tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548579849622622993.post4034661398460401219..comments2023-11-05T04:39:26.130-05:00Comments on CJ's Living Dreams: Being a Wandrin' Star Can be Freakin' HOT!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548579849622622993.post-73503695476971156122015-08-30T22:01:40.962-04:002015-08-30T22:01:40.962-04:00I was worried about Jonathon for that same reason,...I was worried about Jonathon for that same reason, Phylis. I've got night blindness, so I don't drive from dusk on, so it was all on him. But we pulled off and slept a bit at a rest stop and he made it through just fine.CJ Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369646691494182708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548579849622622993.post-46708830864965349542015-08-30T17:57:53.586-04:002015-08-30T17:57:53.586-04:00When I was younger we would drive from Virginia Be...When I was younger we would drive from Virginia Beach to Nebraska every other summer. I remember getting stuck on the turnpike because of an accident. Traffic was not moving much. One time my Dad decided he was going to drive straight through...until he got sick on the side of the road. I remember going to the Wright Brother's monument. Long time ago. Glad you made it to Austin even if it was an adventure and a half!Phylishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08488241803600921862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548579849622622993.post-73272192863534108302015-08-28T22:12:34.560-04:002015-08-28T22:12:34.560-04:00Both of those are great stories, Ray. It's am...Both of those are great stories, Ray. It's amazing how things have changed, yet are sometimes so similar.<br /><br />We just drove by the Alabama on our way to Austin. It was at night and the ship was all lit up. Absolutely beautiful!CJ Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369646691494182708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548579849622622993.post-2440441770611409742015-08-28T12:41:18.689-04:002015-08-28T12:41:18.689-04:00On the return trip to Washington State I had a cou...On the return trip to Washington State I had a couple of adventures, almost tragedies at the time. Everything started okay. When I got to Mobile I saw the USS ALABAMA. It had been in Brenerton when I left. It had been towed to Alabama as a museum piece and arrived the day I left Florida. Before <br /> I crossed the Lake Ponchertrain Bridge in the little town of Ponchatiula LA an uninsured driver pulled out of a shopping center hitting my car. I couldn't drive. The bunper was wrapped around the L front tire. The tow truck took me to the garage. The truck then did something that can't be done with newer cars. The cable was hooked to the bumper and the car was made driveable, all be it out of alignment. I went on my way. <br /><br />The next incident I drive off the road in the mountains in Idaho. I fell asleep and went down a fifteen foot embankment. Fortunately the road was under construction landing me on a dirt road going back into the highway. <br /><br />It was cold after dark. In the first accident the door was sprung. I had to drive with the heater on high and the window open. <br />Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308737766288257680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548579849622622993.post-91992143556110486172015-08-28T11:50:06.310-04:002015-08-28T11:50:06.310-04:00I did have one long trip years ago. Not too many t...I did have one long trip years ago. Not too many things went wrong except that my traveling companion and I decided to sleep outside most nights to save money. The first night was at a friend's house in Idaho. The next night was at the side of the road in Montana. We woke up the next morning to find we were near an ant bed. Also we were awakened by a freight train. We were only feet from the tracks.<br /><br />Another night we traveled along the Yellowstone River. The next morning I had to stop at a full service gas station to blow grasshoppers out of the radiator fins to keep the car from overheating.<br /><br />After we got to our destination of Pensacola Naval Air Station some friends and I went to Georgia for some reason. On the way back a man with an amputated leg was trying to change a tire. We pulled over to help only to find we had stopped on a fire ant mound. I drove back to the base and didn't even stop at the gate in order to shower off the ants. They had gotten as far as my groin area. Before I could drive I had to spray the car for ants.<br /><br />All in all it was an interesting trip. It took 26 days to drive from Bremerton, WA to Pensacola FL. If we only made twenty miles we would stop to see the sites.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308737766288257680noreply@blogger.com