, , and I embarked on a 600 mile journey to meet on August 2nd. The ride was very long, but it was . Tori tied her bra to the antenna, so it was flapping around the whole time. People gave us odd looks, but we didn’t really care. We liked the attention and it wasn’t like we would ever see those people again. Kansas was pretty damned boring. We kept cracking Wizard of Oz jokes, which is a requirement when driving through that state.

On the long stretches of highway with nothing in sight but miles of wheat or cornfields we sang to the only tape that would play on my ghetto-fabulous car radio; Lee Greenwood’s greatest hits. It wouldn’t even pick up radio stations. We probably heard that tape 100 times to and from Nebraska. If a car happened to pass we would wave at them like madwomen. What was odd was everyone waved back. I guess it’s a country thing. If we did that in Tulsa we’d get the American sign for “fuck you” from most.

When we hit the Kansas – Nebraska state line we got out to stretch our legs. We straddled the state line so we could say that we had been in two places at once. After that we copped a squat. A couple cars drove by, so that was somewhat embarrassing, but it was night so I don’t think they got a good look at our assets.

The next city we seen was McCook. We had to drive through their downtown and Main Street. It was Saturday night so the teenagers were cruising. Apparently, there isn’t much else to do there on weekends. We still had our flag (Tori’s bra) flying high. We had forgotten about it by then, but we suddenly remembered it when we noticed the odd looks. One thing we can say about McCook is they have some damned fine guys.

After a eight and a half hour drive we arrived in North Platte, Nebraska. It was around 11pm. I knew Erick didn’t get off until after midnight, so we went across the street and freshened up. Then we drove through Applebee’s parking lot looking for his car. We were turning the corner on the back of the building when Tori suddenly yelled, “There he is! There he is!” He poked his head around the corner and then started walking toward us.

to be continued…

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