Yikes! - It Was A Close Call
It was late in the day when I noticed the yellow warning ⚠️ sign that my tire was low.
It was rapidly deflating, and I was in a small town with only one gas station.
In just a few minutes, my back tire went from 65 pounds to 30 pounds. It should be about 80.
I hurried to the gas station and tried to fill the tire with air. The gash in the tire was so large that every time it reached about 50 pounds, it would immediately start deflating again.
There was only one Walmart in town, and it would be closing soon. I was the last customer in the automotive shop, and they literally turned the lights out as I left.
By the time they could work on my tire, it had 12 pounds of air. Needless to say, patching the tire was out of the question. They put a temporary tire on the 🚐, and I literally went from the back of the Walmart automotive department to the front parking lot. I didn’t want to drive at night on the temporary tire, and I had to get to a bigger town the next day to find the correct tire.
And that, my friends, was my first introduction to sleeping in a Walmart parking lot!
Has this happened to you?
I can’t believe it’s only been two weeks since I posted about performing at the Lake Anna Jazz Festival.
I have traveled so much since then that it seems like it was months ago, and I don’t even know where to begin.
Has this happened to you?
I am so caught up in trying to tell the “best” or “right”
inspirational story that I haven’t shared anything. 😀
I have also been deeply engrossed in every project and person that I visited, so there’s been very little time to be on the internet. Sharing my tire experience is my attempt at crossing the bridge of “trying to get it right” and simply begin.
Each of the following stops could fill an entire post with numerous pictures and stories.
If anything is of particular interest, I am happy to share more with you.
Pocahontas State Park - Chesterfield, VA - ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Largest VA State Park, 8,000 acres. Lovely, clean, open year round.
Highly recommend. I will be back!
Perfect place to recharge after the Lake Anna Jazz Festival
Pure Honey Music Festival - Woolwine, VA - ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Griffith Valley - Music and atmosphere are heavenly!
Anthony, Honey House owner, took me to the Wood’s Brothers NASCAR Museum
Museum, Very cool museum and it was an honor to meet Leonard Wood,
He’s 93 and still working everyday!
Stay at the Honey House AirBnB and enjoy this slice of heaven
Final Cut Studios - Roanoke, VA
Fortunate to spend the day with sound engineer, Skip Brown and he helped me make some awesome adjustments to the van. People saw me singing and wanted to take pictures with Woodstock, 🚐 Fun!
Radford University - Radford, VA
Spent time with my dear friend, Denise Bernardini- fellow coauthor of our book, Mindfulness of Singing. Enjoyed working with her students and taught a master
Class for the voice department
Shenandoah Valley Campground - Verona, VA - ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Bunnies galore - I have never seen that many bunnies! Bunny heaven.
Waterfall, nice hot itubs to enjoy while washing your clothes
Decorate your Halloween RV was happening while I was there. - Very Festive
Brudergarten Beer Garden - Octoberfest - Leonardtown, MD
Treat to attend my dear friend Joe’s birthday party at the beer garden!
Happened to be there in time for the tractor festival as well. 😀
I’m spending this week in Fredericksburg, VA.
I will start heading south to Branson, MO next Saturday.
October 18th, 10:30 - Terry and I will be sharing at Unity of Fayetteville. Come join us!
Love and hugs!
toni
P.S. Congratulations to Marquette and Ted on their wedding last weekend!
Super cool that they played one of our original songs, “ I Can Recall,” at their wedding.
We are honored that they asked for our song, and I can’t wait to see pictures of their big day.
“I Can Recall” will be released on our album.
