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Great question. my absence for the last week has been due to a Road Trip that my Father surprised me with for xmas.
He wanted to go on a Road Trip to Florida (we're in NY), just the two of us, taking a drive down there, no pace to set, no restrictions on what we "had" to see. My Grandmother (His Mother) lives in Dunedin, and he hadnt seen her in a few years (me longer then that), so it sounded like a good game plan.
We headed out last Thursday.
Saw this at one of the rest areas, palm trees! lol so i had to take a pic:
We got to my Grandmothers around 10pm on Friday evening after a very stress-free, relaxing trip down there.
The next morning we went for a walk and i snapped a few pics...
These were taken just a few blocks from my Grandmothers house:
(reppin' the classic tee-shirt!)
did a lot of walking (thats a good thing!) and took pics from time to time.
This Orange Tree was on someones front lawn
HAD to do the geeky thing and have my pic taken with a Palm Tree lol
Someone had a yard sale that did not go so well, and had this sign laying on the ground next to some stuff that was out by the curb unattended, and we thought it would be a great Dylan tribute lol
after a few days, it was time to head to Atlanta to see my Uncle, on the morning we were set to leave, the Florida Rains hit:
that didnt stop us, and we made our way to Atlanta. Although no pics were taken, a great time was had by all.
My uncle is only about 6 years older then i am, and we have a lot more in common then i thought we did. i was glad to get to sit and chat with him, as ive not seen him much during my life.
Since we were in Atlanta for a day and a half or so, i decided to meet up with Gilmore at a card shop, so i could see a local shop, and grab lunch with our leader it was a great time, and i got to meet FCBer "Erich" as well, also a nice guy and was glad to meet him.
That night (Tuesday), i also got to meet my long lost FCB Brother, Leatherman. David and i have known each other on line for a very long time, and have had many conversations about cards, life and everything in between.
it was really nice to be able to get to meet him and sit down and have a face to face chat. i cannot thank him enough for being able to carve out some time for me on such short notice (less then a day). David is a great human being and i am proud to call him my friend. He even gave me a box of '88 Fleer to take home so i could feed my 80's wax habit (and to pull a Jefferies Rookie!
on the way home, i had to snap this water tower pic, as id never seen anything like it before
i had such a great time on the road trip. i learned a lot about my family, shared a lot of stories, heard a lot as well.
Thank You for taking the time to read my thread.
-Eric
aka TBP
He wanted to go on a Road Trip to Florida (we're in NY), just the two of us, taking a drive down there, no pace to set, no restrictions on what we "had" to see. My Grandmother (His Mother) lives in Dunedin, and he hadnt seen her in a few years (me longer then that), so it sounded like a good game plan.
We headed out last Thursday.
Saw this at one of the rest areas, palm trees! lol so i had to take a pic:
We got to my Grandmothers around 10pm on Friday evening after a very stress-free, relaxing trip down there.
The next morning we went for a walk and i snapped a few pics...
These were taken just a few blocks from my Grandmothers house:
(reppin' the classic tee-shirt!)
did a lot of walking (thats a good thing!) and took pics from time to time.
This Orange Tree was on someones front lawn
HAD to do the geeky thing and have my pic taken with a Palm Tree lol
Someone had a yard sale that did not go so well, and had this sign laying on the ground next to some stuff that was out by the curb unattended, and we thought it would be a great Dylan tribute lol
after a few days, it was time to head to Atlanta to see my Uncle, on the morning we were set to leave, the Florida Rains hit:
that didnt stop us, and we made our way to Atlanta. Although no pics were taken, a great time was had by all.
My uncle is only about 6 years older then i am, and we have a lot more in common then i thought we did. i was glad to get to sit and chat with him, as ive not seen him much during my life.
Since we were in Atlanta for a day and a half or so, i decided to meet up with Gilmore at a card shop, so i could see a local shop, and grab lunch with our leader it was a great time, and i got to meet FCBer "Erich" as well, also a nice guy and was glad to meet him.
That night (Tuesday), i also got to meet my long lost FCB Brother, Leatherman. David and i have known each other on line for a very long time, and have had many conversations about cards, life and everything in between.
it was really nice to be able to get to meet him and sit down and have a face to face chat. i cannot thank him enough for being able to carve out some time for me on such short notice (less then a day). David is a great human being and i am proud to call him my friend. He even gave me a box of '88 Fleer to take home so i could feed my 80's wax habit (and to pull a Jefferies Rookie!
on the way home, i had to snap this water tower pic, as id never seen anything like it before
i had such a great time on the road trip. i learned a lot about my family, shared a lot of stories, heard a lot as well.
Thank You for taking the time to read my thread.
-Eric
aka TBP