Sunday, December 20, 2009

Heading west in a hurry

The movie they were filming in Shreveport will be called "Super." Shortly after I sent the previous post, I found out that "they" don't want people knowing Kevin Bacon is a cast member. Oops. --> I got a ride from Shreveport to Abilene Fri-Sat with an older guy named Marty. No luck getting out of Abilene yesterday, but it didn't take long today. Waiting by the on-ramp at about noon, a pickup truck stopped near me on the frontage road to offer a ride. As I prepared to load my pack into the back seat, a trucker pulled over behind the pickup. The Latino truck driver approached me to offer me a ride, figuring he might be able to take me farther than the pickup's driver could. But Gil (Guillermo), the pickup driver, was actually going farther than the trucker. So I stayed with Gil, who could take me to Monahans, TX. Down the road, as we passed the trucker, the truck pulled over again,
apparently to offer assistance to another driver (minivan) who seemed in need of help. What an awesome guy!

2 comments:

Jackie said...

Kevin who?? J/K
Glad you found some rides. I can't imagine pulling over and offering someone (a stranger)a ride. I was raised in the era of cheesy horror flicks where single women never offered a ride to a guy on the highway. And if they did...well, it never ended well for the ladies. Do many women stop to give you rides? It seems like you post mostly about dudes. huh. something for me to ponder.
Be safe and wishing you good weather. Take it easy.

Ryan M. Powell said...

Sometimes women give me rides. Not nearly as many women as men, but quite a few.