Hitting the Open Road

We did arrive on Saturday evening as planned, everything else was a bit of a bollocks. Be that as it may, the hotel is very comfortable, and Callie and Piper were troopers. I now know what music to play for a yipping sometimes howling cat to sooth her nerves. Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme, god bless them.

I have to have a moan here, actually more than a moan, a diatribe. I hope gas hits $6.00 or more a gallon. During the whole trip SUV's in particular with or without trailers, boats and cars hitched, on an average drove 85-90 miles an hour. We are talking over horrible bridges with speed limits (visibly posted many times) of 45mph, and 50mph construction zones. Not one person drove anywhere near the speed limits and the aggression on the road is breathtaking. We are in the middle of a protracted war and I am in particular very aware of this. We as Americans behave as if there is no reason to hold back or change any habits of excess. We complain about the cost of goods, gas etc. but we continue to drive and spend as if there were no crisis. No reason to obey laws, or be civil. As a nation we are spoiled and insulated to the realities of the world around us. What will it take before we become stewards, preservers and conscious of the finite resources our children are dying and fighting for. Where are the rationing lines of the seventies? Why don't they print the EPA standards on the ads for new cars, when they continue to feature big FAST cars and SUV's, when do we start to grow up, and smell the coffee. The gov't would have us still drink the cool-aid of complacency. Where are the gathering masses, who are ready for change who are willing to roll their sleeves up and get to work on being part of the solution not contributors of the problem. Please slow down, vote, give a damn.

Okay, you really don't know the half of it but I feel a little better. We went house hunting with Mary our broker yesterday, and I will go again on Wednesday. We were invited to spend Thanksgiving with Barry's boss and family bless her.

Counting my blessings and waiting for the Turkey...