tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post1717293421920077602..comments2009-05-04T20:08:02.892-05:00Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-19244321802427180572009-05-04T20:08:00.000-05:002009-05-04T20:08:00.000-05:00jacki - I can send you the entire section from my journal if you want a really good story!<br /><br />ve - Hey... I resemble that remark!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-23976992133274821692009-05-04T10:54:00.000-05:002009-05-04T10:54:00.000-05:00All this early Jeff stuff...it explains a lot! ;)VEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730956006290504616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-14307522792025618052009-05-04T08:39:00.000-05:002009-05-04T08:39:00.000-05:00I think my parents had the same car! Hahha!<br /><br />Warn me ahead of time before you have another installment of this, so I can get all cozy in my chair with a cup of tea.Jackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605529272895583783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-88514640943779399922009-05-02T23:47:00.000-05:002009-05-02T23:47:00.000-05:00shieldmaiden96 - Great point. Now that you mention it, it does kinda sound like I was needing my mommy a bit.<br /><br />unfinishedrambler - I guess you'll just have to wait and see. For all you know Hazelton is like the Vegas of the Appalachians. <br /><br />jd - The whole farmhouse thing WAS like a movie! Except I never got that far because I was saved by a trucker. But you should have heard how loud the dissonant music was getting right before he stopped!<br /><br />mom thumb - Yes, the trucks were one big blur of vehicles. It was amazing.<br /><br />bill - Uh, sure it could pay. But I ain't that kind of girl.<br /><br />babs - "Worth it" is relative. But considering the path it led me down I'd say it was totally worth it.<br /><br />sis - Did I stay overnight with strangers? Boy, do I have a story to tell...<br /><br />mooselet - I wish there was a cool farmhouse story but like I said - I never got that far. I should totally write one though.<br /><br />elizabeth - Brave. Stupid. Take your pick.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-87094874360271194452009-05-02T22:21:00.000-05:002009-05-02T22:21:00.000-05:00Wow, you were brave to set out on your own like that. But I guess we were all braver when we were that age.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544076384942487436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-65206695057603438662009-05-02T17:51:00.000-05:002009-05-02T17:51:00.000-05:00I need the farmhouse story. In the movies there would be either creepy horror music playing as you walked or cheesy p0rn music. So what happened?<br /><br />And the picture of your car and the U-Haul... classic!Mooselethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16874418427786990740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-90340697302865054132009-05-02T16:13:00.000-05:002009-05-02T16:13:00.000-05:00I love that mom wrote "OMG" That's so funny.<br />I would love to see you send any of your kids off now, in this situation! I couldnt do it! How different were the times, then. So what happened at the farmhouse?? Did you stay overnite with strangers? I know you've had a "few" things going on in your life, lately, but dont take so long to write this next chapter!! sisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-64379861443094784342009-05-02T14:33:00.000-05:002009-05-02T14:33:00.000-05:00That all sounds about right. Well we don't expect anything to go smoothly in life. I hope it was all worth it though.Babs-beetlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309239308633895951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-4542353820300141812009-05-02T12:59:00.000-05:002009-05-02T12:59:00.000-05:00I'll bet that a truck would have stopped if you had been a pretty woman. It might pay to travel in a dress and wig.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-40483341386433227872009-05-02T11:02:00.000-05:002009-05-02T11:02:00.000-05:00That sounds like a bitch of a trip. But I love the gross exaggerations that can only be conjured up by the young and naive. It's madness that a hundred trucks a second were passing and no one stopped.Mom Thumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15191483830587029419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-87389861066629228442009-05-02T09:41:00.000-05:002009-05-02T09:41:00.000-05:00"So I got out and started walking towards a light I saw at a distant farmhouse"<br /><br />I thought that only happened in movies!<br /><br />Ugh. I don't envy you tooling along the Kennedy AND the Skyway AND having to rely on the kindness of Midwestern strangers and their CB radios.<br /><br />But you made it!JD at I Do Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12637216169419014156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-25358931840226496232009-05-02T07:59:00.000-05:002009-05-02T07:59:00.000-05:00All that to get to Hazleton, Pa.? Sort of seems anti-climactic. ;) I thought you&#39;d at least be going to Philadelphia or New York, but Hazleton? But can&#39;t wait to hear the next part in the journey. The studio has to be more exciting, right? ;) &lt;-- okay, I&#39;ve reached my two emoticon limit for a comment. Gotta run.unfinishedramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12102329007576999916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-2149705133721790362009-05-02T07:57:00.000-05:002009-05-02T07:57:00.000-05:00What increases my pity tenfold is the fact that after all that, your final destination, your Promised Land, was HAZLETON. <br /><br />I love the lament about being broke down at 'supper time'. Were you missing mom a little, at that point? :)Shieldmaiden96http://www.blogger.com/profile/04673938377819957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-7510703666394595712009-05-02T07:39:00.000-05:002009-05-02T07:39:00.000-05:00sarah - These are all excellent questions. I guess you'll just have to wait and see as the saga continues.<br /><br />kathy - It very easily could have. It was only attached by one of those temporary strap-on trailer hitches. It's a miracle I made it there at all.<br /><br />susan - I am a keyboard player and in those days I had ALL the gear including 4 synthesizers, an organ and 2 huge speaker cabinets. All that crap weighed about 1000 pounds together. I owe my car a serious apology.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-85147160006200918712009-05-02T07:32:00.000-05:002009-05-02T07:32:00.000-05:00I forget that everyone isn't used to all of the mountains and hills we have here in PA. When I drive West into Ohio it seems boring by comparison.<br /><br />And as Kathy says, the status of our roads is pretty much the same today. Awful.<br /><br />What is the trailer filled with again? I can't imagine that you'd need that much stuff!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05214835420820980136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-31806218061108446112009-05-02T06:05:00.000-05:002009-05-02T06:05:00.000-05:00Trust me when I tell you, the Pennsylvania roads are still under construction, 25 years later.<br /><br />It's nice to read you still sounded so wide-eyed and excited after that horrendous road trip.<br /><br />I'm waiting to hear that the trailer fell off entirely at some point.Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168816435565273787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-40765540964569196012009-05-02T02:57:00.000-05:002009-05-02T02:57:00.000-05:00oooo this is going to be a good story i can just feel it now! did you lose the trailer? ever make it to the studio? get lost and miss it all and have to go back home again? who knows!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08443013714946903050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-4960522523650086972009-05-01T22:39:00.000-05:002009-05-01T22:39:00.000-05:00drowsey - I was thinking the exact same thing. How did we ever manage?<br /><br />mom - Oh yes you did, you just don't remember. I called you and dad that night and you helped me use my AAA card to get my car repaired for free. I'll never forget how happy I was about that.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-14223044124465799402009-05-01T22:30:00.000-05:002009-05-01T22:30:00.000-05:00OMG!!!!Sure glad I didn't know all that was happening to you!!!momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803058.post-43882805435302990362009-05-01T21:22:00.000-05:002009-05-01T21:22:00.000-05:00See, kids today have no idea what we went thru before cell phones! lol<br /><br />You sure know how to do a good cliff hanger.Drowsey Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679094659957098225noreply@blogger.com