Wow, what a ride this has been! We bought our little Isata 10 days ago, drove it to Florida, got it registered, tried to get it looked at by a Ford dealership, which went array, packed it up Thursday and Friday and headed back to Houston, arriving here Sunday afternoon.
We essentially reversed our travel from Houston to Florida….staying at Flying J near Tallahassee (until at 2 a.m. the motorhome next to us still had not turned off its generator so I got up and drove another 30+ miles to a rest area, which worked out great), then to Louisiana where we stayed at the same rest area we stayed at when we left Houston nine days earlier. Now we sit in the PPL parking lot in one of the four over-night parking places with 30 amp service.
As we neared Houston we decided to go to a “Blue Beacon” truck wash. We had cleaned the inside of the motorhome pretty good at one of the rest areas, and I wanted to get the outside washed down. So here we were behind this US Army Recruiting Truck. We had a long wait, and I sat there and admired the art work…that is when I saw it.
Do you see it? Here, let me reverse it so you can read it better….
Why they have the word “Champagne” written on the vehicle this soldier is in is beyond me….tried doing a bit of research while we awaited our turn, but did not turn anything up on that. Then I go in and pay, and guess what….the poor “real” soldiers are trying to pay for their wash with a US Army credit card, and it is refused. They tried three different cards, no go….all refused. The manager looked at them and said, “Give them a complimentary wash…” Nice going Blue Beacon….you now you have my patronage for a long time now.
Glad you missed the storms last night. Luckily, they missed us.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to see the results of a Tornado...and to see it hit a town which one has driven through so many times makes it that much harder. Mayflower is along I-40 between Little Rock and Conway, and I have driven that route more times than I can count. There is a RV dealership there, perhaps the better term is "was" there because I saw pictures of trailers strewn all over the place. Our thoughts are with all of these people, along with others who faced such hard weather yesterday.
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