what ever tomorrow brings I’ll be there with open arms and open eyes……
….Incubus
A few years ago I was forced to face my own mortality. That year , at 30, I made a ‘bucket list’ and vowed to recognize and push fear aside to persue the moments that would cause regrets should I pass them by. Being dramatic ? Possibly. But that is how I ‘roll’ .
Willie was one of those moments. This was a family stalking mission; my husband and daughter came along. Typical stalking missions invole myself and a girlfriend!
My youngest son, a then dishwasher at the Hilton, gave me the tip that Willie was staying there while doing a concert at the Stockton Ports ballpark. On our way he called again to let us know that Willie took off ON HIS MOTORCYCLE!! Can you imagine that semi-red braid , flying in the wind!
After a half hour of driving around, checking and rechecking the Hilton parking lot for motorcycles, and a trip to the flea market we looped back to the Hilton to see if the bikes were back. They weren’t..;( My inf0rmant discovered they may have hid them in a trailor that was with the caravan !!
I sucked up the possile humliation and knocked on the door of the RV. Obvious it belonged to Willie Nelson!
The worst that could happen , I’m tagged a stalker and escorted off the property.
So I knocked and Willie himself answered!!I was speechless..the only thing that cam out was ” you’re willie nelson” . I sure did!!
He signed a book and Eddie’s helmet. Chit-chatted about Stockton and we left. He got a kick out of the fact my 4th graders listen to him in my classroom!
Yes!!! He was in the midst of getting high!!!…..the smoke from Willie Nelson’s weed was all over me!!…i would have been so sad if he wasn’t!!
Nothing will ever be as big as this…………unless …… we find LL’s R.V.
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