Alex’s “Road Trip”….ha ha

Tonight, Alex and his best friend Bobby are on a road trip to New York. Bobby is really into buying, fixing/restoring “Wheel Horse” tractors, and someone in New York has a barn-full of them he wants to get rid of….er, I mean…sell. (The man and Bobby are on the same internet forum pertaining to these Wheel Horse things)  So, Bobby gets the bright idea of taking a drive down/over to New York to buy some. In the meantime, someone else on the forum who lives near Farmington wanted Bobby to pick up his WH and take it down to New Hampshire (or was it Massachusetts); he will pay for the gas. Since Bobby was going into Farmington anyway to pick up Alex, the deal was set for picking up this guy’s tractor on the way to get Alex.

Originally, Bobby was going to pick up the tractor, go to UMF, spend the night in Alex’s room, then they would both leave early early early in the morning to get to NH at a reasonable time, drop the tractor off, then spend Saturday night with a friend of Prudence (Bobby’s mother). That would leave Sunday to get to New York, look at the tractors for sale, load it up in Bobby’s truck, get back to Farmington, drop off Alex, then head home, and be ready to work early Monday morning. I think I have that all straight.

Just in case I messed up on the details, it’s all a moot point now anyway as their plans had changed as of 6 pm tonight when Bobby left for the First WH guy. New plan: pick up the WH from the guy near Farmington; stop by UMF to pick up Alex; drive down to New Hampshire tonight, thereby saving  a few hours tomorrow; arriving at NH Lady’s house around 1AM.  I asked  Alex if it was ok with Prudence’s friend that they arrive so early, and, according to Alex and Bobby the lady is getting ready for a craft show tomorrow so she will be up getting her handmade baskets ready.

However, I am “on call” as the backup to their GPS….if it decides to conk out in the middle of the night,  Alex will call me so I can look up directions on Map Quest. I will either email it to them or Alex will stay on the phone with me as I take them step-by-step.  This could be a very long night for me. I hope not, but if they need me, I’m right here for them.

So, even though it’s “only” 11:30 I better get to bed so I’m not exhausted when/if they call me.