Rambl'n on....

Boy howdy, the old Billy Bob musta been wore slap out.

After I ate supper last night....a couple peanut butter and strawberry jam sammichs, I lay back on the couch. It weren't no time and I were sound asleep. Never hear a truck, tractor or airplane all night long. I waked up a couple times with a scream'n stomach.....something I ate I betcha. Took my daily dose of meds, looked at the bed back there, look at that couch over there. I chose the couch to finish out a great nights sleep.

Speak'n of strawberry jam, Walmart pisses me off. Ya see, I don't like strawberry jam. I'm a preserves kind of guy....big chunks of strawberry an' not all that slimy jello look'n stuff. Well, Walmart don't sell strawberry preserves in the size container I buy (quart). All they got is that little jar (half pint) what will only make bout 4 sammichs. And the price is ridiculously way to high. We talk'n Smuckers here folks. That other brands just don't cut the mustard when all ya got to eat in the house is peanut butter and jelly sammichs.

I waked up this morn'n think'n...."what the hell am I do'n sit'n in a truck stop in the middle of Texas". It was hot when I arrived yesterday afternoon. Had to crank on both air conditioners. Even at 9pm it was still hot, but there was a little breeze com'n in the door. Blowed right over there on the couch. This morn'n there is cloud cover all over the place....good for go'n down the road a piece.

Decided I would continue my excursion on Interstate highway instead of narrow winding country roads. I'm on a mission ya know. According to miles traveled, I'm right bout half ways to Deming, New Mexico....my destination for the next month or so.

Gonna be get'n close to old "pesky neighbor" Wayne's birthday bout the time I get there...Sept. 5th I think. What the hell do ya give a man what cain't do nuttin no more? With winter com'n up, I'm think'n maybe a big ol' heavy coat to keep him warm. But that's just a thought. He sure as hell don't need no golf balls. Suggestions welcome.

Did I mention I'm bout out of propane? Scared to cook up a meal it's so low. Find'n a propane sell'n place along an interstate is next to impossible. If I run out, there goes my refrigerator and all them wholesome foods I got stored in there is gonna rot.

Ok, I done rambled on long enough this morn'n. May as well get on the road.
See ya down the road a piece.
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Just a short note to let everbody know........I slap burn'n up highway.

I'm sit'n here in a rest area bout 40 mile pass Ft Worth. Bout a hunnert ten mile from where I slept last night. Ain't much of a rest area, but what the hell, all I gonna do is rest....right? Eat me up 'nuther one them big ol' Spam sammichs. Yum Yum...hot damn, gotta love cold Spam. Along with a glass of ice cold Alka Seltzer. Been need'n that for the last 2 hour. Next rest area is 94 mile down the road. That would be my 200 miles a day...right? We'll see when I get there. May just drive 300 today since I feel so good and got a early start.

Just for Gypsy, but the rest of ya can read it too. Long bout 20 mile outside Dallas, I put "Sally da house" in overdrive, got in that center lane an' "let 'er eat". Only one time did I get under 55 mile a hour, traffic flow'n smoothly. Weren't nuttin like what you was expect'n. All I could see of the Dallas an' Ft. Worth skylines was off to the north bout 10 miles or so.
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This should be the last update for the day. I am tired and disgusted at my freak'n foot. That's the one I was tell'n ya bout that has arthritis or something like that in the big toe. Well the whole damn foot hurts and I ain't go'n on no more today. Simple as that. 

I made it to the first rest area east of Abilene bout 5 miles or so. Got me the damnest camp'n site ya ever did see. I got green grass all over the place for Sadie Mae to roll in. There's a couple mesquite trees for a little shade if'n I want to sit under them. And a great big ol' covered picnic table. Ya see, it pays to call ahead and get yourself a reservation.

It's hot out there....99 degs. and the old Billy Bob gonna be crank'n up the generator here in a bit.  

Well wait a minute, up the road is a Walmart what I been look'n for for the last 3 days. And it's only 5 miles up the road. And then, just a few miles pass Abilene is another rest area. Hmmmmmm....should I or should I not? Come on foot, git feel'n better.