Adventures with John in his Red Ford Truck

Our latest adventure, August 29, 2021

John and I take off with my granddaughter and drive to a nearby site-- Mossyrock Dam. We get out and walk along a tree-lined trail, posing for a photo in front of the massive concrete structure. “Can you imagine the work that went into that?” John remarks. “So much concrete!” I agree. Such high walls. What a huge undertaking.

 

We climb back into his red ford truck and drive on down the highway, noting cows, horses, old barns, and tall bleached out dead trees, spreading their skeletal limbs to the sky. A sign points down the road to “Cooper Wedding”. More signs point to the wedding as we drive along. “Let’s crash the wedding,” I joke. John and I laugh, but Faith, in the back seat, protests. “No, we’re not crashing the wedding,” she says.

 

“Maybe they’ll still have cake,” John suggests.

 

“Yeah, we won’t even pretend to know them,” I say. “We’ll just say, ‘Hi. We saw your signs and thought we’d stop and congratulate you.’ Maybe they’ll offer cake.” Finally, the signs point down a country road. We decide to drive past, at least, and see the venue.

 Lines of cars meet us coming. “We’re too late,” John laughs. “Everyone’s leaving.” Faith, in the back seat, expresses relief. We turn back to John's Mossyrock home  and let the dogs out (his white fluffy Pomeranian named Abby and my rambunctious terrier named Baxter). As we sit on a bench on his deck, overlooking trees and mountains, watching our dogs, we laugh over Faith’s concern that we really were going to crash a wedding. We almost wish we had though. It was a fun adventure in John’s red ford truck.

 

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Ha! I love it when the grandchildren think the adults are misbehaving. That brought a smile to my face. What a tease you are Shelley. Loved your outing. I was in the backseat too with Faith. Have a lovely day.

Chris

[Shelley Warner]

Thank you for your fun review. I had fun writing that. And when I read it to John this past weekend, we both laughed out loud.