4 hours each way in a 53 year old truck= GOOD TIMES

4 days away from home, and it is GOOD to be back. Especially since Bebé was at his Grandparents the whole time. He had so much fun with them, it was no big deal that he hadn't seen Dad-Dad in 4 days! At least I got the huge hug and kiss! LOL! Every year we head down to Santa Maria California with our truck club (N. CA F100 Elites) and we meet up with Pickups Limited of SoCal, and have fun. Thursday, we loaded up the RagDoll and the Panel and met up with 7 other trucks and drove 4 hours to Santa Maria. As soon as I got there, we took the truck to the exhaust shop to take care of an exhaust leak. The tech wiggled the pipes, and they pretty much fell off the engine. OH DARN! New exhuast for me! Can we say STRAIGHT Pipes? Hubby is now green with envy...The rusty RagDoll sound better than his! I noticed that he took RagDoll to work today...PINK seat coverings and pink lettering on tailgate be damned, I guess! Friday we ate at Hudson's. Their milk shakes are divine. I stuffed myself to capacity and wandered around the parking lot looking at trucks to try and walk off dinner. We spent Saturday at the show, and I got to meet adragon8u from the Mustangs and More forums! It's nice to put a name to a face. Pica was busy giving kisses to his wife, and instantly made a few of my fellow club members jeaolous. They have known Pica since puppy hood and still get snapped at! Saturday night. If you have never had Santa Barbecue Tri-tip, you are missing out on the tastiest, meaty morsels! After dinner of said meaty morsels we walked back the whole block to our hotel. My friend E & I stopped at the liquor store for something to drink while the guys had fun in the pool. Both of us 'forgot' our bathing suits. Let me just say, It has been a while since I have been in a liquor store, I felt like such a dork. I'm sure the lady thought I was already drunk or a minor. "OOOH! Look at all the pretty colored drinks! OMG! PRE MADE JELLO SHOTS! " Whoever decided to market those is a genius! E and I each grabbed a pack(8 shots in each) and a carton of Jack Daniels little bottled drink things. Liquid watermelon nirvana! AHHH. I was afraid to get the schnapps and irish cream for fear of the fter effects. Sunday, drive home thankfully uneventful. Made it home and did a dance...I did not break down at all! WHoo Hoo! No Hard Luck award for me! Unfortunately, it was won by someone who ended up having gall bladder surgery. Not to mention another guy had food poisoning so bad he passed out IN the toilet of his hotel room. Note to self: Do NOT eat fish and chips in a hole in the wall restaurant on HWY 5 in the middle of nowhere. Can you believe I spent a total of less than an hour on the computer in 4 days??? It's good to be home. I'm off to go watch Bebé sleep. I think he is taking extra naps because he is tired of Mama bothering him with hugs and kisses today. I can't help it. I even caught myself looking over to check on him the entire time I was driving this weekend! Here are a couple of pictures. 1) Hubby and I with his Panel and the RagDoll in the background [don't you just love his socks?] 2.) A few of the trucks in front of the Hangar.