Walker
Eric don't like me much, but I nominate this for comment of the day award.
I was caught about halfway between and Nashville and Austin once, and I was tired and it was getting on towards 11:30. All I wanted was a couple of chilly cool ones, a motel 6 and a place to crash since I'd been driving all day. So I figured midnight would stop sales and I pulled into this gas station/convience store and went to the cooler. No beer.
I asked the clerk, who looked like she was the grandma from the cast of Deliverance "Do ya'll just not sell beer, or is the whole county dry"? She responds "We're dry as a bone, and the whole world ought to be. You got Jesus, you don't need that stuff". Not wanting to interrupt the customer at the counter and make it to next county before midnight, I didn't want to make a fuss. So I just said good night. She adds, "And you can ask the preacher here if you need to come to the lord". I nod to the gentleman (clocks ticking) and say "Folks, I'm an Episcopalian, we can have beer and Jesus too". The preacher burst out laughing, banjo lady would have shot my ass if there hadn't been a witness, and the Quaker crosssed the county line and hit a Taco Bell, a Circle K for some Bud and a Hamilton Inn (well above my usual standards, but I figured I earned it) and all was well.
So much for visiting Bill Clinton's home state, thank you no. When a man has to be saved from a crazy Baptist,by her preacher from wanting a cool beer after a long day on the road, I'll say no thanks.
Fq13
Thinking of East Texas (for me at least) gets me thinking about the music and that leads to Michelle Shocked, Kind of the Townes Van Zandt of TexArkansass. Here's a favorite of mine Anchorage. Appropriate of nothing, but driving east like hell to get beer and a decent room before midnight, a home girl's words are always welcome.
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