Our camping trailer has needed new tires for awhile now. Because we like to do most of our camping in the fall when it is less crowded and the weather more comfortable, we decided we should get new tires soon, so we can be ready. My husband made calls and found the best tire deal in a small town about 17 miles away. I looked forward to a nice drive through the country on the way to the tire store. I wasn't disappointed. It was a sunny day and we drove down country roads with farms tucked away in rolling tree-covered hills.
We got to the tire store and the guys jumped right on the job. We were in and out in 10 minutes. The new tires were placed in the back of the pickup and off we drove. We went to the little downtown area and had breakfast at the Old Tyme Cafe. Feeling relaxed and satisfied, we drove home. We got out of the truck at home and actually looked at the new tires for the first time. They were the wrong ones! Silly us! We should have looked at the tires while we were still at the tire store. Or, when we walked right past them to get to the Cafe. Back we drove. The tire store didn't have the tires we needed. We got our money back and drove home without tires.
My husband was angry. I wasn't. I enjoyed the trip both times and, while we didn't get the tires, there are other tire stores. I figure if something happens that in 10 years won't be remembered as a life changer, it is just not that important. May as well enjoy the ride.
Yes, the ride, the outdoors the sights the sounds what a wonderful thought. I love to drive to the beach now or the intracoastal waterways on the east coast of central Florida. My moutains are the clouds that sit on the horizen. A far cry from the mountains of Utah or NJ ( not that NJ has huge moutains )
ReplyDeleteThe warm sand is now my oasis along with the crashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean. I sit and wonder about the "other world" just under the surface of the ocean. Do they know about the my world just past the surface of the ocean?
There are societies under the surface, there are lone preditors feeding on other fish. There are battles there are tranquile areas of fish and other sea life, just like some ares of our world just above the surface of the sea.
Are we really 'that' different?