Parkway Ford, D

This morning, after getting up and showering, I called Parkway Ford in Lexington, NC and made an appointment for my car to have an oil change and the tires rotated. I called about 8 am and they were able to get me in by 10 am. The folks there were very friendly and helpful.

Unlike a lot of people I’ve talked with, I never mind waiting for things like getting my vehicle serviced. I almost always have a book to read and a car dealer is a nice, quiet place for book-reading.

This morning, I started a new book I had just downloaded on my Kindle. Called Babylon Rising: The Secret on Ararat, this book is the second in the Babylon Rising series, books by Tim LaHaye of the Left Behind series. Just like Left Behind, this series really makes you think and just like Left Behind, they leave you hanging at the end of each book.

Thanks to the quiet time at the car dealer, I’ve been able to finish this book today.

This afternoon, we were planning on going to a place called Concord Mills, about 25 miles from here, where they have a Bass Pro Shop (they’re kind of like WalMart in that every time I see one, I have to go in), but it was storming pretty badly and we decided to leave it for another time. No wonder I had lots of time to read.

Dinner tonight was pizza and wings from Dusina’s Pizza in Welcome, NC. It was extremely good pizza, but the wings were better than the pizza.

After dinner, we watched the classic movie The Sting with Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Ray Walston, and Eileen Brennan. Although I haven’t seen it in years, I guess I’d put it in my list of the top 100 movies if for no other reason that Scott Joplin’s wonderful ragtime music. I’m sure you humming it even now.

This is NASCAR country and tomorrow we’ll probably go to at least one of the many NASCAR-themed museums in the area. The Childress museum and winery is at the same exit as the Ford dealer, only about 8 miles away.

Until next time…