Charlie Wear’s Notes

I love starting new enterprises. There is just nothing better. Right now I am immersed in starting a new law practice in Redlands, California. It is incredibly stimulating. Once the start-up becomes maintenance I am much less excited. The answer for me is to always be starting!

We unloaded the pickup and dropped the trailer off at U-Haul at about 4:30 p.m. The last drive was just a hop, skip and a jump from Laughlin, Nevada to Covina, California. This evening my dad and step mom took my brother and I out to Northwood’s Inn for a steak dinner celebrating my recent birthday.

I am trying to stay awake a little bit longer so I won’t wake up at 4 a.m.! Yesterday was a killer. We drove from Amarillo, Texas to Laughlin, approximately 786 miles. Tomorrow is a busy day. I have lots of work and a client meeting in the evening.

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So last night we made it to Amarillo, Texas.  We have had a very exciting, bonding, road-trip experience. Sort of a biker-redneck version of Through Painted Deserts without the deserts, yet. We are hauling my F-150 behind my brother’s Chevy Silverado with his Harley in the bed of his pickup. The only thing that might be better would be if the trailer was about six inches longer. My brother found this very amusing and I used my Treo to take a little video. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

We hooked up the trailer at about 10 a.m. and sedately began our journey. Fifty-five is about all we can do without some serious fishtailing. But we made it to Little Rock and are staying at a fine hotel called the Crowne Plaza, thanks to the ministrations of OnStar. Just finished an excellent meal at PF Chang’s and am about ready to get some serious sleep. All in all this was an interesting way to spend my birthday.

I got to have breakfast with Jim Palmer at the Bob Evans near Opryland in NashVegas, as Jim calls it on his blog. I’ve mentioned Jim several times on this blog. For a few weeks this year he was my pastor as I read divine nobodies. He is just as nice in person as he is in writing, and I like that. We talked about some ideas that have been floating around in my head for awhile, and we could have talked another couple of hours, I think.

Some of my friends are having fun in Seattle at Off The Map Live. I wish I could be there with them, but maybe another time.
Onward to Oklahoma, Texas and beyond tomorrow.

Ben came through his hernia repair with flying colors. Start to finish we were at the hospital for about five hours! His first words upon awakening were: “That didn’t hurt at all.” His pain medication ran out overnight and he was a little bit sore, but according to mom, he was in high spirits for the annual candy grab for Halloween.

I am on a road trip in my F-150 to California. Meeting up with my brother today in Nashville where we will load my truck on a trailer and hit the road. Hopefully we will be on the left coast by Sunday afternoon so I can get to work on Monday. One of the problems with moving across country and then moving back is getting the vehicles back where you can use them. I’ve heard through the grapevine that my employer is upset with my absence, so that may be a problem when I get back.

I am meeting with author, Jim Palmer, at 7 a.m. Looking forward to meeting him in person.