#326...Thelma and Louise take a ride. the official confluence.

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door." He used to say, "You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."    ~Tolkien  

      Sometimes in life,  it's the simple things that knock your socks off - even when you aren't wearing any.  And last Tuesday, for me, was just that sort of a day.   

It all began with a rather simple and innocuous suggestion - a road trip off the side of a road trip, as it were, by two rather outrageous and succulent wild women of J-land  - Thelma and Louise - better known as, Mumsy and Ms. Babymae.   

Their request was simple enough - to meet them for a meal and some laughs, as they would be venturing soon into our neck of the woods.    Mumsy set about inviting, in a cryptic and mischievous way, (via a comment, in old entries) to other fellow  J-landers of Pennsylvania to meet them at a point on the map that has no known mailing address (at least according to Mapquest).  And why did that not surprise me?  Because dear friends, the answer is quite simple -  wild and succulent women think alike.

Sir Slacster however, being a man, took Mumsy's invite as more of a dare...(which of course, any wild and succulent women already knows - is really the same thing. ) And so, the Slacster within the boundaries of intrigue and curiosity, picked up the proverbial gauntlet and agreed to the meeting.  Sir Vincent  however, was otherwise engaged - and would take a raincheck.  (Given his penchant for vampires, perhaps he cannot be seen in the light of day...if you get my meaning.)  

Well as it turned out, one mysterious location was then settled for another mysterious location, The Ritz Barbie-cue in A-town.  Which according to Slac -  "has especially good homemade ice cream,"  and is a local favorite venue of the town of Slacsville - (Butmostly this was decided for the more practical of slacadatical reasons -  the Green Ghost was in dire need of an extra nap.)  

Now succulent and wild people are always flexible you see, and so changes were processed immediately.  Mapquest too, as it turned out, had a modest idea of where to send me this time - at least within a 2 mile radius, so The Queen took that as an added bonus.    

And so it was arranged, both hastily and haphazardly, until at last the day of adventure had arrived.  Mumsy and Babymae chatted way too late the previous night, which of course, got them off to a late start, and then they drove for hours in the wrong direction, all because they were - again - chatting...   

 

Finally they made it to the original mysterious destination at 6:30 in the morning, only to knock at the wrong door.  "Thankfully, the homeowner was up having his morning coffee already, and pointed us in the right direction - which was right across the street," said Babymae....  

Before long they were off again to explore the Keystone state in search of homemade ice cream, and geeks bearing gifts.  Of course, we did not dare disappoint them. 

continued....