds on a string and a blue tooth for her phone. No good tank tops to be had but I got an ice tea. My core body temp is finally down to the point we don't need to worry about spontaneous combustion.
Tomorrow at 6:30 we'll stop at the Git and Go for Ice and pick up HRH after she drops the little hrh at day care before we hit Starbucks. Within the hour we'll be in a part of Iowa none of us has visited before. We'll set up the tent and scope out the town, looking for pie and pork chops and pasta. After work TWC and Not-Hank will drive up and we'll make plans for the night, but I imagine it will involve pie, pork chops and pasta.
Not-Hank and HRH are jazzed about the ride. TWC is being as patient as a veteran non-com surrounded by greenhorn 2nd louies. He is not only the only Y chromosome on the crew, he is the only one who has ever been on this adventure before. He plans on sleeping in his air conditioned truck and trying to keep us from drowning him in estrogen.
Yeah, what are the odds that is going to happen?
The Mom has assured us she can rescue the cats if something keeps us from getting home on Wednesday. The cats just want to know why we keep hauling things in and out the back door without bringing in food. Yes, I said cats. Yes I know unmarried women shouldn't have cats. I have drawn the line at two since, as we all know, the Odd Cat Lady kit is delivered with the third cat. But still you have to have something living and breathing that is happy you are home. And I just couldn't do another dog so soon after I put my Roxie girl down.
No bummers now. Except Sally Ride died and she was 61 and that was just too young. And if I see even one more thing about Aurora, Colorado I'll just collapse in a heap. I can't generally say traveling across Iowa in the midst of the hottest July anyone can remember is a good idea. On the other hand, if you are going to commit such insanity, this is the week to do it. Sally Ride died and she was only 61 and Greg Zanis made that long drive down from Illinois with 12 crosses for a second time and that was too soon.
So I think shutting down my mind and pooling my senses with 10,000 other like fools who need to let the beauty of Iowa in the blazing July heat cleanse our souls for a day or a week is just what I need now.
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