Leaving little ol' Clinton now with the chipwagon repainted white. Indescript trailer with fold-down window and, I'm playing Bonnie Raitt loud and clear and hoping the boy at the border thinks I'm really just going to my boyfriend's in Michigan for the weekend, but really.... I'm OFF!!! Away!! All the way down the Mississippi to Brownsville Texas, where I'll have another story for the border officials, BUT... who cares! I'm pumping fries and I'm in the U S of A!!!!

Anyone up for the ride to Belize?
I'll teach you how to cook...!

are you smokin' something?

Geez Dobe, we'll be in Ohio in a few hours. Climb aboard, boy!

Wish I wuz, but now I'm past the border anyhow.

that peyote she had fired up earlier today has fried her brain.....then again she might have had GBC for dinner.

We? who else is in the chip wagon? For all I know this could be a variation of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Mobile Massacre or something.

klc oh wait, come to think of it, there might be a use for that stuff

Okay, okay. I smuggled nothing through the border except a few hundred pounds of potatoes. And I ain't drinkin, or smokin' cuz I'm DRIVING! So there's three bunks in this trailer, plenty to eat, good entertainment (tambourines, saxophones, spoons) and I'm going all the way to Belize.

You two, Dobe and Klc, get on or get off, but gettin' on is WAY better!

no violins? that does it, I'm not going....

besides, you never answered who "WE" is?

And the rest of you folks, don't go askin' me which Bonnie Raitt album, or which road I'm taking, I'm just going. Stand at your area of the U S of A as we're passin' through, hold up a sign sayin "Belize or bust" or SPSC or SPASC and mebbe, just mebbe, we'll sell some fries and burgers in yer general vicinity and I'll pick you up.

WE, boy, WE!!! Me and the chipwagon! Need a hard copy??

I need to check your registration and your drivers license.....

Dobe darling, you of all people are not coming? I have some great music onboard, and the Python boyz doing "I'm a lumberjack".... C'mon! You need a vacation....

Okay, now I'm getting organized. I JUST wanted to get through the border and now I am at an interstate rest area.

I have three bunks inside. I can put the potatoes on the roof. That will make some more room inside. My original plan was to head down the Mississippi River and then through Mexico. I figure three, mebbe four weeks until the wagon and I (WE) hit the Mexican border, as I have to make gas money selling food. Cabishe?? Anyone have a flashlight for the map? Oh, I'm alone.

NYgal passing over her flashlight.....tee hee, no one knew I was a ridin long side this here bandito from up north
Hop in ya'll or you'll miss out on the fun

Wow, GAL! Welcome! and thanx big time for the flashlight!

How about some fries?

NYP hasn't chopped me up yet, so I'll go!

Just let me find my passport.....

If you can't find it Dobe, I'll smuggle you through in a potato bag.

hmmmmm, you could steal my wallet and dump me in the Mississippi....

I would never do that. I have a hidden agenda for you...

I don't do spuds....

DBDobe, potato lugger...

C'mon, it'll be fun! You only have to work from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. I'll drive all night. You can drink in the back while I drive, Dobe! I'll tell you all the hangover cures.

Plus all the fries you can eat. And klc's deep fried Vidalias.

ya, just what my folks put me through college for, to lug bags of taters. let me sleep on it...

and I got anudder idea to maximize the revenue......

lets see 1 hr/15minsx3bunksx$75........hmmmmmmm

Hey wait for meeeeee!

Hey, db . . .I really get a kick out of how Patticakes, keeps reeferring to you as doobie.

I am a shrubber, not a lugger!

OK, did ya find that passport
We're on the way again.....Pickin up passengers and makin $$

Gee! PattiCake! you're passing right by the PARTEE at Lake Conroe. You'll make lots of friends in Texas!!!
I hope you and all of your passengers can plan on some R&R around the weekend of May 21st - I know you'll be out of potatoes by then. You might even pick up some more passengers! I cook and Windjammer cleans up really well!!!!!

db, dob, dobe, DB, dobie.......lotsa names

We don't wanna go into SS, ss, sea...well you know the rest

Wine and a movie, yawn

she sells seashells......

at the sea shore surely

see I saw more need to seek seashell, suddenly

Piasano profits perfectly purveying pulchritudinous...........

Patticake packs pounds of potatoes and profits
Where is Pattcake
Pedro1 pi$$3d on our party purposly
phool.....

pontificating pious pi**head ( or what Ernie said )

PattiCake, come on down....
Use your internet voice or whail on those that tend to tick ya off

WHACK..TOSS..BOING...and BINGO
Plink Plink on db, he won't lug

he rakes.........

he has the top bunk....way up there with the taters
Bungee cord him on

Oh Oh....he awoke....run..

do not plink plink on me, I beg you.

aha! caught ya, NYP! and, I wasn't sleeping, I was working -- not luggin' spuds, or raking, that other kind of work.

I think I am ready to jump on the chip wagon now and head on out of town...

Keep beggin....I love it when
I won't plink plink

Bad day at the office...
Bring a flashlight

please, please, oh why I am begging? I have the top bunk, it doesn't matter if you plink plink, it won't get me :p

same to you

:p :p

:p :p :p that usually makes the Prez appear...

he luvs tongue

yehaw.... Isn't that what Carla, the Belize visitor, said

but not mine, klc, just NYP's, YEEHAW!

:p :p :p
:p :p

Hey, Chloe! Who you callin' "Shirley"?

Now then, are you guys going for alliteration or tongue twisters?

Say outloud, three times, fast: I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, the sheet that was slitten, was slitten by me.

sorely?

surly

Surly, you jest!

Did PattiCake fall off the chip wagon
Well, fall back up here and let's get moving...

her keyboard cable wouldn't stretch past Detroit

quick quick.....I'm outta windex

NYgal heading to windex store..

patti is probably delayed in St. Louis, trying to get the Prez untangled. What a mess....

I'm here! And the party's still on, as I had hoped! Had some work to do, plus Dobe went for taties and never came back! I promised him (he's so shy around cougars) that if he saw chickies he wanted to chat up, he could pretend I was his auntie!

Vroom, vroom, you didn't know this cart was pulled around by Harley engines, didya? So let's get this meal on the wheels and, HavinFun, we're headed for Lake Conroe!!!

I gotta check out the map now though, must stay away from those Interstates as they ticket you for selling fries in the slow lane.

Need to go through small towns and meet friendly hungry people with lotsa loot. And small children with none who need samples! Better stock up the ice cream freezer somewhere soon too.

The beer cooler... Beliken, of course... AND Molson Canadian, and some Canadian Club, and some Alberta Vodka and.... oh sorry, got carried away there rhyming off Canuck virtues!

We need a ROUTE folks! Let's plan, and then let's burn the plan!

I don't know what all you guys had for breakfast, but I want some!

I don't know what all you guys had for breakfast, but I want some!

Guess I already had some as my post posted twice.

LaurieM, you are a sweet person. Climb aboard girl! Don't worry about double posting!! Can you play spoons? I can"t!

Dobe will teach us both to play the violin, so, we can eat again with the spoons.

I could help with driving, but I will NOT be a lugger.

Wait a minute, why would anyone from the SP-ASC do this? We have a lear jet at our disposal!

It's outta fuel - somebody forgot to pay the bill

DENNY!!!

I just got back in Ohio and missed the wagon

WAAAAAA ... *sniffle sniffle*

Ahhheemmm.....I don't think the Mistersippi goes to Conroy

WannaBe, you are still able to hop on....run, dont walk, real fast and take the spot I was taking up.
I don't do PARTEE

You don't do PARTEE. You go to PARTEE

NYgal ... well ... errrr ....I was hoping that they'd forget about the Partee and just make a run for for the border.

You keep your spot (thanks!) and I'll see what I can do, maybe we can convice 'em do the scenic route - belize FIRST then back to Texas! :rolleyes:

Like I said I don't do PARTEE....I wanted to do the Mistersippi trip.
NYgal giving up her chip tic

Right after the Partee, we'll run for the border, but Wanna, they might be reading this... so just talk about your Mexican boyfriend and the weekend we'll spend there; we'll be fine.

FineOK will be my next pseudonym, next life.

ought-oooo, gave up Mexican boyfriend for a cute Preacher guy, so that won't work.

Hmm .. anyone looking for a cute mexican boyfriend? I'll introduce ya

Human kindness, overflowing.

Not going as far as the Rio Grande now WBT. Hijacked to Lake Conroe, and I can smell the roses (over the fries, no less).

ETA: May 20th, many fries to go, many myles too. A good friend passed away in a car last year and have attempted to work him into this trip. There he is, Myles to go. And you folks shall love him. He's grumpy, lovable, non-discriminating, HOT and .... kind, a family guy. And he's here so the "WE" in the chipper is a hidden agenda for lots. My Dad's here too. He could never pass a chipper. One of my first lessons in life - NEVER pass a chipper.

I can smell the fries

Sooo .. when asked, I say "never pass a chipper" got it!

is a chipper the male equivalent of a chippie?

A chipper is a tall handsome lumberjack who needs a break from the woods. I never pass one!

Did I mention I also serve turnip (rutabaga) fries? They are so delicious. With gravy, you feel as if you're having Christmas dinner any July afternoon! (I know everybody hates turnip, but TRY them, just once...)

uhhh, I think I will pass, Patti. But I have enjoyed using 'rutabaga' upon occasion --
"You have the brains of rutabaga", it's either that or garden slug

Yum! you are a chef!

HF, you must be speakin to Patti, you surely can't mean me.

Patti, I didn't mean that you had the brains of a rutabaga, it is something that I have said to people before. Didn't want you to be insulted.

Oh Dobe, think I just fell off the rutabaga truck? Have a good day.

Gravy, gravy, gravy... doesn't anyone put vinegar on their chips anymore? (secretly, I encourage gravy because I charge 50c for it, but the vinegar (and I have SIX kinds) is complimentary. My gravy is great, and I offer vegetarian gravy...

A customer said today I was nearing Cedar Rapids. I've stuck mostly to two-lane blacktop but got into a nice little gravel road spot and stayed there for a day. Heard mockingbirds for the first time in my life. Got some laundry done.

To Kill A Mockingbird is my lifetime favourite book AND film. I read the book in early grades. Saw the film when I was about twelve, I think. All the things I learned there, I have always stuck with. My own Dad was very much an Atticus Finch; loyal, upright, patient. Many, many laughs too.

And whoever is riding herd on me with the (anti) chip wagon police, thank you. My second favourite film (mini-series) will always be Lonesome Dove. the real one

Pssst.....look under the vinegar
You had no idea there was an anti safety patrol person guiding you.
I will always be there so feel safe

Hey, I'll be making a special NYG vinegar.... green beans, sweetie?

Can't tell ya how thrilled I am to see you riding shotgun, as usual....

Back in the old days, when all we had was a flashlight or two..

ALERT! ALERT!

NEW! Available only at the Red Hot Fry Express! Breakfast wrap: Freshly scrambled eggs, plucked from young, young chickens (running quickly behind diesel chipper, on a leash for exercise): sauteed sweet red bell peppers, lightly toasted garlic chips, chives, new and young Canadian frost emerging sweet yet hot wild leeks, from a river, that all runs thorough it.

$11.95, you're thinking. Including homemade 1,000,000 grain bread. But, for the low, low price of 22.95...

NYG, my heart beats with excitement: where is your flashlight now and can you fix a flat tire?

PC - just woke up and read about the Breakfast Wrap, Yummmmmmmm! When you come to the PARTEE I will have to round you up some fajitas, cilantro, home grown tomatoes and jalepanos to go on them - they'd be worth their weight in gold!!!!

I don't know, something about 'freshly plucked from chickens' just didn't do it for me.
I do, however, hate gravy on fries. Give me vinegar anyday.

HF, I adore hot food. "Too hot" is not in my vocab!

Every year I choose a spice/herb to become really familiar with. This is the year for cilantro - love it in curries!

How does it work, at the PARTEE, calling people by their REAL names, HF? By gawd it will be a chore for my small non-brunette head.

You'll get the hang of it pretty quick PattiCake. And after a few drinks it doesn't really matter!

soooooo glad that the Chipwagon is back on "the road"

Here lil chickee chickee ...

Wanna, I saw you in a TV commercial the other day and thought, "There's that girl! She's a star!" Not that you weren't before...

I am so excited about the Partee, WJ. Especially as we got a HUGE dump of snow today (oops, I mean, I heard Ontario got a big snowfall.. the chipwagon and I are "on the road", of course....

Kansas City, Kansas City here I come. There are no people standing along this road holding "Partee or Bust" signs, but I'm leaving the onions frying as I drive, Pied Piper style so I'll have some customers for supper.

Just a 'sec, gotta put this baby on cruise control and go back and check the onions.....

I do believe that I can hear her all the way in Ohio :rolleyes:

(she's got spunk to sing that loud 'n off key)

Leaving the chipwagon on cruise control is against the law. Funny, I thought a friend of mine's uncle got the other half way to Florida just putting his Winnie on cruise and sleeping in the back...

The couple I bumped into were very understanding and stayed for supper, breakfast and lunch the next day until we got enough towtrucks.

AND FREE ADVERTISING!!! They said they would recommend the extra footlong with three kinds of cheese to anyone they met in the hospital.

They're outta here! And some fancy plane or helicopter picked them up. Wish I had that much money.

But I'm going to have to hire someone to drive and sleep and drive and sleep. Slicing onions, preparing the hot pepper/raspberry sauce is too much for a wee girl.

And nothing else compares.

me me meeee .... I'll sleep

New menu item for Oklahoma (hey, isn't that where the corn is as high as an elephant's eye)? Going to be there soon and I need to build something I want to eat because I HATE MY FOOD and I'm starting to stop at other people's food stands.

Have not been able to find a lugger, potato lugger that is, since Dobe deserted me and hitched off with those gorgeous chickies in the red 'vette. Dobe, I'll mail your laundry and don't be thinking I washed it....

Maybe a hot corn salsa orrrr... some sort of salad, with beans in it. Or a casserole of some sort that could sit and ripen, like iced tea.

What's cookin PattiCake!
I don't think you HATE your food - I think you like for others to cook for you - sometimes.
That's the price you pay for being the STAR of the kitchen!!!!!!
Spicy black-eyed pea salad - yummmm!
Sounds interesting doesn't it?

We waiting for you Pattie Cake, Come on down!

I am coming Ernie! I have reserved my room and everything. And just set up paypal so I can be an official member in a few days. Will register from the chipwagon's lapdog oops... laptop. Going to park her right beside the hot tub (not the dog, or the computer, the wagon!

Come on PattiCake & make HavinFun cook for you! hehehe!! She be a good cook. Can we eat off your wagon parked by the hot tub?

Fish n' chips, WJ. Catching the hot tub sharks!

PC - may need to borrow the chipwagon to whip up some hangover soup Sunday morning after the PARTEE!!! Bet we could make a small fortune

We'll put it in the slowcooker the night before HF. Then we can recover ourselves, and make it self-serve! But we could do a brunchy thing too but that might call for some champers (champagne).

This hitchiking cowboy I picked up the other day was doing "flamers" and spilled a drink all over my MAP! Looks like the opening titles in Bonanza.

Now I don't know where I am or where I am going, but I didn't before either.

He burned off most of his moustache too so now he only HALF looks like Jesse James. Nice hat though, reminds me of the "Far Side" vultures.

In his sweetness, Y'r Honour Denny Shane slipped the receipt to me of the real/true Phillie steak sandwich..... NOW I have the SPELL and know nothing more than I did before but can offer (my absolute favourite, Michigan Red Hots with cheese)

Maybe someone could set up a blind date... it doesn't matter. I love him already. He is a fine human being, my Denny.

Who could ask for. ask for, anything more??? Which musical, Denny??

Pattie, Any man who can not follow simple directions to a Partee will have a probalem following a womens instructions about anything.

Ernie, respect...

O

Hey Patticake, you're just too much fun ...

I want an autographed edition of your first book

I'll write it next week Wanna, after the yard sale (it's done), the dump runs, the move to a gd THIRD floor after they promised me a ground floor and LEASED it without CALLING me (those turds!) the buying of a truck, the sale of the old chipper, the buying of the new chipper, the LESSONS how to back it up, the MOVE, more dump runs, more thrift store dumps, storage dumps, goodlord I'm busy. And then, buying a load of dynamite so I can get my SON to leave the house too.

What shall I call this book?

PattiCake... there is no question as to what you should call your book.....

"Chipwagon Diaries"

Enjoy your trip to THE PARTEE.. after this last few months you deserve a REAL fun time... wish I could be there too but I can't. However I did buy some raffle tickets!!

Gail

I go from Houston to Florida after that Gail, to see a "friend" I have not seen for decades and was on the infamous "List of Five" New Year's resolution two years ago.

Then back to TO to spend time with another "5 List" member, my darling friend Don Carmody who is presently shooting "Lucky Number Slevin" there.

PattiCake Sounds like you are in for a glorious time in the next while. When in TO, if you get a chance look me up... we can have a drink and I can tell you all kinds of stories about Belize!!
I'll drop you an email to give you my numbers.
Gail : cool :

and you can share the stories about THE PARTEE... and of course pictures!!

Pictures eh Gailtor? Hot tub pics?????

Sharks and snails, will be mostly Gay&David methinx.. they're the only LIVELY ones and for heaven's sake, they're legal!

P.S. Sharks are also cougars... NYG should step in here... and support the cause, Chloe too..

:rolleyes:

What happens at the Partee, stays at the Partee :rolleyes: If you want to know or see you must come to the Partee Still time to make those plans to attend. Friday night band and fun at Papa's Ice House in Spring, Saturday boat, bbq, raffle, another band, dancing at Papa's On the Lake. No-tell motel hot tub, etc. Be there or be square.

Ooohh, this sounds great. I look SOOO forward to meeting everybody!

My travel arrangements have changed (not the virtual ones, the true ones). Bumped into a friend of mine yesterday who drives truck from here to Chi every week. Hadn't talked to him all winter and he is a RIOT. So now he drives truck from here to S. Carolina once weekly and I am leaving with him next Monday, riding to Charleston, hopping on a plane to West Palm, visiting my buddy and going to Houston from there! WOW!

Saved myself about four hundred bucks too, and get to laugh for two days!!!