Ok, so continue on our journey, decide we have a half hour to kill and McDonald's is the ticket. That is until we pull into the only McDonald's I've ever seen that is NOT a drive through and every non-church goer in the world is there. U turn back to the car and continue to the event. Thankfully there are muffins and coffee.
The tour was great, the docents incredibly knowledgeable and a great box lunch from Stefan's Honey Baked Ham store. There were about 40 people in attendance and the only table open was with 2 gentlemen. I only knew, sort of, one person in the group. Last time I went it was with Maree and we were in the Christmas parade in Palos Verdes.
The two men are well tanned and dressed with how shall I say. . . style? Pinky rings, shirts a little too tight and hair just so. I ask where they drove in from and what they are driving. Now it's on. . .
"Well we've been in our desert home (Palm Desert) for the last couple of weeks. We live in Long Beach and we have a Corniche but didn't drive it, we just came in our other car." Ok, so if they didn't drive their $250,000 Corniche, I wasn't going to ask what car they arrived in but the question hung in the air.
They then asked me. I have a 1958 RR Silver Cloud 1. (Which by the looks of the other cars that arrived was the oldest and least expensive - hello Jed Clampett). I then offer up - "yes she and I are the same age. Both original condition, a few dents and no body work. Oh, wait, I had my bumpers done".
At this one of them appears verklempt and chokes out a stammering "oh my". DD just shakes his head and as usual goes with it. We continue the tour, stop by Macy's get a few things I feel I can't live without and then take the car back to her garage at the Speedway. End up the day with Awesome water, no dinner and an edgy heated discussion about painting the kids bathroom that ends the night in that weird silence. Really? Painting turned into a bad ending to a great weekend.
Oh well, Monday is always a fresh start and off we go to sleep.
There is just too much to say. I love every moment and hang on every word. It's funny that I still have no idea what docents are but have no problem with "verklempt." I have no idea what a Corniche is but will now have to look it up. It's probably sad that I am more interested in looking up a car than a vocabulary word but that is life, right? Kind of like ending an awesome day all screwed up over bathroom paint. Ask Betsy about green-bean-fights. I think she can explain it.
ReplyDeleteLoved the first and hope these go on forever.
CW
you are too cute - that's why I'm doing this for you!! love you!!!
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