May 30, 2010

We've have a very busy few days and got some much needed rest today. I've got a "story" to share about some "friends" of ours that had a wild adventure yesterday. Yesterday, Bustin, Ballison, Bisty, and Bom got an early start to make it to Bocahontas County for their cousin, Besse's graduation. Bom has been down there two times before and Bustin and Ballison claimed that they had driven by the school on the way to their annual camping trip, so Bisty didn't see much need to print off directions... That was her first mistake. The trip should have taken approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes, and 4 hours later they were still driving aimlessly around Bocahontas County looking for the high school. The second mistake was listening to the lady with the brain tumor for directions. Every road they turned onto she claimed that she was sure this was the right way and that something looked familiar. Needless to say, she wasn't sure and every road in Bocahontas County resembles another place she's been before. If laughter truly is the best medicine, none of them should ever be sick again! They laughed so hard about listening to Bom and how sure she was that we were going the right direction, only to discover again, that they weren't. They stopped at a gas station to ask for directions, but it was closed. On one of the wrong turns, Ballison turned around and nearly ran through a fence. When Bisty told her that all of these incidents would be shared on the blog, she laughed so hard she nearly drove off the road, again. Someone decided to turn around and drive back towards Green Bank, hoping to find someone who could direct us toward the high school. Finally, they found a gas station that wasn't closed and got direction. Needless to say, they missed graduation, but were able to find the location of the after-graduation party! On the way back, they stopped into Boalton to visit Ballison's family briefly before heading home. A great time way had by all, or so they told me.