cosmic breath's gusty vitality and eating at Denny's

[sergebroom]

We made it to the Bay Area yesterday, The 1100-mile ride from New Mexico is one we've done so often that I probably gone at it with my eyes closed, and there were times when I could barely keep my peepers open, but the trip went without any incident.

It could have turned out differently.
(Says he ominously.)

We were ready earlier than expected on Friday so we left long before the crack of dawn. And, by the time we decided it was time to stop to eat, it was still so early in Flagstaff, Arizona, that none of the places Sue likes were open. I suggested Denny's, but she categorically refused. So we stopped at a grocery store and ordered some sandwwiches from their deli. Unfortunately, just as we were ordering them, we saw someone sneeze in there. So we picked up our sandwiches, hit the road.

And decided to stop in the next town. And ate at Denny's.

We were pooped when we stopped in Bakersfield, California, for the night. We turned in not long after watching the first 30 minutes of The Sound of Music, and some excerpt from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, where, among a bunch of dead people, Isolde sang to us about cosmic breath's gusty vitality.