Favorite Song, memory of a time not so long ago..

[cowpuc]

My oldest daughter, biker name is Awahoo, who is a School Teacher now out near Sacramento CA hasnt always been a full grown woman.. A number of years ago (yesterday in my mind) her and I were on a bike trip out west.. We were riding a 1984 Blonde Royale who the kids named "Beeg" (Beeg's Blonde side covers can been seen on our current bike "Tweeks")..

We had camped out in Badlands of South Dakota the night before, packed up and went looking for breakfast.. The west end of the Badlands pretty much emptys out into a place many of you have heard of, a place called Wall Drug.. We drifted into Wall Drug, found breakfast and got to goofing off in one of their many "Cowboy and Indian" tourist area..

I lost track of her for few minutes so, of course, I went looking for her.. I found Awahoo standing next to one of those Music Displays with a set of ear phone muffs on, standing there listening to a song with tears running down her cheeks.. I walked over to see why she was crying.. She handed me the ear phones and said "listen to this Dad,, they wrote this song about you".. Here is what she was listening to:

 

 

When we left Wall Drug and headed toward the Black Hills a trail of water followed our bike and it wasnt coming from a leaking water pump!!

[Flyinfool]

Is she trying to imply ol Pucs got logic?

[cowpuc]

They are sooo easy to fool before they turn into teenagers and discover that their intelligence is farrrrr beyond anything their parents can comprehend!!

 

 

Sure am glad I was never like that!!

[cowpuc]

[tomephil]

Well... Yippie ty ehhh

Hey, that s the Canadian version.

[Chaharly]

Now that even takes me back 'Puc! The Badlands and the whole black hills area are both really special to me. I've been up that way so many times I literally go by memory (not saying it doesn't get me into trouble every now and again)! I remember being 6 or maybe 7 years old and riding on the back of dads Goldwings up to the black hills. Theres a restaurant that I believe is called The Windmill on the western end of Rapid City that I can never get out of my mind. I always have to go back for the breakfast buffet.

 

It was kind of neat hearing it from the adults point of view though. I remember Wall-Drug too 5 cent coffee and free water t'boot! Did they have the T-Rex when you two went? I remember being terrified of that thing! Dont forget to ride the jackalope while in drug too!

[cowpuc]

Now that even takes me back 'Puc! The Badlands and the whole black hills area are both really special to me. I've been up that way so many times I literally go by memory (not saying it doesn't get me into trouble every now and again)! I remember being 6 or maybe 7 years old and riding on the back of dads Goldwings up to the black hills. Theres a restaurant that I believe is called The Windmill on the western end of Rapid City that I can never get out of my mind. I always have to go back for the breakfast buffet.

 

It was kind of neat hearing it from the adults point of view though. I remember Wall-Drug too 5 cent coffee and free water t'boot! Did they have the T-Rex when you two went? I remember being terrified of that thing! Dont forget to ride the jackalope while in drug too!

 

Indeed!! That T-Rex has been a favorite of my kids for years!! Somewhere I have video of it chasing Tippy too!! The "back yard" area at Wall is THE place to hang out when its 108 degrees - that water spray and free drinking water are a MUST have for survival out there!! We got caught camping on one of the ridges over looking the Badlands years ago, the Ranger who caught us was real nice about it,, just told us of a different spot in the park away from the tourist that we could camp at.. Have been tenting there now for many many years - tucked inside of the park area and dead quite at night - nothing but warm prairie breezes and coyotes!!