Now realy what good holiday would be good without a Fathers Day story from Hbooker of how the day went?
We got up and had a nice breakfast, I sellected a few choice smokes for the day and placed them in my little travel humidor- see the wife had planned a nice relaxing day at the lake including a picnic and some fishing.
Wel load into the car The wife my son and Daughter and my dog Lucky and we head out. Stopping at the service station I make sure all of the fluids are at the right level and fill up the gas tank.
We get going headed to LGV (Little grass Valley resivor) this is about 80 mile up a mountain road in the middle of no where real decent scenery and fishing.
As we are driving up we are kind of stuck behind some tourists who like to look at every pinecone, you all know the type. With my old car I am content to not push it and just hang in there.
About 12 miles above Challenge CA. (BFE nowhere) the Tranny begins to slip and I see a puff of smoke out the back and that ever ominous oil slick tracking our car.
Grrr...
So We pull off the road and right away I know what has happened - the Transmition has Blown. It was pooring out the red blood of life onto the road as I sat there helplessly watching.
Hmm? Knowing that my family has given the day to go on this fathers day adventure I could no way get mad, it was simply ironic to the enth degree. I felt so over come with stress and worry, almost to an anxiety point.
This problem besiged upon us at about 11:00 am.
Now having No Cell phone, or anything I had to hitch a ride another 8 miles to get to the phone. I make the typical ohh **** Im stranded calls, but no one is home. I leave a message on my best buddies phone and call for a tow truck.
I make it back to the car and wait. and Wait, about 1:30 my buddy rolls up ( this is good news!)
We go and call the towing service and they say "they couldn't find us" My buddy lets me know he saw that towing service hauling a car back down the hill when he was coming up (they picked up the wrong car!)
So we call another service.
Well at 5:30 I arrive at home - I rode the tow truck and the family went with my buddy.
Still no cigar time, becasue as a dad the #1 priority was to get the family home safe.
Once I got to the house I am faced with the issue that the only car we now have left needs brakes badly so I start on that task and dont have a GM star wrench so I have to relent from that task.
Now hot and sweaty and a bit miffed about the day I decide to jump in the pool. Well after cleaning it for about another 60 minutes I jump in and cool off.
All through this I will have you know I did not get angry.
When the car screwed up I simply chanted "Peace of ****, Peace of ****, Peace of ****, Peace of ****" And looked at the bastard helplessly. While I could think about the costs of such a trip.
I decide this day is a waste so I go to work on some webpages that needed fixing, I grab the Siglo ll and open it up (from a CP pass) and smoke that to nothing. Great way to end a historicly bizzare fathers day.
A great smoke, and you know what if your day is **** and you have little or no hope having a good cigar really helps out end the day.
Today I have the car in the tranny shop awaiting the bearer of grim and expensive news.
So how was your fathers day I was just asked - I answered them it was an adventure and I was glad to spend it with my kids.
Hbooker
