The "Doing the 'Wave'" Story

It was an ordinary day. Watching a show on Home and Garden Channel and just before they went to a commercial they had a trivia question. Who invented the waterbed? Answers were: (A) The Romans; (B) The Ancient Persians; (C) The Egyptians. OK, have you made you guess? Answer: The Ancient Persians. The first water-filled beds were goatskins filled with water, used in Persia more then 3,600 years ago to conduct fertility rites. And in 1873 a different version of the waterbed was used for the treatment and prevention of bed sores. In 1895 the British store Harrod's sold beds that looked like a very large hot water bottle. But the modern day waterbed was invented by Charles Hall in San Francisco in 1969. So what, you say! Well, I say because I have a story to tell you about the waterbed that we had for years. In the mid-70s, while living in the Grandview area of Lancaster, we needed a new mattress for our bed. While looking for it we came upon the waterbed. Pretty neat! "We bought a bed frame made for them and them purchased a "waveless" waterbed. The "waveless" had chambers built into it so there was less wave motion. I tended to get motion sick so the last thing I wanted when I conducted our fertility rites was to get sick. Boy was it great. Hop in bed on a cold winter night and it was warm to the touch. We filled the bed by running the hose from our outside faucet up the side of the house, into the bedroom, and then into the waterbed receptacle. Had to put special chemicals into the water when you filled it, but I can't remember why. The waterbed was made of polyvinyl chloride and it smelled for quite some time. Before we filled the waterbed, we placed a special heating pad under it so we could control the temperature of the water by means of a thermostat. Found that the temperature is pretty critical. Don't want to lower or raise the body temperature, which can happen if you are not careful. I remember the time Carol and I went out for the evening and our daughter layed on the waterbed for some time watching TV. She turned the temperature up and forgot to turn it back down when she went to bed. The next morning I awoke and told Carol I felt sick. I was sweating and felt really warm. I showered and started to feel better after getting out of the shower. As I left the bedroom to head to work, she told me she was also sweating and thought she had a fever. Ah, Ha!! We checked the thermostat and found the reason for our illness. We were lucky, since it can really make you ill. One time our pet cat was trying to escape our pet dog and bounded on the bed and put a hole in the mattress with her claw. Wow, what a mess. had to drain it, patch it, and get out the hose again. I must admit that we had many nights of restful sleep on that waterbed. Research has proven that when sleeping on water there are less pressure points on your body, which means you don't have to toss and turn as much. Gives you a deeper sleep, therefore you need less sleep. Eventually our youngest son bought a waterbed with his own money and set up the frame and mattress in his room which was on our third floor. Biggest problem was getting enough water pressure through the new, longer hose we had to buy. Both have gone by the wayside, but did give us some wonderful memories. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

The "Oh No! They're Back!!" Story

It was an ordinary day. 5:00 AM, August 14th and it's raining. And, I feel like crap. My shingles have returned to create havoc again. I spent yesterday morning in the ER, trying to figure what I can do to walk again. My left leg feels like it is on fire and I am having trouble walking and laying down, trying to sleep. The plan of attack this time is 500mg of a strong pain-killer every 6 hours and the start of the drug Gabipentin to help with the shingles. The drug Gabipentin was originally developed for epilepsy, but is now used to also help with neuropathic pain. I started with one dose yesterday, will take two doses today and three doses thereafter. Not sure for how long, but maybe for life, since the singles virus will always remain in my body and can flair up at any time. The pain returned last Friday afternoon, after I returned from visiting with my mom. While walking back to my car after the visit, I felt a burning sensation in my left leg. Within an hour it was a full-blown return of the shingles that I first developed last April while on vacation in St. Martin. How depressing to know that I'm going to have to battle this disease once again. My family doctor is not open over the weekend so I opted to take the pain medicine Tramadol and wait until Monday morning before calling for help. Sunday night was terrible with trying to find a comfortable position to sleep, all the while keeping my wife from getting her sleep. About 3:00 AM I headed to my easy-chair in the family room, which is about the only way I can get any relief. 8:00 AM I was on the phone, but found that none of the doctors at Lancaster Internal Medicine were going to be in the office. Now what? Carol told me of an infectious disease doctor who helped one of her friends so I placed a call to her practice. Told that the earliest appointment they had was in October. Holy s*#t! They did tell me that they have three doctors and one of them is always on call at the General Health Hospital or Campus. OK, now I know what to do. Carol and I hopped in the car an headed to the Lancaster General Hospital ER. Actually, she hopped in the car after helping push me into the passenger side. She dropped me off and I struggled to the ER desk. They saw me coming and grabbed a wheel chair for me. I told them I had shingles and they took me right away into a waiting ER room and closed the door. Wow! Within a few minutes an ER doctor opened the door and entered. After a quick discussion and an examination of the scarring from my spine to below my left knee he left. Returned with two choices. Medication or a patch to help relieve the pain. We both decided that the scars and pain were too widespread for the patch so he gave me the medicine options. I could try what I chose or I could take the strong pain killer and a depression medicine. Hey, anyone who has shingles has to be depressed, but I chose the Gabipentin. I got my prescriptions and headed to the pharmacy. After walking in the house, plopping in my easy-chair and turning on the TV, wouldn't you know that on the screen was an ad about shingles. 1 in 3 people will develop shingles in their lifetime. If I had only seen the ad months ago and heeded their advice to get the vaccine, not of this would be happening. Let me tell you, you don't want this disease. It is HELL!! Feel like I'm being punished for every sin or bad word I ever said or every bad thought that ever came into my mind. If only I could have my leg cut off and still be able to walk I would do it. Need I say more to influence you to get the vaccine if you have ever had chicken pox and have never developed shingles yet. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

The "One Magazine's Top Islands" Story

It was an ordinary day. Killing time by reading a few magazines online. Pulled up Budget Travel Magazine and saw an interesting article about the most popular islands in the Caribbean for travel. Naturally had to click on it and saw that the top island was St. Martin. I should have known that, since St. Martin is my favorite island, but kind of hoping it wasn't the top one. Probably the reason why the roads get so congested at times and the beaches are so filled most days. But, it still wouldn't keep us away from the place. I'll list the top-ten islands and give you the low-down on what Budget Travel, as well as LDub, thinks are the reasons for traveling to all the different islands. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

St. Martin/Sint Maarten - What more can I say about this French/Dutch island than I have already said. When you assess my blog, click on St. Martin/Sint Maarten in the index and you can read all about the island of choice for Carol and me. Below is Great Bay Beach in Philipsburg, the capital of the Dutch side.
Aruba - We made a stop in Aruba in 2010 while on a cruise through the Panama Canal. Wasn't impressed, but that was because we went to Palm Beach and the day we visited, the water was cloudy and dirty. Most of the great resorts are located on the western side of the Dutch island for one reason: spectacular sunsets. We missed that! We have talked to many friends who just love this island. Photo below is from Palm Beach.

Bahamas - Heard of Nassau? Well, Cat Island is just 45 minutes from Nassau. It is a 48-mile-long coral outcrop just 265 miles east of Florida. Last year there were over 5 million travelers that ventured to the Bahamas, but only a fraction made a call on Cat. Cat island features empty pink-sand beaches, great diving and thatch-roof beach bars. What else could you want?
US Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John combine to form the USVI. St. Croix is the largest at 82 square miles, yet gets the least amount of tourists. We have traveled to all three of the islands twice. Our favorite, St. Thomas. Still remember the first time we visited Magen's Bay Beach. Unbelievable! Ranked as one of the top 10 beaches in the world by several magazines. Trunk Bay Beach, shown in the background of the photo below behind my wife and me, is on St. John's and is a National Park. I tried to take a small tree pod with me when I left and was made to put it back, since you may not remove anything from a US National Park.
Puerto Rico - Old San Juan is still numero uno in Puerto Rico, but tourists have started to explore about 40 miles to the east, to Vieques. The US Navy used to use Vieques as a target-practice center until 2003. A few of the beaches on Vieques have gained exposure on the worldwide top-10 list.
Bermuda - Sitting all alone in the Atlantic Ocean 650 miles east of north Carolina, Bermuda is a beauty. It's really not in the Caribbean, but always seems to be associated with all the other islands that are near and are in the Caribbean. The peak seasonb runs from spring to fall. In 2012 the island will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the settlement of St. George's Town, the 350 anniversary of Warwick Academy which is the oldest school in the western hemisphere, and the 200th anniversary of the Bermuda post Office which culminates with an April exhibition of stamps from Queen Elizabeth II's private collection
Cayman Islands - The Caymans are synonymous with deep-sea diving and offshore banking. We traveled to Grand Cayman in 2007 and found the island to be very expensive. Stopped for lunch and paid $12 for a burger. We did have a fantastic time swimming with the stingrays. We did this shortly after Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray. Still didn't stop us from adventuring in the water with these beautiful creatures. The Caymans are famous for their Seven Mile Beach. The photo below shows the many boats that have stopped to allow tourists the chance to swim with the stingrays.
Dominican Republic - This is a great place to find affordable all-inclusives, particularly in Punta Cana, on the island's east coast. The monkey jungle Dominicana, located between Cabarete and Sosua, features a zip line and suspension bridge tour which gives the profits to the free on-site medical and dental clinic, which is staffed by volunteers and treats patients who cannot not afford health care. Photo below is from Las Terrenas.
Jamaica - East to get to and they have numerous resorts to stay at. Many of the resorts are all-inclusive which makes it easy to travel to your resort and stay at the same location throughout your visit. I took the photo below when we visited Jamiaca. It is the raft station at the Martha Brae River. You ride a raft leisurely down the river toward the ocean while your guide points out the features of the island along the banks of the river. We traveled to Jamaica one time and will not return, since we didn't feel safe other than on our resort.
Trinidad & Tobago - Trinidad is the island that has restuarants, nightclubs and 96% of the countries population, while Tobago is a 116-square-mile haven that has empty beaches, calm bays and spectacular brain-coral reefs.

The "Painting the Line" Story

It was an ordinary day. Just leaving the high school where I work part-time in the summer doing the in-house printing. Recently the school district re-did one of the two intersections that lead to the school. Made it so you could only exit onto busy Rt. 501N by going to the right. No left turn and having to cross over oncoming traffic. Needless to say it was done for safety purposes as well as keeping the traffic flowing at a faster rate. Everyone must now leave by the other exit where there is a traffic light. Well, today they are painting some lines on the pavement of the new entrance to help keep you in the correct lane. The area is too small for a large line-painting truck, so they have to do it by hand. Made me wonder when they actually started painting lines on streets. Googled it and found that the first street lines where placed on "Dead Man's Curve" in Michigan along the Marquette–Negaunee Road in 1917. Had a hand-painted center line which was the first in the United States according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. I came across a few really neat street-painting line photos while on the web-site Pinterest. The first one has an electrical plug at the end of a double yellow line while the other has a zipper tab at the end of two lines that converge at the tab. Both are pretty neat. Then I also found this photo that was taken when road crews in Pennsylvania were repainting lines. They inadvertently laid a fresh coat of yellow paint over a dead raccoon. Allegedly unavoidable the crew said! The crews usually have a foreman who travels in another vehicle in front of the paint truck, but didn't the morning that the accident happened. After someone took a photo of it and reported it, the crew went back and cleared the animal from the road leaving a gap in the line. Wonder that doesn't happen more often with the amount of dead animals that you see on our highways. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

Dead man's curve in Michigan

The "Desired Designer" Story

It was an ordinary day. My wife was looking at the story I wrote about Sea Glass and told me I should look at one of the photos that she pinned on Pinterest in the Jewelry category on my board. OK, simple to do by going to Pinterest, opening my board and going to the Jewelry category. Yep, there was this neat photo of an old pocket watch that had the movement removed and in place of the gears was a small starfish and beautiful seaglass. Wow, some really pretty blues with a piece of white in there. I told her we should make one just like it with the old pocket watch that I had in my filing cabinet that belonged to someone that my dad knew years ago. When my father died about four years ago, on top of his refrigerator in his kitchen I found maybe two dozen watches and a pocket watch or two. Dad was a watchmaker by trade and people would always give him their watches to fix. He would put them on the fridge and get to them when he felt like it. After his death I put the leftovers in a manila envelope and stuck them in my filling cabinet, wondering if someone would call to ask about their watch. Well, it is time to use one of the pocket watches. Hey, thanks to whomever the watch belonged to at one time. I removed the back, pulled out the guts and snipped off the winding stem. Then Carol cleaned the inside and outside of the watch and found her own starfish amongst the many that we have collected over the years. Since we have no collection of sea glass, she went to AC Moore and bought a small bag of alleged seaglass. Put the starfish and seaglass in the watch casing and Viola! Wow, pretty fetching piece of jewelry. Found a long chain for it and plans to wear it tomorrow to work. I'm sure she will have many comments on her new self-made piece of jewelry. And me, well I took a photo of it and placed in on Pinterest for others to see what we did after looking at someone else's photo. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - photo at the top is from the Pinterest site and the one at the bottom is the one that Carol made and I photographed on the back deck. Carol's actually looks like it is underwater.

The "Memories of Times Past" Story

It was an ordinary day. Visiting a small town along the Chesapeake Bay and leaving an antique shop where Carol thought we might be able to find some sea glass. Didn't find any, but did find an old phone like we used to have in our house on Janet Avenue. I can remember when one of our youngest son's friend came to visit and didn't know how to use the phone. Wow, really bringing back memories. Thought I might write a little about some of the neat things that I grew up with as a kid. See if you remember them also. Should be able to tell your age by what you know or don't know. I'll do it with some pictures to make it easy. The results are at the end. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

Answers from the top are: fountain pen, double-bubble gum, Lucy, 45 insert for record, 15 cent burgers at McDonald's, transistor radio, candy cigarettes, drive-in theatre, card catalogue, jacks, dial phone, Leave it to Beaver, view master, test pattern, candy buttons, Dennis the Menace, green stamps, Lassie, typewriter

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The "Extraordinary Uses Of Ordinary Items" Story

It was an ordinary day. Found some extraordinary uses of some ordinary items. Naturally Duct Tape has to be on the top of the list. This is a must item to take along with you on vacation. You can repair almost anything with the gray sticky stuff. Matter of fact I saw it is now made in different colors so you can color coordinate. Boogie Boards, kitchen utensils, fronts on air conditioners, shower stalls, ....... you name it and it can break while on vacation, and the duct tape will be able to fix all of that. My granddaughters are using it to decorate just about everything. The new fad for school this year. And if you are in need of something to slice soft bread, butter, cheese or even a birthday cake, try dental floss. Works great. And, I found that I can use a plastic soda bottle cut in half as a funnel when necessary. Then there is the evening salad that, after washing all the lettuce, still is extremely wet. Use your hair dryer to dry the water if you don't want all that extra water as your salad dressing. Also found out that poison ivy can be treated with Baking Soda by placing 3 teaspoons in a teaspoon of water and apply it to the affected area. That, and also rubbing lemon juice on the affected area. Did you know that if you take a few cotton balls, put your favorite cologne or after shave on them and drop them in the vacuum cleaner canister, it will help to deodorize the room you are cleaning. Dampen a few more cotton balls with vanilla and place them in the fridge for a pleasant scent. And the spots in your house where mildew may breed are candidates for a few cotton balls dipped in bleach. Something that my daughter told me to do is after using a kitchen sponge, rinse it, squeegee the water out, put a few drops of lemon juice on it, then pop it in the microwave to kill all the germs and give it a better smell. And, if you have a small cutting board, place it in the microwave after washing to help kill all the germs that may still remain on it. Same thing for your hard brown sugar in that box. Sprinkle a bit of water on the sugar and heat it for 20 seconds in the microwave. Softens it real quick. Finally, my daughter also sent me a note telling me that if you place a wooden spoon over the pan that you are boiling something in, it will not boil over. So she says! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

The "Staying Dry Along The Chesapeake" Story

It was an ordinary day. Going on a date! My wife and I like to go on a date as often as we can. Sometimes it is to visit with friends for a long weekend, other times it may be to an evening concert to hear some oldies band, but then again it may just be out to eat. Well, today we are headed to Havre de Grace, Maryland for lunch. Takes slightly over an hour, but the drive is an easy one through the Pennsylvania countryside to the Maryland border and across the Susquehanna River. Havre de Grace is at the head of the Chesapeake Bay and means harbor of grace in French. Neat little town with a hospital, marina, plenty of antique shops, and a boardwalk that rims the waterfront. The only problem is they only have one restaurant that is located by the water and that restaurant has made us sick on a few occasions. Physically sick. After eating at the Tidewater Grill we would walk around town and then it would hit us. Got to find a bathroom and quick. We pity the poor owners of the places we find with a restroom. Wouldn't want to be in the shop immediately after we leave. One time we started home right after eating and had to stop at a shop part-way home to use the restroom. We finally figured out why we were getting sick. Must be the water! So, we don't drink the water or the ice tea or anything that they might have to use water to make. And, it worked. We haven't been back to the city to eat lunch for over a year, but we thought we would give the Tidewater Grill another shot. Checked the menu and started to make our choices when the waitress arrived. "I'll have a gingerale," I said and my wife said, "And, I'll have a diet coke." Playing it safe. Carol ordered the crabcake sandwich and I ordered the chicken salad sandwich on a croissant. Oh yeah, I also had their cream of crab soup that is soooo good. Made with sherry! As we waited, we watched an Acela Express train make its way quickly across the Susquehanna. This is the high-speed train that travels the North-east corridor of the US. "Oh, here comes my crab soup," I said as the waitress approached. We usually share a cup with Carol taking a spoonful or two first, then I pour on the pepper and finish the cup. Carol took a spoonful and said, "Boy, you can really taste the sherry. Tastes great." I took my first spoonful and started to savor the taste when I bit into a shell. I hate that!! Then the next spoonful revealed more shells. "Carol saw me pick the shells out of my mouth and said, "Don't spit them on the floor." You see, the last time I had a cup of crab soup with shells in it, I cluttered the floor with the pieces. "Just swallow them," she said. "Swallow them?" I asked astonishingly. "You got to be kidding!" After a few more spoonfuls of shells I put my spoon down and pushed the cup away from me. Shortly the waitress brought our sandwiches and seeing that I hadn't finished the soup asked if something was wrong. "Yes, it's full of shells," I told her. She said she was sorry and wouldn't charge me for it. We started in on our sandwiches and the waitress returned and said, "I looked in the pot and it is loaded with shells. Nice to know. "Anything else I can get for you?" I told her I would like some mayonaise. After my condiment arrived we both ate our sandwiches while talking about the people around us, wondering if they would get sick and if they were enjoying their shell soup. Then I looked at Carol and said, "How's your sandwich?" "Extremely dry," she said. "Can't be as dry as mine," I said while starting on my second gingerale. I had loaded the entire dish of mayonaise on the sandwich and it was still dry. We both ate a little over half of our sandwichs and most of the home-made chips when the waitress arrived with, "Do you want to see the dessert menu?" "Just the check please," I responded. Well, the good news about our lunch date ...... neither one of us got sick. And, the bad news ...... we won't be sitting by the water on our next trip to Havre de Grace. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

The "Supper with the Boss" Story

It was an ordinary day. Finishing cleaning up from our supper last night. Carol invited her boss and his wife for supper to try to make an impression on him and make him like her better than the rest of the people she works with. Nah, not really; I only made up that last part! She did it because she enjoys cooking, we haven't had a chance to use our rear deck this summer because of the heat, and her boss is a nice guy. Scott was named President and CEO of the Parish Resource Center at the beginning of the year. He came to Lancaster from the San Francisco Theological Seminary where he served as interim Vice President of Institutional Advancement. Scott is an ordained Presbyterian minister as was his father. He got his Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and later returned to his alma mater in 1997 to serve as the program director for the Center of Continuing Education. He and his wife, Judy, have two grown daughters. Getting back to our evening, we had a two pound piece of salmon that Carol made a sauce of butter, garlic and capers to cover. Fantastic, and there was very little remaining. Had some smashed red potatoes (you read that right), pear and raisin salad, and roasted zucchini. Started the evening with crackers and dip and a drink that I mixed about a year ago and never finished. Pretty potent, but tasted great. For dessert we had grilled pineapple chunks with vanilla ice cream. If it sounds good, it was. But the stories we told after the meal was complete were priceless. Scott and Judy talked about their parents, friends and the cars they used to own, while Carol and I ........ well you have read quite a few of the tales that we talked about as darkness fell and the lights on our lighted, fake palm tree came on. When the lights on the tree first burst into the dark evening, Scott declared, "Boy, that's so Lancaster!" Since there was a slight breeze last night and the bugs were non-existent, we sat around our dinner table on the deck and talked until 10:00 PM. Had a great evening with new friends and plan to have more. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

The "A Song For The Oldies ..... People That Is!" Story

It was an ordinary day. And then my friend from Arizona sent me an email. He titled the email "A Song to Lighten Your Mood." I listened to it a few times and then wrote a story about how I felt about it. After reading the story a few times myself, I had to stop and laugh. Was I really as depressed as I said in my story. Nah!! So, I will try again. Here goes ....... I listened to it a few times and the more I understood the lyrics, the more I laughed. Hey, it could have been filmed in my house with all the pill bottles and the keys in the fridge. But, if you can't make fun of yourself and your age, you'll be so depressed that life will really suck. I'm not like that. So I highlighted my old story and hit the delete button. Actually lost the entire story and had to start over, since I must have hit something else by mistake. That's life, right. Happens all the time when I sit in front of the computer, but that's what makes writing these stories fun, having to write some of them over again. That way I can laugh a second, or even third time, about myself as I put the words on the screen. Oh yeah, getting back to the song, titled the "Green Side of the Grass" and I know you'll enjoy it. If not call me and we can talk. I just know I can tell you a story that will make you laugh! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

The "I've Been Searching and Searching, But ...." Story

It was an ordinary day. Cleaning my desk, since I just never get a chance to see the wood top on it with all the clutter and such that fills the desk. Very seldom do I clean it, but it really needed it. At the end of the desk sits two small round bottles with neat ceramic tops, two tall bottles that are about an 1" square, and one real tall bottle that isabout 2 1/2" square. All the bottles have colorful beach scenes painted on them and at one time held MaDouDou rum from the island of St. Martin in the Caribbean. Enjoyed the rum, but enjoy the bottles even more, since inside them is sand that I have collected from over a century of beach traveling. Neat souvenir as well as being a very inexpensive one. Some have openings large enough to accomodate a few small sea shells, but none have any seaglass in them. Reason is that seaglass is extremely hard to find anymore. With all the plastic bottles replacing the glass ones, there are fewer bottles thrown into the ocean. Beach glass makes great jewelry if you find just the right piece and color. Seaglass is best found after high tide or when a storm may have created high waves washing the glass on to shore. At times you must look along the tide line through the debris that lines the beach. Depending on the color, it may be very tough to find. Green, brown and clear are the most common, but the hardest to find, since they blend in with all the debris, sand and shells that accumulate on the tide line. A true piece of seaglass will have been tumbled and tumbled in the ocean and frosted by sand over years and years of washing back and forth with the tides. The frosting is caused by lime and soda being leached from the glass by salt water as well as constant friction against sand, rocks and pebbles. Seaglass can be found all over the world and comes in a variety of colors depending on the origin of the glass. Soda bottles, beer bottles medicine bottles, jars, windowpanes and even spectacles are good sources of seaglass. Smaller pieces of seaglass are typically the easiest to find. Usually the stuff that you buy in craft stores is not true seaglass, since it is not frosted entirely around the piece. Some of the colors of seaglass and where they come from are: green is the most common and is usually from beer bottles; brown is also from beer bottles; amber is probably from old whiskey or medicine bottles, aqua color is from old ink or soda bottles or even fruit preserve jars; deep blue pieces are usually from old poison bottles; clear can come from juice or soda bottles as well as window panes or spectacles; and red, purple, black, yellow, and orange are a very rare find. An upcoming trip to Provo in the Turks and Caicos chain will give me another chance to see if I can find any seaglass. My prediction is probably not, but it is still worth the try as I roam the beaches looking for most anything that reflects light or relates to the sea. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - pixs from the top are: seaglass pendant, common source of sea glass, one of the few pieces of seaglass I have ever found.

The "Life is all about the Ride: Part 4" Story

It was an ordinary day. My final story about the "Crusin' Cuisine" from Mount Joy, PA. Hey, if you just stick with me ....... I'll make a classic car lover out of you. These final three cars are all super cars and I would love to have any one of them. Only problem is that I know I never will, but I can still enjoy looking at them. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

My favorite of the entire show! A 1956 Ford Victoria that was partially customized. Owned by a couple from nearby East Petersburg, PA. It reminded me so much of my 1955 Ford Victoria that I also had replaced the grill in and had put spotlights on both sides. Wow, at first I thought if might be my old car until I saw the taillights, interior and the sign on the window. My car was originally pink and white and I had it painted black just like the one I was looking at. The one really different thing about the two cars was mine still had a pink and white interior, plus the taillights were different. A real classic!!




This is another local Mount Joy car. 1940 Ford Sedan with really neat lines and the color is a bright red.




This is a 1937 Ford Roadster owned by a guy from Denver, PA. The color was just beautiful with the sun drawing out the color. No bumpers on the front or rear and the taillights are cut right into the rear or the car.