The Framer's Almanac predicted a hot and rainy summer, and so far it has been correct. We have had pop up thunderstorms ever day since we arrived back home from Texas. The rain followed us across the country as we drove. There was six inches of rain in Tennessee. We were slow driving as the rain pelted the highway. We had planned to do a little sightseeing, but didn't feel like walking in the rain. No this was not making me giggle.
On the way to Texas however we did stop and see President Clinton's birth place in Hope Arkansas. It was interesting to find out that his biological father passed away before he was born. His mother remarried and Bill took his stepfather's surname Clinton. He otherwise would have been Bill Blythe. He did not live in the house we visited very long, as his mother after remarrying moved to Hot Springs. Clinton's grandparents lived in the house and Clinton would stay at the house when he was home from college. They had the actual furniture in the bedroom and letters he wrote to his grandmother. It was quite interesting to see the old house and the furnishing from another era. There were also lots of family pictures. No this did not make me giggle.
Okay so the giggles came on the trip home. We forgot to make reservations at the hotel where we have stayed many times. So after driving half way we stopped to find the hotel booked and every hotel from there to infinity booked. I always can come up with plan B, as I smiled at my husband and said, "We can always sleep in the car at a Walmart parking lot." That didn't go over to well. I called my daughter to tell her we may be parked somewhere for the night and started laughing as I couldn't believe this was happening. As many trips as we have made, we have never been without a room. As I was talking to my daughter we were zipping down the highway around midnight, and we came upon an exit with lots of hotels. We decided to stop at one only to hear once again that there were no rooms. But, I gave the boy behind the desk my little pout and batted my blue eyes and he said he would be pleased to call around and find us a room.
Okay, so we got a room at an establishment that was not exactly four stars, but maybe one. At this point I really didn't care, but the blanket with burn holes and who knows what ever else came off the bed. I started laughing as my husband inspected the sheets and requested a light be left on so creatures in the dark would not surface. I laughed as I laid down and thought it couldn't be any worse than sleeping on the ground. The sheets had that smell of bleach, so I fell asleep from the fumes. LOL! We survived that night and exited very quickly in the morning.
So, I was driving a little that next day and my husband decided he would take over. We had pulled off the road for a snack and that is when the full blown giggles started. A story was about to happen that will be told to our grandchildren someday. As my husband took over driving he made lets say a blunder. A blunder that could have been potentially dangerous and what he did to recover after the shock mad me laugh so hard that I couldn't even look at him without laughing. I mean laughing all the way home and I am still laughing about what happened as I write this. We are both still laughing every time we look at each other. It is the most we have laughed in four years and it has been great.
I guess you will have to wonder what my husband did. I'll never tell. LOL!!
Everyday is a beautiful adventure with you my husband !
Elizabeth:)
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