She must have gone through the valley of lawns and misssd turning the right way at the sack of tomatoes in the road.  I had a feeling she was not following directions
She will soon be in the fair fields

Went looking for gas. Phone helped

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Ya shoulda had a can or two of refried beans!!!!!  You know the old saying "Beans, Beans, the magical fruit.......

Cheers

I feel a relieved, happy force just north of me.

What a romp! Ended just like I thought it would, too. A motorcycle chase on the
Swiss border followed by capture.   "Cooler."

just watch out for a trail of dirt from the trouser leg when she is escorted on a retail outing

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just watch out for a trail of dirt from the trouser leg when she is escorted on a retail outing

  Someone got it!

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just watch out for a trail of dirt from the trouser leg when she is escorted on a retail outing

The only ones doing any tunneling here are the honey badgers...


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Quote from: Michelle_P on April 09, 2018, 07:29:28 PM
The only ones doing any tunneling here are the honey badgers...


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tunnelling is not the word I would use for what you two are doing....but hey...each to their own!!

  Oh my, no real update since April 2nd. Someone should fire the narrator of this tale. Well, let's see if I can remember that far back. It seems I left off with Rachel. Wonderful girl and pleasant hostess, putting up with me until way past her bedtime before politely shooing me out the door. Thank you Rachel for your perseverance.

  So here it is approaching the 9 o'clock hour with several hundred miles to traverse to make my next stop, it's Stoughton (pronounced Staaahh ton), Massachusetts. With my phone GPS set for avoiding tolls, I head off heading sort of north and sort of east hoping to skirt the outer edge of NYC (that's New York City! with a cowboy accent). Faithfully following my GPS for several hours, my gps suddenly issues a "take this exit" in the tone of an Annapolis grad that flunked basic navigation just as the exit goes by. This has happened before and It usually means take the next exit. But no , not this time .  I am shortly presented with several toll booths declaring "Welcome to the New Jersey Turnpike" Heading south of course. I grab my unwanted toll ticket, heading merrily back in the general direction I had just come from.
  Intermission time! Service plaza ahead!
  I pull in to check over my situation.... My phone has cheerily told me I was going the wrong way and has recalculated to get me back on track. I decide to trust it and continue following it's directions. Yes ,Yes, I know that was likely a bad decision but I did it anyway. Some day I may learn...  Had I been doing my own navigation with the maps in the pockets behind my seats I would have taken the next exit and found my way back to where I had been led astray by google. My phone however had a different idea... Yeah, yeah, I know another red flag. I drive on past that exit and 4 or 5 more as I continue in the wrong direction some 14 miles. Finally google tells me to take the next exit. I dutifully pay my $3.80 and follow directions to the next road hazard. At least I'm now heading in the right direction (I believe) Next hazard? oh yeah. With now warning I come upon another toll plaza in front of and unknown bridge. Maybe I don't really know where I am going though the compass does say I am going north. The damage this time is $15.00... Oh heck why so much? Onward and upward over the bridge to bring into view a much bigger and busier bridge. I see the name now and it bodes ill. It's the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge And there it is, the one city I wanted to avoid above all others and I am committed to entering it.  AAAARRRRRRRRG!!
  I was given the New York expressways tour by Google and am glad it was late at night. I cannot imaging trying to get through that mess during daylight hours. After about an hour of raw nerves, narrow lanes, blind on ramps where cars hide waiting for a chance to pull out in front of you and hairpin turn interchanges I begin to sense a lessening of high rise buildings and beginning to get my hopes up that NYC was coming to an end when I come to a complete stop in bumper to bumper traffic. Soon the sounds of sirens can be heard behind me. Only two lanes with almost no roadside and not one but 3 emergency vehicles are trying to make it through the traffic one at a time. I was surprised when the flatbed tow truck managed to get by. After 20 -30 minutes I manage to creep up to the accident scene where I see one dinged up car and then the other one that had flipped over onto it's roof. I did not seen anyone that appeared to be badly injured as I made my way past and into the clear to continue out of that insane place.   
  Note to self... this will not happen again.

   Back on track to Massachusetts the miles tick by. With plenty of time to make it to my rendezvous with the Devyl I manage to catch some shuteye at a rest stop before entering Connecticut. Even a short video session with my Sweetheart back in California. A restful night and coffee and a bite to eat in the morning and I'm back on my way.  Mid-morning I discover another feature of my google maps GPS. The nifty feature it has when you interrupt your directions for awhile and then restart them again and it directs you to the center of the nearest town or city all by itself. I enjoyed a tour of the small town of Old Saybrook, Connectcut before I realized what was happening and got back on the freeway.
  No further events happened in arriving at my destination a bit before the Devyl was finished with her work. She must have been watching for me because it was not too long before I see her traipsing across the parking area toward me. Getting out and recieving a warm greeting hug I was invited in to await the end of her work day.  After being introduced to two other persons ( one may have been the boss and the other appeared to be the real mover in the office ) the work of checking in the deliveries of the day were finished up and the Devyln was allowed to depart with her wandering friend in tow for a short trip to The Outback Steak house. We were seated quickly and placed or orders for dinner and proceeded to swap stories and feelings about our newly found romantic long distant partners. ( details omitted in the name of polite conversation) Needless to say we both were thrilled to compare notes on our new partners and the joys they have brought to our lives. (sorry juicy details will be left to the imaginations of our readers) To sum it up one might say we both are well pleased to find these lovely partners that make us happy.
  Dinner over, well fed, friendship renewed with the hour getting late, Devyln and I made our way back to her place of work so I could retrieve my pickup. With hugs, thanks and sad goodbyes we climbed back into our vehicles to once again hit the road to our individual destinations. Devlyn back to her home in Weymouth and me pointed southwest for my trip to New Jersey and dinner with p (Patti) and her husband Noah.

  On the road again..  down the road I go.

Hugs,
   Laurie




We couldn't get our smiles in sync.

  The trip west begins.......

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  The trip west begins.......

Squeeee!  I can't wait to see how this turns out!

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We couldn't get our smiles in sync.

Beautiful! And Devlyn's got my boots!

Stephanie

Oh, those clever honey badgers!  They have enlisted the tracking skills of the US Post Office to forward themselves to Laurie's current position, with the aid of my top minion, Lady Jessica!  (Now back in my good graces after that infamous escape with this clever recovery, her title has been restored.)





There will be no escaping this time!




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Road trip 2.0 seems to have stalled in the "creek of the walnuts", by the ever clever "Mistress Michelle" and her short legged wire brushes with claws!  Maybe on 3.0, the badgers will tag along closer to keep an eye on Laurie.

You should have called me, I would have walked you through it. Or around it really.


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I think she fell into the trap on purpose.

 On a road far far away some time ago....

  Tonight begins my trek west. Well southwest to start with. After saying good night and good bye to the Devyl, I once again made my way to the I-95 freeway for my return to New Jersey for another dinner date with my #1 fan p (Patty) and her hubby Noah whom I did not meet last trip. A quick look at the map will show you that from Massachusetts you head south into Rhode Island (for only a short time. it's a small state), Connecticut, New York and finally into New Jersey once again. Not a long drive at all in the scale of things.
  I made it into Connecticut once again and about half way through when I decided to pull into a service area for a good night's sleep after calling my baby on the skype line. We talked awhile and then she tucked me in virtually and bade me a goodnight. Ending the call, I settled in for a longer nap and knew nothing but sweet dreams until the morning sun awakened me. Going inside for a pit stop, coffee and a bite to eat I attempted to wake up and face the new day. What could go wrong?
  The first indication of trouble was when I see a sign pass overhead that welcoming me to the Bronx... nuh ugh NO _*$%$(*@#_ Way!! I am not driving through that damned city again! (the little voice in my head says "wanna bet?").. I pull into the next gas station and check my phone for alternate routes.... Eureka! I find one that looks promising and select it! Onward we go brave sisters. The gps says straight ahead for a bit. 3 lanes of traffic along a waterfront...  ummm this isn't looking good.  What do you mean a left turn into those very tall buildings on 42nd Street? oooops missed that one.. ok a left on 40th St. 3 blocks and a right on 7th Avenue??? wth !! Why are we driving on the wrong side of the yellow lines? and why are those trucks parked in the traffic lanes? Damn it! Gget on your own side of the road!!  Down aways and another left onto a 4 lane one way street (Gavin maybe) with the 2 right lanes  barricaded off and the dang GPS wants me to take a right turn. I'm sure  going in between those barricades was illegal, but I was only following the 2 cars ahead of me. Right turn made and  I'm in a dang tunnel! The Lincoln Tunnel,.. going under the river and into New Jersey..., Jersey City, New Jersey!  Every bit as bad as the dang surface streets I was just on in,  yep New York City!!!  ARRRRRRRGGG!!!  Add bicyclists darting in front of you, along with the double parking and general city traffic and you have one unhappy Laurie.
  Before long I see a sign for the freeway I want and sigh in relief... I should have known better..  I find myself in the line to enter onto the General Casimir Pulaski Skyway (currently under construction with only one lane per direction open). Queue Beetoven's Ode to Joy. Wonderful! A scenic view of the river industrial area of Newark in all it's dirty glory. A sight one is surely better off missing when you can actually see it. Anyway it eventually lands me in Newark, NJ and there are no further issues to keep me from arriving a bit early at p's (Patti's) apartments for our dinner meeting.
   We had talked earlier and discussed food possiblity and I say I like spicy food and suddenly discussion ends wuth Patti saying I know where we will go. I let Patti know I had arrived and am invited up to meet hubby Noah as Patti finishes touching up her makeup. Unnecessarily I might add as she already looks good being a pretty young lady.  Noah strikes me as as friendly and nice young man as a girl like Patti deserves. Polite and able to keep a strange older lady company while we await for Patti to join us. There she is and off we go for the short walk to the Thai restaurant right next door to the restaurant I met Patti at last visit. The restaurant is nicely decorated with a friendly staff and we are soon seated looking over the menu. # different spicy hot dinners with appetizers ordered we settle down to the serious business of social visiting. I relate my travels and we reminesce of our last meeting along with other small talk while munching on the apetizers. The main meals are served and we share the entree with each other while conversation continues. They make a lovely young couple enjoying life with one another.  Dinner long gone and the clock ticking we begin thinking of returning to the apartment. The courtesly offer me their couch for the night and I accept.
  The walk back to the apartment is a damp one because a mist has settled in for the walk back. Stopping at the pickup I retrieve a few things I'll need before morning and we go upstairs to warm up. Cushions moved and bedding provided, we talk a bit more before calling it a night.
   Morning and a breakfast of coffee and a bagel. I try texting Sarah1972 to let her know I will be able to meet her because I spent the night at Patti and Noah's. I get a notification back says my account lacked sufficient funds to send the text. Knowing it had to be wrong I try again with the same results.  Okay, time to check my account... Damn it! what was that password? No.. No... Not that one.. oh heck what was it?  No problem I'll just reset it again.  Click the link, fill out the email address and check email... There it is. Click the link to reset it and.... "Page not found"...   Click... "page not found"  Okay let's try this again.... Click forgot password- check.. email recieved - check... reset link clicked - check.... "page not found" - check   arrgggg
  Find the support number.  make the call.  navagate the phone tree 4..1..3..2 damnit!  Redial 4, 3, 2, 2 Please wait while we connect your call.... All of service operators are busy please hold for  the next available operator..... Muzac... repeat recording  more muzac... repeat...repeat...repeat...repeat... repeat hello?... blah blah blah oh you will need to reset your account information on the phone ...instructions... well have someone call back a 1 pm to check to see the problem has been resolved..... Reset phone and redo accountinfor on phone.. send text to Sarah  same thing... Send a text to myself and it works. oh heckk  what is wrong with Sarah's number? check contact info and sure enought there are 100 digits instead of 10. Dang it!  Where did I get her number from? email? - no not that one. ..gmail? - no... hotmail? - no.  Susan's PM?  looking, looking  when was that? looking ah there it is!!  yep I added an extra zero right there.   Text Sarah to ask if she still wants a visit even later.  She answers that dinner will be fine.
  Finally!  Phone company calls back and I report I've fixed the one issue but I cannot log into the website still. Operator says no problem and resets my password and send a reset link with a new password telling me I can change it later if I want.  I use the new password to log in and see all is well but cannot find out how to change password. To heck with it. I've got to get on the road.   Car repacked, Patti and Noah given thank yous and hugs and I'm on my way to Virginia to see Sarah1972.... ETA 3 1/2 hours.....


Hugs,
  Laurie

  Isn't she a pretty one?

Glad the plan eventually came together Nice to see the beaming smiles of you and P.

Peace and love and all that good stuff,

Sadie