{"id":2266,"date":"2023-10-03T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2023-08-28T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:39:10","slug":"chap-17-its-the-journey-not-the-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2266","title":{"rendered":"Chap. 17 – It’s the Journey, Not the Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chapter 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the Journey, Not the Destination<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     It\u2019s a 200-mile trek from San Luis Obispo to L.A.  After a short re-charging stop in Santa Barbara, we arrived in L.A. at nightfall and decided on another Walmart overnight.  (Steve was allowed to opt out of drawing straws to see who gets the reclining passenger seat.)  That night, we talked about everybody we \u201chad\u201d to visit in the L.A. area, how long we might stay, who said they were going to come down and join us, did we really want to do this Rumpkins thing \u2013 and, if so, what\u2019s the plan?   What we didn\u2019t calculate is how well known we were becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Huck said we had to connect with the music world.  Patty said we had to connect with Hollywood.  Sally said we had to connect back with Jack in Palo Alto and Jesse in Portland.  Skip said we ought to try a first session of the \u201cRump Legislature.\u201d  Rocky said, \u201cForget all that \u2013 let\u2019s just have some fun.\u201d  On a practical level, we decided that, first thing in the morning, we needed to fan out looking for a place \u2013 or places – where we all could stay.  Of the six \u201cfriends\u201d on our original list of L.A. people to visit, none had yet offered to have an RV parked in their driveway for a week or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The next morning, more smoggy than foggy, hazy for sure, and already uncomfortably hot at 9 a.m., we did fan out to make contacts.   A musician buddy of Huck\u2019s said we could park the Land Yacht for as long as we wanted in his recording studio parking lot.  He also told us about the music scene and which clubs had no cover charge.  \u201cYay!\u201d Rocky said.  Patty met up with an old friend and invited her new videographer friend in Sacramento to come on down and stay in the Yacht with us.  Ken (Max\u2019s ex-brother-in-law) was already in town and staying at Rosie O\u2019Donnell\u2019s place.   Max, Skip, Sally and Pirate Jack all ended up staying there.  The Land Yacht served as headquarters and home for the four of us not invited for overnights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The first night the four in the Yacht slept together, Patty, the one female, claimed the big fold-out bed, Steve and Rocky to get the overhead bunks, and Huck one of the two slender wall couches.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cNo, no way. You don\u2019t get the big bed \u2013 unless you share,\u201d Huck insisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cOkay,\u201d Patty surprised us with, \u201cbut a hug good night is all.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Rocky spoke up, \u201cOh Boy!  How \u2018bout me, Patty. A good night hug too?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cA threesome on the floor!\u201d  Huck exclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cYou guys don’t get it,” Patty retorted, \u201cWe’re friends, not lovers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cWait a minute,\u201d Rocky said.  \u201cA great movie scene \u2013 folks will love!  How \u2018bout we get out the tequila, have a toast to lasting and enduring friendships, make a vow only friendly hugs \u2013 a rule there\u2019ll be no live-stream sex.  Then play<\/em> strip<\/em> poker<\/em> to see where we end up sleeping and with whom!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Patty, not one to blush, actually started to blush, and said, \u201cLook guys, no way am I going to end up naked on camera, but Steve, your bod could actually turn a girl on.  Rocky, use your card tricks to make sure Steve is the first one naked.  Wow!  The whole world seeing his gorgeous bod on full display.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This turned-out to be another scene on the cutting room floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chapter 17 It\u2019s the Journey, Not the Destination      It\u2019s a 200-mile trek from San Luis Obispo to L.A.  After a short re-charging stop in Santa Barbara, we arrived in L.A. at nightfall and decided on another Walmart overnight.  (Steve … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}