After leaving the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, we pretty much drove through to Oklahoma and stopped at, of all places, WALMART. It was a long-ass drive and a very long day, but we were excited about arriving in Oklahoma City to go see the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial, which we knew we were going to have to do the next day since it was already dusk, and we were dying to eat some good grub, so we figured we could get some salmon at Walmart...I mean Super Walmart, the one that was featured on SOUTH PARK and the kind that carries salmon! Anyhow, after doing the American thing and spending about $100 there, we slowly pulled out of the parking lot only to hear a loud crushing, crashing noise at the top of the RV. I immediately flipped out since Tino always slept at the top bed of the RV, and I feared he somehow got crushed to death. After many gut-wrenching screams, a frightened Tino appeared as good as new, but the RV not so much. The air conditioner unit on top of the RV had lost a battle with a concrete overhang that we obviously were too big to drive under…clearly someone had stuck it there to f#%@ up our night! I mean, why would there be a huge concrete overhang leading to nothing in a parking lot? Or better yet, why would Jeff choose to drive under it???? Remember kids, do not text while driving!! Oh right!! So, after Jeff went back into Walmart and spent another $100 on duct tape, he taped up the remaining portion of the air conditioner (he says it’s true…duct tape fixes ANYTHING) and we continued on our merry way, really looking like we belonged in Oklahoma, with duct tape all over the RV. We found an RV park and cooked up some salmon and had a great meal, all the while thankful that it was 30 degrees outside and we didn’t need the air conditioner. Next day was the Oklahoma City Memorial, which we were excited to check out, so we hit the sack early to get an early start.
As we started out towards the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Site, Jeff had to slam on the brakes while at the same time Tino decided to try and jump up to his favorite sleeping spot on the top bed right about a foot or so from Jeff's head. What bad timing that turned out to be! As you can see from the photo, Tino never quite made it to the top bunk, but instead, he landed on Jeff's head, and the G-force of the acceleration and then stopping motion of the RV caused poor Tino to try and grab on to Jeff's head, but he was thrown back onto the table instead. At least I THINK it was the G-force stuff I just said that made Tino grab onto Jeff's head...well anyway, I have never heard Jeff yell as loud as he did, and to be honest with you, I never even saw Tino flying through the air. All I saw was Jeff bleeding like crazy from his head, and I knew this was going to be a rough day.
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