My trip to the country!!!

I have returned from the freaking country!!! My boi D invited me to his in laws' farm ranch an hour from where we live. Wifey is from the Chi and so far, she has been disappointed that I don't regularly milk cows and rock big ass belt buckles. So actually going to the country and be at a real life ranch was a no miss event. I trust my boi and he is of the African persuasion so I know that my deliverance scares can never happen. Although if anyone comments of my purty mouth, I am outta there!!!

So we rolling to this joint, Mapquest, google maps ready. Sorry just joking. mapquesting the address was an experience in of itself. Yahoo maps laughed at me and pointed me to the downtown area of the nearest town. I figured that going to Main Street CAN't be a farm ranch. I then went to Google maps. My main source. My trust worthy maps source. Nothing. I think Google maps laughed at me and showed me a map of Texas with a "good luck buddy" icon next to it. Slight hyperbole? Maybe but I swear the browser laughed at me.

I was literally going to off the beaten path. Since technology has failed me, I called our hosts for personal directions. I was essentially told to drive til u leave all civilization and wait at the solitary gas station and wait for them to rescue fetch us. Now u know that filled me with buckets of joy. Any place so far of the beaten path that requires us to be picked up scares me.

Now why did we go still? My boi is naija. We go way back. I don't owe him money and since we past the last Bank ATM 30 miles AGo, I am good. If he can handle this then i can. Plus wifey is never scared. So we rolled. As we drove, I spotted my boi's car. Great, so we all caravanned with him and drove... and drove... and freaking drove... .

I checked my phone. No signal. No strike that. No freaking service. Dear God, T-mobile don abandon me oh.. we soon turned off the highway and started driving on a narrow ass road that looked too small to be a 2 way road.

i comforted myself with the existence of Power cables along the road. At least we will have electricity this weekend. Lights are not essential for me. I am Naija remember?? My checklist is simple. I want indoor plumbing and hot water. I didn't come to Yankee to do cold bucket baths again. Walahi.

What? We turning off this narrow country ass road?? Into a red gravel path?? Chineke!! We can't drive more than 20 miles on this road!! Where in God's earth we going?? I sat back and reaffirmed my trust on D.

Finally we are here. the house is Nice. Beautiful house. electricity- check, indoor plumbing- check, hot water- hell yeah!! I think this will be great. the folks at the place were great..
Life in the country is relaxing for real. U feel the tension of city life melt off.

1st thing on the agenda- Fishing. We start heading for the fishing hole. there is this cool game they play in the country. it is called " Try not to step on the steaming or dried pile of cow crap". The winner gets to wear their shoes again after the weekend. Back to the fishing. My wife represented. 5!!!




I never thot fishing would make her so happy. See the pictures for evidence. All in all, i enjoyed my time there. The people were fun and I made new friends. I learned that living in the country shows u how much personal interaction we miss in this tech whole we live in. Don't get me wrong. I love my Internet and cell phone. Anyway, I have blogged enuf.