1/22/08 Making my way out of TX going to CA

Hi Everyone…..
On January 22nd, 2008 I left San Angelo. I was finally heading out of Texas. I needed to be in San Diego, CA by 1/25/08 ,as my son Dave was flying out to meet me and spend 9 days checking out the sights with me.
As I was making my way out of TX …I passed thru El Paso. While driving I heard an ad on a local radio station, for a store in El Paso that had sports memorabilia. They specifically advertised having New England Patriots things…I thought this was very interesting considering this is Cowboys territory…and Texans take their football very seriously….they don’t take kindly to outsiders!! LOL So I decided to try and find this store. I followed the directions that the radio gave- and I was able to find the store with no problem. The name of this store is “ Xicali Imports”. I was checking things out- there was quite a variety of things here…one being sports memorabilia. I was looking for a vinyl Patriots sticker (to put on my back window to accompany my Boston Red Sox sticker that Bab’s had given me). I was having a hard time locating the sticker that I wanted and the young man behind the counter asked if he could help me find something…. I told he what I was looking for….he started to get all excited and said I have them right here (near the register). Come to find out this young mans name was Mike, and he and his brother were huge fans of Boston teams. They had been to MA and had really enjoyed themselves. Mike even mentioned that they had hoped to someday move out to MA. So we were talking sports Patriots then about the Red Sox…I had mentioned that my son Dave had gone to game 7 of the American League Champion Series….well Mike got real excited then!! He said me too !!! He went on to tell how he and his brother were there at the same game….he even showed me pictures on his blackberry that he had taken at the game. I told him I was traveling and that I would mention him and his store on my web blog. When I got back out to the parking lot I noticed a jeep that I had parked next to and started laughing out loud….I didn’t need three guesses to figure out who it belonged to…..as you will see in the pictures it must have belonged to Mike and he didn’t exaggerate he definitely does like MA !!! I was great meeting you Mike….I wish you well. If you ever find yourself stop in and say hi to Mike and take a look at the many interesting items they have in stock. They are located at: Xicali Imports :7824 North Loop Drive El Paso, TX 79915
Now was I making my way into New Mexico and I started get anxious… The last time I was in this state I had my car totaled by cows!! (see 3/27/07 blog) LOL It was starting to get late- I wanted to get into and out of NM before it got to dark….I made it thru with out incident - thank goodness!! I spent the night in a rest area in AZ.
Well I’m off the get my next entry ready….will be back soon- Love Donna
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