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| You may notice
that the journey is out of travel order. We are hoping we will receive the photos
and visit from Chicago (Please?) & North Carolina soon...
It was a
short hop up to Virginia from North Carolina but we were still happy to get out
of our cramped ole travel case. There has gotta be a better way to travel. Perhaps
if we were turned in to Flat Stanley's..er..I mean Flat Bud & Tiki. Probably
a bad idea. | |
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| We just happened
to arrive in Virginia in the coldest wettest part of the year. IN a small town
known as Franklin. Our first stop was this welcoming sign of Virginia!
Hey...someone
told me that Virginia is for Lovers! Or was that some other place? |
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| We were then
off to meet our host family! A busy family of 5.
As soon as we arrived,
this cute Pink haired chick snatched me up and took me to the neighbors where
I ran into some cousins of mine. I found out later that she is Cristal.
We
vigorously apologized to her for the months and months and months and months it
took us to finally visit her. | |
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| When we met
this fellow, Tiki Jr. seemed a little confused and asked why his sign didn't say
"Welcome to Franklin". I reminded him that my sign was a custom job
by Stebbins Studios out there in Puna. | |
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| These other
fellows were quite jolly and laid back. I gave them a quick rundown on my travels
which the guy with the book took note of.
The other fellow just smiled
and told me to try one of his fine mushrooms if I wanted to travel without leaving
the yard. I declined and assume that the one "resting" probably had
eaten a mushroom or two already. | |
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| Tiki Jr. kinda
felt left out and decided to start bothering Cristal to find out what there is
to do in the little ole town of Franklin Virginie.
"Well, there is
a bowling alley" suggested Cristal.
Tiki Jr. perked right up, grinned
at me and told me I was lawn mower bait now! | |
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| Notice my
proud smirk and Tiki Jr's. look of dismay! Clobbered him again! Course everyone
else in the family clobbered both of us but that's not the point!
Cristal
felt bad for our little tiki pal so we all went home and called it a night.
(Photos:
Cristal H./ Dialogue: Cristal H. & Tony V.) | |
