Its been a whirlwind of a summer. The move from Mn. to Tx. A new life style, new job, new rig on the way, reconnecting with the one who makes makes my black heart go twitter pat, madness of school some sadness (my little faithful hound), trip to the gulf and dinner with the old reprobate.
As promised the first KOTC was the one I was to relay from TC, the pics tell the whole story. The WTF moment to damn y'all got me good.
Not my first dinner with Tux/Old Trubador but it had been a while. The last time we had dinner it came complete with an overnight blizzard, this time it was a normal H-town night; muggy & hot. Didn't matter we were all going to dinner.
My buddy Imprelis (no not the twitter patter)cruised north a few exits and grabbed Tux at the truckstop. I had already told him we were going somewhere for dinner and that it was cheap & off the beaten path- sorta like him.
The place is called fish tales in Cleveland, Tx. A true hole in the wall in a strip mall, complete with step up to the counter, find you a place to light & we'll bring your meal when its ready. Nothing fancy but clean and spacious. Boudain balls, mushrooms and fried oysters for appetizers, catfish, hush puppies fries and shrimps for entrees. Yes down here on the Gulf you make shrimp plural, that is just the way it is, and is perfectly acceptable grammar. After dinner we took some time to chat in the parking lot before leaving ( Tux & I needed after dinner smokes lol)before deciding to head back to the truck stop. On the way up I had to take the kiddie seat in the single cab pickup ( I mean honestly, wasn't gonna make Tux ride in the bed), on the way back, ol' skinny butt got that seat.
It was still early and not quite dusk so we all decided to grab a picnic table and set as they say 'round here "a spell".We chatted, caught up on things, poked fun at each other, told old road stories and the like. After a few hours (seemed like 10 minutes) we had to think about heading back to the resort to walk the hounds and call it a night.
I have had the pleasure of meeting numerous NN folks in my 5 plus years here, but Tux is the only one I have met on multiple occasions in multiple states.I have hugged, had meals, dating, called internationally and even one member help me move 1400 miles. I can't think of any site I've ever been on in my internet life where I have met so many wonderful people. The list is about 50/50 of those I have met & those I still want to meet someday.Been so long since I posted pics in a blog, lets see if this works