snapperbait
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I took a short trip over the weekend up to Jacksonville to see an old girlfriend and some friends...
Friday AM, I roll out of the driveway and get about two blocks.. My Phone rings... I answer, and it's my bud, Lenny.. We had not talked in a few weeks and go thru the usual "hey whats up" and all that.... Lenny says "i'm on my way up to Jacksonville this morning to pick up a car"..... I say "NO WAY..I just rolled out towards the gas station to fill up and get on my way up to Jacksonville this morning"... Turns out, he's about an hour and a half ahead of me.... I asked Lenny what part of J-ville, and turned out we were going to the same neighborhood... He was getting off 295 at Roosevelt/Park st., and I had to get off at the very next exit (Blanding blvd.)...
Wierd, huh?... Well that ain't nuttin!..
I get 30-odd miles up I-95 (around Stuart) and a truck pulls up next to me on the left....Window rolls down....It's two guys that work for Lenny!...
I get up just about St. Augustine and call Lenny to see if he wants to grab a bite to eat in J-ville and introduce him to my friends, but no dice because he's loaded up and just rolled off I-295 onto I-95 on his way back south... We passed each other halfway between St. Augustine and Jacksonville, flashed headlights and said "later".....
I arrive In J-ville about 1:15.. I'm a tad early and starved hungry, so I head to the Arbys.... I walk in Arbys, order and go sit down to eat... I'm about halfway done and someone taps me on the shoulder...... It's a waitress from one of the resturants I eat at here in W.P.B.... She said, "I thought that looked alot like your truck outside" (it's hard to miss)...Turns out she was up there to see a friend of hers that works at the Jacksonville Naval Air station...
The rest of friday went ok...... Movies, dinner and drinks.. Nice time with the old GF...
Saturday went well... Lunch with friends.. Bummed around the mall (cautiously, always keeping my eye out for someone I know..lol) All the kids wanted to go to the pool, so we all loaded up and went to the pool at the naval air station.. (one of my friends also work on the base)
Now it gets really wierd...
I headed home last night (saturday evening) about 6:30... I get to just about the spot on I95 between St. Augustine and Jacksonville where Lenny and I had passed each other.. At this point it's still gawd awful hot I'm a little concerned about my oil and coolant temps, so i'm easing along not pushing the beast to hard... A charcoal color Ford escape pulls along side me in the center lane.... Blonde chic at the wheel that looks an awful lot like someone I once dated...Couple late-teenage Kids in the back seat...... North Dakota tag......
At this point I'm starting to freak out, and it ain't the heat or the exhaust fumes either!
Let me back up a tad and try to explain this...... I dated a blonde chic that lives over on the west coast of FL (close to 12footer) from late last year into early this year, that drove a charcoal color Ford escape...She still had North Dakota tags last I saw her.... Just about the time things got a little serious, she decided to drop off the face of the earth... No returned calls, and all that...... Her ex-hubby lives up around Daytona...Kids..Joint custody..ect...
Now I'm not 100% certain if it was her or not......I let her pass and go on.... I kept back far enuff to watch... The escape did indeed get off at the Daytona I-4 exit, which is the way they would have to go, if they were going to the ex's....
I figure with all the odd-chance things that happend, chances are probably pretty good that is was her........
Friday AM, I roll out of the driveway and get about two blocks.. My Phone rings... I answer, and it's my bud, Lenny.. We had not talked in a few weeks and go thru the usual "hey whats up" and all that.... Lenny says "i'm on my way up to Jacksonville this morning to pick up a car"..... I say "NO WAY..I just rolled out towards the gas station to fill up and get on my way up to Jacksonville this morning"... Turns out, he's about an hour and a half ahead of me.... I asked Lenny what part of J-ville, and turned out we were going to the same neighborhood... He was getting off 295 at Roosevelt/Park st., and I had to get off at the very next exit (Blanding blvd.)...
Wierd, huh?... Well that ain't nuttin!..
I get 30-odd miles up I-95 (around Stuart) and a truck pulls up next to me on the left....Window rolls down....It's two guys that work for Lenny!...
I get up just about St. Augustine and call Lenny to see if he wants to grab a bite to eat in J-ville and introduce him to my friends, but no dice because he's loaded up and just rolled off I-295 onto I-95 on his way back south... We passed each other halfway between St. Augustine and Jacksonville, flashed headlights and said "later".....
I arrive In J-ville about 1:15.. I'm a tad early and starved hungry, so I head to the Arbys.... I walk in Arbys, order and go sit down to eat... I'm about halfway done and someone taps me on the shoulder...... It's a waitress from one of the resturants I eat at here in W.P.B.... She said, "I thought that looked alot like your truck outside" (it's hard to miss)...Turns out she was up there to see a friend of hers that works at the Jacksonville Naval Air station...
The rest of friday went ok...... Movies, dinner and drinks.. Nice time with the old GF...
Saturday went well... Lunch with friends.. Bummed around the mall (cautiously, always keeping my eye out for someone I know..lol) All the kids wanted to go to the pool, so we all loaded up and went to the pool at the naval air station.. (one of my friends also work on the base)
Now it gets really wierd...
I headed home last night (saturday evening) about 6:30... I get to just about the spot on I95 between St. Augustine and Jacksonville where Lenny and I had passed each other.. At this point it's still gawd awful hot I'm a little concerned about my oil and coolant temps, so i'm easing along not pushing the beast to hard... A charcoal color Ford escape pulls along side me in the center lane.... Blonde chic at the wheel that looks an awful lot like someone I once dated...Couple late-teenage Kids in the back seat...... North Dakota tag......
At this point I'm starting to freak out, and it ain't the heat or the exhaust fumes either!Let me back up a tad and try to explain this...... I dated a blonde chic that lives over on the west coast of FL (close to 12footer) from late last year into early this year, that drove a charcoal color Ford escape...She still had North Dakota tags last I saw her.... Just about the time things got a little serious, she decided to drop off the face of the earth... No returned calls, and all that...... Her ex-hubby lives up around Daytona...Kids..Joint custody..ect...
Now I'm not 100% certain if it was her or not......I let her pass and go on.... I kept back far enuff to watch... The escape did indeed get off at the Daytona I-4 exit, which is the way they would have to go, if they were going to the ex's....
I figure with all the odd-chance things that happend, chances are probably pretty good that is was her........
