The weather turned nasty overnight, and I was feeling a little caged in the house. But my buddy Flip must have had it worse. Wasn't even noon and he was calling me up wanting to test out his new toy, a Hummer HT pickup, in the ever increasingly inclement conditions. I was up for the trip. Anything to get out for a bit and get some fresh air. Flip promised it would be an epic odyssey that would test the limits of sanity. But that's what his trips to the grocery store were. His version of an odyssey was more Homer Simpson than Homer.
Flip came over to pick me up, and then we headed toward the foothills. He had wanted his girlfriend Missy to go along, but she knew better than to say yes to that sort of proposal from him. She had sent along a frozen pie so that we'd have something to snack on when we got hungry. We duct-taped it to the rear bumper so it would stay frozen.
As we drove along, we swapped war stories about our off-roading misadventures. Flip was about to start disparaging Japanese-made trucks, but then I had to remind him about two summers ago. He had called me up on a bright sunny day for a romp to the beach. Something about wanting to test the "dune-ability" of his dad's Wrangler. We discovered that once the sand got up to the fenders, there was no dune-ability left. Two bikini-clad beach bunnies in a Honda Element had to free the Jeep.
Flip spotted a rock outcropping and just had to see if his HT would make the grade (which was at least 50 degrees). It was a bumpy ride, and I was sure we'd lost the pie off the bumper, but we made it. After a couple of slices each, Flip realized there wasn't any good way to get down. That's how we got the cool photo, by the way. Some wise guy in the rescue helicopter decided to snap it as he was circling for a spot to land.
Next time Flip wants to go out when it's icy, we're taking my Subaru wagon.
HAHAHAHAHA! Foothills! Dude, you crack me up.
haha, cool photo! can't quite see you guys in it though.... should have waved or something ;)
If you think I'm getting drawn into toys, you are entirely unmistaken.
Bet that pie was tasty, especially sticked to ur ribs with that duct tape glue. You must be really tiny, how the hell did you fit into that small truck?
You are too cool! This is a true Texas tale...