*100 pounds in a duffle is amazing. I didn't take a 100 pounds for three weeks in Costa Rica. I travel with an ancient back pack. I take extra shorts, a pair of pants, underwear, two or three t-shirts, a shirt, a jacket, a flashlight (teeny) some socks, and toilet articles, a knife, all which weighs maybe 25 pounds. I wear my all purpose shoes, pants, longsleve shirt, Bil Bell belt, and a gimme hat. Travel light. Oh, and a book or two. No cell phone or computer. I used to ride the bus at one time. **Going from Austin to Matehuala was real easy on the Tornado Bus, about twenty bucks. The five bucks to ride in the back of a pick up to Real de Catorce. I did it that way cause it was fun.*
On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 8:17 AM David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > From David Locklear > > My Craigslist chauffeur lived up to his end of the deal. > > I had no idea what to expect, but was assuming Dr. Lecter. He > arranged to meet Saturday morning for breakfast at his cheap hotel > in southwest Houston. I was not going to pry into his agenda, > and told him I would be there. This location allowed me to leave > the Sequoia at my apartment. I wasted an hour trying to find a ride, > to his hotel, and then tried to bum a ride off my neighbors. In > hindsight, > I should have just walked a 1/4 mile to the bus stop, as the bus allegedly > runs every 30 minutes on Saturday. ( I had only rode it once before a > long > time ago, and lacked the time to study the bus routes ). > > Anyways, my duffle-bag back weighed 100 lbs, and only had a shoulder > strap, and I was wearing > flip-flops. I was drenching in sweat by the time the bus arrived. > The bus > dropped me off a mile from his hotel and I had to walk it Mixtecan-style > with > my duffle-bag on my head. I was in a dangerous part of town to be > alone, and > had all my trip funds on me as cash, which is something I would not have > done > had I had time to prepare for the trip. > > By the time I got to his hotel, I was an hour late, but he didn't seem to > mind. I was > drenching in sweat, and exhausted when I met him, so that was not a way to > make > a good first impression. He let me shower and change clothes, so once > we got > on the road, I felt better. > > To my surprise, my first impression of my new Craigslist chauffeur was not > Dr. Lecter, > but instead Mr. Wan Kuok-koi, leader > of the 14K Triad syndicate in China. But that seemed better than what I > was > assuming he would be. He had already finished breakfast, but let > me eat while he packed up his room. He drove non-stop to Texarkana, > and I took > over and drove non-stop to Nashville. There I convinced him to drive > me to Cookeville > and get a motel and we would split it, even though Nashville and > Cookeville were off his > main route of travel to Detroit. All in all that, cost me $ 175, > money I really should have > spent going to the dentist. > > We made the trip in a new Chevy Equinox. It had integrated into the > side-mirrors a tiny > yellow symbol to warn you of a car in your blind spot. That feature > would be worthless in > Houston, as you always have a car in your blind-spot, and so the light > would be very > annoying. You would have to cover it with black tape. > > My Craigslist chauffeur, claimed his name was Barry. He listened to > that confounded National > Propaganda Radio, for 15 hours, driving me fr*ckin nuts. He hardly > uttered a single word for 15 hours, even though he > spoke perfect English. ( He claimed he was originally from Maine and had > been in the Coast Guard > briefly ) I tried my best to find a topic we could converse, but he > was either an introvert or an > underworld fugitive, or there was a remote chance he figured I was crazy > as a loon, or most likely all > three of those. > > I am now in Room 301, Sunday morning. I plan to sleep until noon, if > the hotel will let me. > > I have no idea what I am going to do this afternoon. I really don't > have the funds to be up here, and I really > have a ton of chores waiting on me back in Houston. I have not been > able to find a ride home > yet, but there is a shuttle bus back to Nashville. I assume I won't > have to hard of a problem getting > back to Nashville. > > I will likely only purchase a 1-Day Pass for the NSS Convention. Maybe > a 2-Day Pass. > > I am going to pretend for the next 24 hours that I am on my summer > vacation, but after that, I have to face > my reality, and start pondering how to get back to my apartment, so that I > can get back to work. > > P.S. The pool is broken at The Quality Inn, and the breakfast is lame. > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > -- Charlie Loving
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