Itchy Feet

 

     Not long after Kay and I were married or maybe it was a little before, my memory not being what it used to be, Kay gave me what appeared to be a large coin. It was to be used for marking the pocket when shooting pool, many players carried and used something similar but this one was different. It was round, double sided and each side had it's own design, one side was of a clock face with no hands, the other was a compass. When she gave it to me she explained the meaning of the designs, the compass meant that we could go in anywhere we wanted, the clock face with no hands meant that we had all the time to get there.

     We celebrated 9 years together earlier this year and we have taken the coin seriously. We don't sit around waiting for our final day to pop up, we are constantly doing things, we are constantly on the go. Monday is shopping day Tuesday is our date day, we shoot pool every Wednesday, most Saturdays we spend with MJ and Matthew, Sunday is our day of rest although most of the time we go for long rides traveling the back roads in three states, we have been on every two lane backroad in Georgia. The rest of the week we make up as we go along, if the weather is good we hook up the boat and go fishing, if the weather is not great we find some project to work on or visit her family or just watch an old movie.

     Every now and then we get a wild hair and go somewhere and I'm not talking local. We got into the habit of going to Tennessee on Uncle Paul's birthday every September, this year he turned 95. While there we get together with family and friends. Kay wanted to meet my whole family so we have been to Tennessee and Kentucky visiting cousins and friends. A few years ago we took a ride on the Amtrack train to Arizona to see brother Pat, what an experience. We have pulled the boat to Tennessee, south Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Louisianna to fish. We traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway  from Ashville to it's end in Virginia. Every now and then we just go some place for a few days to some destination that struck our fancy.

     As long as we are both in good health, I expect we will continue with our somewhat vagabond life style and why not, we earned it. With more time behind us than there is in front of us we don't intend to waste it.