Well hello folks! We had a great time on our trip back East. We Geocached in 20 states and I finally got to fill in my state map on the geo-site! The countryside was a real eye opener. We really enjoyed Maine, Vermont, West Virginia and Connecticut but Illinois and Massachusetts were a pain in the behind. Seems as though no one in the last two states has a bathroom in their stores and gas stations. At least, that is what we were told when we pulled off the freeway to use one. You can't even go into the restraunts or other businesses unless you purchase something first! I had to actually buy something for a dollar to be able to pry the bathroom keys out of the store clerks hand. What a silly way to do business. The Geocaching was really fun. We went all the way to the Atlantic Ocean and dipped our toes in it. We had lobster and cheesecake and actually slept in the van for four of the days. However, after the four days, we decided that we were too old to sleep in the van and spent the rest of the time in moderate hotels. New York was as crazy of a place that I would ever want to be. The traffic was nuts back East. Nothing like Montana. I am not sure what these folks would do if they were on a road that had no cars for a few hundred miles. The one great thing about back East was that we got there just when the trees had started to change color. I wish we could have stayed a little longer as they were really coming alive on the way back. A few more days and they would have been in full glory! All in all, it was a fascinating trip and I would like to go to Maine again and spend more time going down the coast.
After getting back home, we started back to work wishing we were still on the coast. I sold old Red (my van) and got into a smaller car. Funny though, the gas then started to drop so I have to wait to see the advantages of a smaller car. I like my Toyota though. It is stellar on gas mileage. It holds it's own in the snow that we have had for quite some time now. It has been really cold here in Montana. Below zero temps and wind makes for an uncomfortable time.
We were asleep a few weekends ago and about 1am we got woken up by sirens and police cars flying down our neighboring street. After we got back to sleep, my phone rang and a police officer told me to come outside as someone had hit my new car while fleeing from the police. Of course I was pretty ticked off as I have only had it for a month at this point. It wasn't as bad as I thought however. After I picked up all the pieces of car from the street I realized that they weren't from my car but from the one who side swiped me. I still ended up with 800 dollars worth of damage. Seems as though a 14 year old boy, drunk and no license didn't want to get caught by the police so he decided to run. Not a real good driver as he wiped out three cars before side swiping me. I haven't had the greatest of luck with vehicles lately.
Well Christmas is here and to tell you the truth...I am not into it at all this year. I didn't even want to put up a tree this year. Can't tell you the reason but I just don't really care about it this year. A lot of people at my work this year feel the same as I do. Maybe it is the economy or something but I just feel blah! Finally got a tree but only did so because my sweetie wanted one.
Not too much more to say here. Just got back from a Christmas party at the Doctor's house. He is my sweeties boss. Really nice house and great food too. The guy's really into hunting and fishing. There are animal skins around the house as well as fish on the walls. I especially enjoyed eating the antelope. Never actually had that before. Oh well, guess I will update you all later on how my stomach liked it. Cheers for now all! Merry Christmas....I guess.
