Now the 198, between King City and Coalinga, is a bizarre two lane highway that snakes through different valleys and summits that are actually quite beautiful in the summer as well as in the spring. This time though it was green and beautiful instead of all sere and browned. And it was curvy enough to allow for my heightened, somewhat, sense of awakeness.
I got to his pad around eightish and knocked on the door to their home. He gave me the key to the trailer and I went to go to sleep. As I stood there trying to get the key to work after about ten minutes I realized it must be the wrong key or I was doing something wrong. I took the key he gave me back to him and got another which worked and I was in and out in the time it took me to strip down to the spandex and snuggle into the sleeping bag.
About 6 hours later I woke up and started to get dressed slowly but surely. And no I’m not calling any of you Shirley. I had on my pants and was putting on my shirt when my buddy came around the corner of the doorway. I had asked him to be sure to wake me up by 2p.m. as I had to go get my daughter from the sisters’ house. So there he was, ready to wake me, with a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. It was nice to have a big smile on ones face when waking up after a night of rave dancing. So I guess it was more of a smile continuation. I smoked a bit of the frop with him, after a delicious cheeseburger he made me, and was once again on the road. I cracked the other monster and drank it down, and then I took the small one landed road out of the valley and down the range of mountains to the 101 and off to my sisters’ house.
Now they weren’t at the house. They had gone to someone else’s house, a scouting individual I think, that was out in the booneys and I had to find them by constant contact to my wifey who had the directions. Which after driving around the town of Templeton and the outskirts of same said town, I called my bro-in-law. He had no idea where I was but he said that my sis had driven my daughter to their house so I went there and got her. Now for anyone that has ever tried to remain awake for any length of time, it’s hard as hell to actually be able to hold a conversation. But I did try and hopefully I made a small amount of sense. But then again, maybe not. So with girl child in tow, we went together down the road to home, to hearth, and to life after the Burnal Equinox.
