{I mentioned in another story that I would write about what happened down at that man's club I belong to. The last time we went, we left just as the getting was pretty good, a woman named Sid who is a body builder was up on the stage.
We know her from the gym Debra and I belong to.
As it turns out, Sid was..well...naked? Most of you have seen those muscle shows, normally in skimpy bikinis. But this was a private show, at a private club down the coast about 90 miles.
When we figured out that the only reason those old men let us in was because they thought that Debs was going to be part of the show, we left since she was not prepared for that. The two of us were back in the car and headed home, it was raining like a Cow pissing on a flat rock when I noticed her reaction.
Debra was fairly quiet all the way home, not like her one bit. At first I thought maybe she was pissed off at me for dragging her along to a show like that, but then I realized she wasn't.
My Debs got sort of fussed up at the idea, but we were back on the road before it really registered on her.
That I figured out when she undid her seat belt, scooted over next to me and hooked up the center one. She sends signals when she gets fussed up, and she was now sending them.
I managed to stay on the road, barely.
Anyway, I did join up with that old coot's club later on, partly as a joke and partly serious, but up until a few weeks ago all I ever did was go to their local meetings. Only two of them because it's 90 miles down there.
That is mostly just old men sitting around telling each other stories, probably all lies except for the ones I told, about things they did when they were young. They drink some, play some illegal slot machines that never pay off, shoot pool, stuff like that.
But two, perhaps three times per year they have what they call "visitations" where one club chapter visits another one. There are other chapters all over the country as I found out.
That is when the shows happen, sometimes a stripper or two, sometimes some videos, I guess they bring in topless bartenders although I have never seen even that to this point. The one Debs and I tried to go to had female body builders, in pretend competition but the real idea was to see them all naked.
Just old men having some fun, harmless stuff.
So this tale is about what happened, back on September the 13th, which is a Friday, by the way. You don't have to believe me, I almost don't myself.}
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"You should go, honey." Debra told me when the envelope arrived in the mail.
"Reno? Hell, I like Reno but I didn't even go to the one they held over in Bend. Why do these things always have to be so damn far away?"
"Oh, it's not that far, you and I fly down there once or twice a year anyway."
"Reno by myself? To heck with that. Hey, why don't you come with me? That I might go for." I told her.
"OK. Let's do it, and drive down? I have two weeks off work coming, we can relax and play and you can go to your silly visitation thing."
"Hey, maybe if Jack and Terry are in town, we can get a massage or two?" I asked with a grin.
Debs smiled at that. We like those, they are naughty and fun.
So, it was decided, a road trip it would be.
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So, we decided to go, for the visitation meetings at the Loyal Order of the Eternal Yak. (Yea, that isn't what my club is really called, I have a reason for not naming it.)
But this trip was different, normally we fly down, even though that means 3 hours driving to Portland, an hour at the airport, another 90 minutes in the air. Hell, that is six hours plus right there, the drive is only about 8 hours.
I added it up and not having to rent a room in Portland put us nearly $150.00 cheaper to drive down.
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Debs has this new Camaro she bought, I thought her buying that was silly but she liked it because it reminded her of the old 1969 Camaro she owned back in college.
I had one of those, well, a 1968 model way back when they sold used for maybe $800, I should have kept it when I see what one goes for at the auctions in today's world. That old car I fit into, this one? Well, it's nice but a bit cramped.
If you can imagine a 58 year old Registered Nurse Practitioner driving a new RS Camaro then you get the picture. My six foot frame does fit into it but barely, I have to tilt the steering wheel up with the seat all the way down and back, even then it takes some wiggling.
Riding in the passenger seat is better but not much better except I can tip the seat back and sleep.
One good thing, no way could Debs pack the suitcases the way she usually does, the trunk will hold just two of the smaller ones and one slightly bigger in the rear seat.
Nobody with legs can ride in the back seat of one of these cars. Legs don't fit between the back of the front seat and the rear one, not with me in there.
Back when we went on the ocean cruise I was grateful to see a kid show up to take the bags, at 70 years old dragging those suitcases up the ramp to the ship was out of the question for me.
This time Debs packed nice and light, she had to. Two pairs of jeans and one pair of slacks, 7 pairs of underwear for me.
Debs knows me pretty well, I guess. You older guys know all about what us old men do to underwear.
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Anyway, once we got onto interstate 5 headed South it wasn't so bad, the weather was clear and traffic was average.
Debs drove to Medford which is where we stopped for gas. That town is laid out by people with rocks in their heads, all of the streets are divided by raised concrete dividers. To make any left turn you have to turn right, go down the street, get into the left lane and cross four lanes of traffic in a U turn.
The fuel stations are not right next to the freeway like every other town in America, so we got to drive around for awhile before we finally figured out how to get to one.
Debs was muttering, then she took a shortcut across a store parking lot, made a U turn at a sign that read "No U Turn", then down an alley between two buildings. There was a "do not enter" sign but no one was coming so we entered, laughing.
"You are going to get a ticket!" I laughed at her when she did that.
"I will just explain that I am from Oklahoma, so it's OK." She laughed right back.
Debs was born in Oklahoma, but she left there when her folks moved as a little girl. That lame joke comes up often around our house.