Styrofoam Ice Chest Squeaking All The TIme In The Back Seat Of The Car During A 450-Mile Road Trip To Missouri In August…

Windows all rolled down because no air-conditioning and blowing hot August air on our red sweaty faces.

Stop on the side of the road to eat bologna sandwiches on white bread with that funky orangish sandwich spread for our lunch.

Some things are better these days than 61 years ago.

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Musicman · 61-69, MVIP

Oh my gosh! Some of the old days were not that great. God bless you 🙏🙏🙏 These days I like my air conditioning.💖💖💖💖💖

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Musicman and my aunt was driving the minimum speed limit, she never drove fast, made the trip go that much longer. She was smoking a cigarette and my sister was sitting up front. The wind knocked a piece of the cigarette coal out and hit my sister’s arm so my aunt pulled over to see where it went, afraid that the car would catch on fire. In the chaos the dog, a chihuahua-terrier mix, jumped out with us to use the bathroom. We got back in the car and took off. About 3 miles later we keep hearing a semi-truck honking horn constantly. My uncle turned around to look and said he thought the driver was honking at us. So my aunt pulled over again and the truck driver pulled over. Exited the truck carrying our little dog, said he was trotting as fast as he could on the hot road trying to catch up with us as we took off. The good-hearted truck driver stopped and rescued him and decided to follow us and return him. Good thing my aunt was driving so slow, didn’t take him long to catch up with us.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti What a beautiful story. I just stopped my cleaning lady from vacuuming and made her listen while I read it to her. Thank you for writing that for us.

Musicman · 61-69, MVIP

@cherokeepatti Oh my gosh! God bless that truck driver. 🙏🙏🙏