We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.
Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny and slightly warmer than it has been day. I did an errand and then I went for a ride, in the opposite direction as my last ride. The back roads were fairly empty. I never waited for more than one light cycle. I did some shopping. I bought ice cream.
When I was a kid, I liked popsicles. My favorite was root beer followed by orange. Popsicles were a nickel from Johnny, the ice cream man. Popsicles required certain skills. You had to be quick with the lick before the popsicle dripped down the stick to your hand and made your hand all sticky. As you got to the last of the popsicle, you had catch the pieces before they fell to the ground. Nothing was worse than pieces of orange popsicle dirty on the ground. Popsicle sticks were worth saving. If you saved enough and were a bit handy, you could construct something. I usually made a multicolored house with sticks stained in orange, red and brown.
I paid my real estate taxes this morning. It got me to thinking about when I bought my house. After passing papers, I had no money. My mortgage was half my monthly salary. Those were the days of ground beef, hot dogs and spaghetti. I couldn’t save money to travel. I lived in my den where I slept on the studio couch and ate at the desk. Luckily I had a TV. The other rooms were pretty bare. I bought furniture a piece at a time when I could afford to spend money on other than food and bills. I couldn’t travel. That was the most painful of all.
It took about five years before I could afford to travel. My first trip was back to England. Every year after that, I took to the road. I don’t travel every year now, but I’m okay with that. I haven’t been back to Europe in a long time. My last four trips were the most amazing of any I’d ever taken. I went to Morocco and back to Ghana three times. I’d like to go back one more time when the world welcomes travelers again.
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April 30, 2020 at 5:37 pm
Hi Kat,
What kind of ice cream did you eat? Since the furlough began I’ve lost a few pounds without really trying so I’m staying away from ice cream. I would be concerned of the server contaminating my cone or sundae during the Covid-19 pandemic. I have had some that we bought in the sealed gallon size at the grocery store.
One of my first part time jobs in high school was to be a “Good Humor Icecream” salesman. Unfortunately, it didn’t last long because I had to peddle a trycycle several miles that had a large, heavy ice cream box in the front. My area was an outside shopping area where I probably ate as much ice cream as I sold. 🙂 My favorite was the Chocolate Eclair Icecream bar.
Another beautiful sunny day with a high in the mid 80s.
April 30, 2020 at 5:57 pm
Hi Bob
It is three layers and is called Salted Caramel Truffle. You’ll love this description, “We started with a layer of our Sea Salt Caramel, added a layer of chocolatey cookies for a delicious crunch and created a third layer with our dulce de leche, added vanilla gelato and finally finished with a fifth layer of chocolatey caramel truffles.” It is a brand called Talenti.
My town didn’t have those tricycles selling ice cream. I do remember seeing them at the beach. That was a tasty ice cream treat, that eclair bar.
Coldish all day though there was a sun, or a sort of sun.
April 30, 2020 at 7:31 pm
Ah, yes I would. Did you go to an Icecream parlor and have them make it? My mouth is watering regardless of the weight loss or pandemic. 🙂
May 1, 2020 at 4:14 am
We now have that boring weather You have had for a while, grey and dull with some rain too. No rain hen we went out for our morning walk though and actually a bit warmer too. I guess this will be a stay indoors day since none of the dogs even wants to go outside in the garden 🙂 🙂
I’ve never liked popsicles especially much, I have always preferred real ice cream instead or soft ice cream. Eating soft ice cream is much like eating popsicles though, have to be fast or it will start to run down ones hands 🙂 🙂
Have a great day!
Christer.
May 3, 2020 at 10:38 pm
Christer,
We had a couple of nice days then the rain came back. Today was cloudy but warmer weather than it has been. Henry doesn’t mind the rain.
My father worked in a company which sold ice cream. He would tell you that soft ice cream is not ice cream. He always got a bit indignant. It is ice milk he always said.
We all love ice cream!
Have a great day.