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A Friday Afternoon Drive??!

So this afternoon at 5 pm precisely, my Dad picked me up to take me home to my parents for the weekend, to save money on gas since he was in town.

He was in an adventerous mood so we or rather HE decided to take a brand new route home, that was sure to save us time, and get us to 231N without all the traffic.

Well, we are now home. And it only took and hour and 45 mins.

(normally an hour with Dad driving slow)

We got lost. And when I say Lost, I mean DEAD LOST. We did several circles, which after the first time we did it, it was flat out hilarious to me. SO I laughed. Dad didn't appreciate that too much.

I can now say that I have seen quite a bit of 700 (both directions!!) and Division Road was quite lovely. We saw lots of cool old houses, and new ones, and even what looked like a Mansion. It was HUGE!!

And seriously, who knew that Walnut trees were in such demand in Lafayette, Indiana? We saw hundreds of thousands of them. Not even kidding. It was confusing for awhile, because every stinking road we'd get on we would see another tree orchard from the same company, and I thought we were on the same road still!!

Finally after 45 mins of turning around and Dad going "Oh Crraaaaaappp" several times.. We found 231N. I am still laughing over it. Dad isn't but I am!!

When we got home, and got my bag out of the back of the truck I saw that he had two cans of Gas. I said "see Dad. we could have had an even greater adventure! with the extra cans and the full tank of gas, we could have went for hours!!!" He didn't appreciate that too much.

It was really nice though. For me at least it was really relaxing. We were in the country most of the time, and there were tons of non tree farm trees and i love seeing trees sway in the breeze. (thats one of the things i love doing at my parents is sitting out on the porch and watching the trees dance. it relaxes me more than anything) Dad and I actually talked which was so cool! I mean we talk, but he's kind of a quiet guy, so its usually me talking to him, but we actually had several conversations and it was just really nice. So despite the fact we got insanely lost, it was one of the most fun and funny times i have ever been lost.

Only two bad things. 1. I forgot to bring a bottle of water. I remembered Dad's shake I had gotten him, so he was all hydrated. Alittle too much actually! ;) but I was dead thirsty.. and 2. it is now sadly obvious to me that I am genetically screwed for direction. I always thought my lack of direction came from my Mom. But now I realized both of my parents blessed me with that.

Great..

Its time to get a map thingy in my truck!!!


JESUS IS COOL!!

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