Poppy the Country Girl at Heart: A Beautiful Memory

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Thank you for joining me on this beautiful Sunday

Today I will be reading a story I wrote Saturday – A Beautiful Memory

Growing up as a child my mother loved to visit people, being outdoors with nature and traveling. Her favorite place to visit was Lake Tahoe. Her friend had a lodge on the South Shore and Cheryl lived in Zephyr Cove.

Mom decided to have a girl's weekend. I was 16 and learning how to drive. My mom called us to the kitchen and my dad wanted to teach us how to fix a flat tire, just in case we got one. My dad said, maybe I can time you girls to see how long it will take. We looked at him and said, we are not a pit crew. Then he gave us each a job. My job was to remove the spare tire from the trunk. Jessie was supposed to loosen up the lug nuts before Cindy jacked the car up. They both started to argue about something that had nothing to do with the flat tire. My dad had to step in and help Jessie. I rolled the tire over to the car and my dad put it on. (That my friend is how I learned to fix a flat.)

We packed the car and said our goodbyes. I was riding shotgun since I was the oldest girl. We made it to our destination, Lake Tahoe. We immediately unloaded but my sister locked the keys in the car. My mom decided to take a nap and said, we better have those keys when she wakes up. I had the back trunk open, so Jessie crawled into the trunk and pushed the back seat open. Then grabbed the keys and opened the car door. We put the keys inside the room.

We then grabbed our bathing suits and headed for the hot tub. My mom woke up from her nap and we saw her walking with her friend. We stayed in the hot tub until our fingers were wrinkled. The following days, we visited Cheryl in Zephyr Cove and went hiking in Zephyr Cove Park and then tobogganing. We visited Virginia City and I got to drive on Highway 395. In Virginia City they reenacted a corral shootout. It was cool. We had fun and arrived home tired, but we had lots of stories to tell our friends.