The Annual Holiday Road Trip

 

by Pa Rock

Traveling Fool

Rosie and I are on the road today heading to Roeland Park, Kansas, in the Kansas City suburbs to spend three nights with my son, Tim, and his family.   Sunday afternoon we will be in the audience at the KC Rep (at the University of Missouri at Kansas City - UMKC) for their annual production of "A Christmas Carol."  We have been attending these annual performances since Olive was four - and she is fourteen now.  The stage show did not happen in 2020 due to the pandemic, but we have been at every other performance - usually center stage, somewhere in the first two rows.

The KC Rep does a wonderful job with "A Christmas Carol," and each year there are always a few changes in the production to keep it fresh.

This will be my third big out-of-town trip this week.  Tuesday I had a doctor's appointment in Springfield - 100 miles from West Plains, at the eye clinic - and hit the Costco while I was in the "Queen City of the Ozarks."  Yesterday I drove to the far end of Mountain Home, Arkansas (55 miles from West Plains), for another doctor's appointment, one that was very painful.  Hint:  the appointment was with a uruologist!   I did see a double rainbow while in Mountain Home, but have no idea whether that portends something special or not.  There are no doctors waiting for me in Kansas City today, but our drive - one way - is 270 miles.

It's a good time to be on the road because the furnace still has not been fixed.  I like road trips, the driving and listening to music help to take my mind off of the vulgarities  spewing out of our nation's capital.   Sooner or later I will write about Piggy wanting his name on the Kennedy Center, but it will take several more days before I can calm myself enough to tackle that affront to civilization and the arts.

So, for this weekend at least, I will be enjoying Christmas in Merry Old Victorian London.  Ebenezer Scrooge had his issues, but he looks like a choir boy compared to our Felon-in-Chief!

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come needs to drop by 1600 Pennsylvania late some evening put on a personalized show for Piggy.  Or maybe they could hold it at the Kennedy Center!