Mickey and his family joined us in Rochester. He is probably my oldest blogger buddy. The road trip arrived at
Salinger's to his mom's awesome Beef Stroganoff. It's a good thing she made a lot.
Lilo was there waiting for us and a couple of surprises. There are around ten kittehs and I've lost track of how many pugs.
I made the mistake of telling
Sammy that we were going to be in Indianapolis, home of the great Indy 500. Sammy insisted that he wanted to drive a few laps around the track. So I unloaded his race car from the back of the rig and away he went.
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And away everyone else went!
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I may have neglected to tell a couple of our newer Road Trippers that Sammy drives like a maniac. Not state of Maine-iac, I mean a literal maniac.
Luckily, my sister and I were prepared for this eventuality and we watched in pampered comfort as Sammy drove everyone crazy. Literally and figuratively.
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We have to make a quick detour to Lexington, Kentucky to pick up Minnie Moo (and maybe Lincoln) and then it's off to the West coast to pick up
Benny & Lily.
Back in New Hampshire mom is expecting 4"-8" of snow and ANOTHER big storm on Tuesday. Heh, by then we should be in FLorida, or close to it. Depending on what
Angus wrassles up for us this time.