Sunday, June 28, 2009

Sleeping With Cows

Driving from Buffalo, NY to Cleveland, OH was mostly a continuous attempt at keeping the kids happy. I took out my guitar and learned a couple Tom Petty and Johnny Cash tunes. Keegan would light up and smile when he heard the strumming, so I kept on playing. A flash thunderstorm with gusty winds met us by surprise and we pulled over to a gas station and filled up while it blew past. Most of the kids were asleep except Riley, who stood under the protective station’s roof and played in the gusty wind.
We drove until 2 a.m. and found a truck station with some spare room. We pulled in and found ourselves near a trailer full of cattle. As we slept we could hear mooing and the shuffle of their hooves. Bet they aren’t going to Wisconsin Dells.

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