We started back out the road, and I called the wifeykins to let her know we were heading back. And then we were on the road and heading south.
Now it took us at least four hours from Frisco to get to Sierraville, but the way back was much faster. It ended up taking us only about seven hours. We ended up needing gas about an hour or so out and it was there that I got some burger king goodness. Back on the road we chatted and I tried to get to the root of my buddies beliefs versus the rhetoric he had been spouting like a religious zealot for most of the time he had been here. It was weird, but every time I asked him what he thought, he would respond with something from one of the sites and/or the odd little newspaper he gave me from Vermont. So I asked and asked for awhile till we got through his dogma and got to the meat of his wants and fears and needs. It was the same as anyone’s hopes and fears in this country, let alone this world and age. He was just passionate about the delivery.
As we got closer to the 101 freeway we started to see those huge warehouses that store different items and the trucks back up to them and load up. But these weren’t loading trucks. These were sitting there gathering dust and lease signs. Every third one was for sale or lease and the trucks backed up to the ones still owned by someone were few and far between. In a side that would hold at least thirty to forty, maybe even fifty trucks, there were only about ten or so. Then when we hit the 101 freeway we saw even more business properties for sale then we had so far. It was a seriously sad showing of the economy of our state and our country and to see it drove that home to us much better then figures or forecasts ever could.
We hit Paso and found the Wal-Mart parking lot and parked and waited for the wifeykins to arrive and get me. Duder decided to take a shower, have a rolling house will travel, and so I waited for a bit with sporadic forays through the parking lot to search for them. Little did I know, they were there waiting in the car over by the side area, a kind of out of the way spot where I didn’t check at all. About forty minutes later I saw the wifeykins cruising the parking lot and had to chase her a bit till she saw me. She let me know she had been there for quite sometime and I packed the stuff into the car. Duder gave the littlest kidling an electrical toy that he was loving the last time we saw them and I gave duder a hug goodbye. We got into the car, and away we went. To home, and to a tasty Chinese buffet.
