We made it to Harrisburg without any problems, other than me getting into a small fight at Roy Rogers fast food restaurant. As i was in line the older gentlemen in front of me became irate with the cashier because she made a mistake. Instead of three roast beefs and one cheesburger, she ran it in the opposite. He corrected her by sticking his arthritic digits in her face, yelling the number. She got it right then, but the girl helping get food together asked which was to get and he barked at her and called them clueless. I could not stay silent anymore. I said to him “hey they are getting it right, you do not need to be so mean about it” He barked back “miind your own business, these girls are clueless” I looked at the girls and told them “He is just one of those people and just ignore him, dont let him ruin your day” he shut up and just scoffed at me. And when I got my food and walked from the counter he said something under his breath. So i asked “What was that”. He said soomething nasty like. “I just wanted my damn food” I looked back at him and told him “you’re an ass”. He then started to bow up at me, and asked me to step outside. I could do nothing but chuckle at him. Here was a 5’5” 65 year old man wanting to fight me. And I forgot to point out there was a long line of people watching this guy and I. All I could get out was, “You need to just calm down, you are going to end up having a cardiac arrest. It was just a small mistake they made and you berated them. What gives you the right to treat people like that? They work their butt off for minimum wage. Do they deserve to have someone like you to yell at them?” Just then the guy behind me chimed in at him. “look, you were wrong to yell at them like that, just get your food and sit down, you are making a fool of yourself” I just nodded a thank you, and headed on my way. Amazing what asses some people are!!
In the Harrisburg area we have friends, Ray, Monica, Megan, Emily, Nathan, and their puggle Gideon. We called ahead to a nearby church to get permission to park in their lot and they were just fine with it. They had a great lot to park in, large, paved and level :) It was also just across the street from their house. Instead of staying in the coach we stayed at their house. We had a great time.
We took Gideon for his first trip to a dog park, it was pretty much empty but it was a great way to get his feet wet. They were afraid Gideon was going to be aggressive with Jack and Jinny, but Jack never let that happen and took control from the beginning and actually was a bit of a bully.
The highlight of the visit was watching Miss Teen USA pageant. We witnessed live the train wreck of an answer given by Miss South Carolina. I cannot give it justice by writing the explanation so here is a link to view it on youtube.com
We laughed so hard we only heard the first part of the question, but thanks to the modern technology of DVRs, we could rewind it and watch it again. Watch it again we did, we watched it 5 times!!!! And it got better and funnier each time we saw it. It was amazing, you could not script it to be any funnier. Fact is stranger than fiction. She will be famous for it. Within hours it was all over the net, people were dumbfounded!!&
We would like to give a special thanks to the Bichard family for the great hospitality, you have a beautiful home and family. We really had a blast and hope to be back for next year’s Miss Teen USA :)