I drove up from Clearwater FL to Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas. A friend of mine, David Cox has a house on the lake and he hosts a gathering each year for some of us, his friends from elementary school.
A good time was had by all and nobody got hurt.
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But, I'm getting ahead of myself.... First, the drive.
Wednesday 7:30am
It took three days of happy driving to get up to the lake. There was one less than happy day, when my radiator got a crack and I overheated out in the middle of nowhere. I ended up in Leona TX, about 90 minutes north of Houston and 90 minutes south of Dallas. "The middle of nowhere" and sitting between the towns of Midway and Centerville. Sound like the middle of nowhere?
I was driving north, in the middle of nowhere, when I noticed steam rolling up over my hood. I immediately begin coasting and got off on an exit which was exactly beside me. I coasted off the exit and onto a small county road parking in front of a closed restaurant.
This is where I coasted to. The Triple J Diesel Service sits way back in the metal building on the right. When I looked for a mechanic on my phone, google told me "you have arrived." I was stunned. But a phone call got the guys out to look at the car. (My next closest option was over 15 miles away. The closest Toyota dealer was 50 miles away.) It was a Christmas Miracle!
The crack
Melting "Oil Field high pressure sealant" onto my cracked plastic radiator part.
Organized chaos.
$259, three hours and fixed. A happy customer.
Imagine, I went from cussing to a happy customer. It truly was a Christmas Miracle!
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OK, sorry, I was telling you about
my trip to Possum Kingdom Lake.
Dr. Tom creates: Bacon wrapped, cream cheese filled venison backstrap.
It truly was a good time!
firepit for lies and cocktails
Chill-axin after a long day of lies.
It was tons of fun and a Christmas Miracle.
-Skip
