DAILY CHRONICLE # 22 VOL 5

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 22 VOL 5

DECEMBER 22^ND 2007

WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 36/68 DEGREES

GETTING’ CLOSE, ONLY 3 MORE DAYS AND WE CAN ALL SET BACK AND RELAX! TO ME IT’S A LOT OF FUN JUST WATCHING THE LITTLE ONE RIP A PACKAGE OPEN AND THEN THEIR EYES GET BIG AS THEY SEE WHAT IS INSIDE! THERE’S NO WAY ANYONE CAN CONVINCE THESE KIDS THERE’S NO SANTA CLAUS BECAUSE THIS GIFT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ASKED FOR IN THEIR SECRET LETTER TO HIM!

I HAD TO GO GET A LAST MINUTE GIFT AND JUST WALKED AROUND LOOKING AT THE DECORATIONS STILL UP IN SOME OF THE STORES! HOME DEPOT, LOWES, HOBBY LOBBY AND KOHLS HAVE ALREADY PACKED UP THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND SEASONAL GIFTS EXCEPT FOR THOSE THEY LEFT ON A FEW SHELVES FOR THE LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS AND THERE WILL BE MANY OF THEM!

I WAS ON MY COMPUTER WHEN MOM CAME IN AND SAID SHE HAD SOME LAST MINUTE SHOPPING TO DO AND KISSED ME GOODBY! I DIDN’T SEE HER TILL AFTER 7PM! ONE THING IS CERTAIN, IF SHE HAD ANY TROUBLE SHE’D CALL ME OR HAVE SOMEONE DO IT FOR HER! I STILL WORRY WHEN I’M NOT WITH HER!

WE HAD HALEY JO TILL HER MOM CAME AND PICKED HER UP ABOUT 8PM. WHILE GRANDMA LILLIAN (MOM) WAS BUSY MAKING PICAN BRITTLE HALEY JO DECIDED TO PLAY WITH MY TRAIN, SHE GOT IT STARTED BUT I DON’T THINK SHE KNEW HOW TO STOP IT! A COUPLE OF CARS WERE OFF THE TRACK AND IT WAS HEADED BEHIND THE TREE!   NO HARM DONE! I GUESS GRANDMA LILLIAN REALLY GAVE HER A TALKING TO AND WHEN I GOT HOME SHE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DO THE SAME BUT I JUST LOOKED AT HER AND SAID;”YOU WERE PLAYING WITH MY TRAIN?” SHE MEEKLY SHOOK HER HEAD YES AND THAT WAS THAT, I DIDN’T HAVE TO SAY ANYMORE AND NEITHER DID GRANDMA LILLIAN! SHE’S A PRETTY GOOD KID!

TWO BUDDY’S; HAROLD HILDRETH AND BILLY GILLIS AND I WENT OUT TO THE PALMDALE DESERT TO RABBIT HUNT BUT WHEN WE GOT THERE WE FOUND A WHOLE STRING OF OLD CARS THAT THE WIND HAD UNCOVERED! THE ONLY ONES I COULD IDENTIFY WERE THE FORD MODEL “Ts”! I’M SURE THERE WERE RIOs, OLDSMOBILES, PLUS  SOME OTHERS; AS FAR AS WE COULD SEE THE WIND HAD NOT UNCOVERED ALL OF THEM ONLY 6 WERE SHOWING BUT YOU COULD SEE THERE WERE MORE BEHIND THEM UNDER THE SAND. ALL OF THEM WERE NOTHING BUT RUSTY OLD JUNK OR SO WE THOUGHT! INSTEAD OF HUNTING RABBITS WE SAT ON A LITTLE RISE IN THE GROUND AND TOOK POT SHOT AT THEM! I HAD MY REMINGTON 22 PUMP THAT HAD BELONGED TO RUDOLPH VALENTINO! MY DAD HAD WORKED WITH HIM TILL HE (VALENTINO) DIED! ANYHOW I WAS HITTING A MODEL “T” OVER AND OVER WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BLEW ALL OVER THE DESERT AND LIFTED THE CARS IN FRONT AND BEHIND IT OFF THE GROUND! I THOUGHT IT MUST HAVE HAD SOME DYNAMITE IN IT SOMEWHERE AND MY BUDDIES ALSO THOUGHT THE SAME THING! WE PACKED UP AND GOT THE HELL OUT OF THERE AND WENT HOME! I CALLED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HERB DAVIS AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND TOLD HIM WHAT WE HAD FOUND AND WHAT HAPPENED! HE GOT ALL EXCITED AND WANTED TO KNOW IF I COULD FIND THE PLACE AGAIN AND I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT I COULD! THEN HE TOLD ME WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION; I HAD HIT THE GAS TANK, THERE WAS NO GAS IN IT BUT THE FUMES WERE STILL THERE AND THAT’S WHAT EXPLODED! I CALLED HAROLD AND BILLY TO SEE IF THEY COULD GO WITH US ON SATURDAY AND THEY AGREED TO GO. HERB GOT THREE OF HIS FRIENDS FROM LOCKHEED TO GO AND WE HEADED OUT ABOUT 6 AM SATURDAY! WE SCOURED THAT AREA AND ALL WE FOUND WERE SOME PARTS OF THE MODEL “T” THAT HAD EXPLODED BUT WE NEVER COULD FIND THE REST OF THE CARS, THE WIND HAD BLOWN THE SAND OVER THEM AGAIN! IF WE COULD HAVE HAD A METAL DECTOR OR EVEN A WAR SURPLUS MINE DECTOR WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THOSE CARS BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT! FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, HERB WOULD GO OUT THERE OCCASIONALLY AND LOOK AROUND BUT HE NEVER FOUND THOSE CARS AGAIN! WHAT WE FIGURED OUT WAS THAT IT WAS A CONVOY OF PEOPLE COMING FROM ARIZONA OR NEVADA AND THEY GOT LOST AND LEFT THE CARS AND WALKED ON TO PALMDALE AND WHEN THE WENT BACK THE CARS HAD BEEN COVERED BY THE WIND AND SAND! YEARS AGO I ASKED SOME OLD TIMERS IN A PALMDALE COFFEE SHOP ABOUT IT AND THEY CAN REMEMBER SOMETHING BUT NOT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD