HAD A GOOD TIME IN NH AND ME… EVEN HAD SOME FUN WATCHING PAPA LOSING HIS FISH! http://photo.lavertue.com/NH_July_Weekend_2003/

IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF MY TINY LITTLE VACATION IN NEW ENGLAND…. AND IT’S BEEN RAINING ALL DAY. FIGURES. BUT, HEY, THIS KEEPS THE MOSQUITOES AWAY!

TOO SEE THE DAMAGE DONE… http://photo.lavertue.com/XTerra_Accident_2003/

BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE FIRST ACCIDENT WITH OUR VEHICLE. WE LIVED AND DROVE IN LA FOR A YEAR, AND DROVE ACROSS COUNTRY… TWICE. AND WE HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH HORRIBLE DRIVING AS THERE IS HERE. IT ‘DRIVES’ ME NUTS. PEOPLE THINK A BLINKER IS OPTIONAL HERE, I SWEAR. AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN TRAFFIC IN SUCH A HURRY TO FILL VACANT LANES… JEEZ… GRRRR… VENT, VENT, VENT.

I THINK I HAVE TO STOP BEING NICE TO PEOPLE. TODAY I TRIED TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT, ONLY TO PRODUCE ONE. MAYBE IF THERE WEREN’T SO MANY IDIOTS WITH DRIVING LICENSES, I’D HAVE A BETTER CHANCE. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, THE COP HAD TO GO AND BE A DORK ABOUT IT… AND ISSUE 2 TICKETS TO ME. AT LEAST I’M SAFE, BUT MY MOOD ISN’T VERY GOOD.