Route 66-based story
written by OC,SH’s founder, inspired by his September 2009 Route 66 road trip

CHAPTER 19: RETURN VISIT

“Well, there ya are,” the former shopkeeper said, getting out of the driver’s side of his truck. “What took you so long?”

The glimmer in the old man’s eye tipped the brothers that he was just joking around, as usual.

“Figered I’d bring my wife with me to come see you boys today,” the old man continued, as his wife stepped out of the pickup. “We haven’t been ‘ere in a while.”

“I’m so sorry to have called you so early this morning,” the youngest sibling said to the older couple, as they all met between the Caprice Classic & the pickup.

“Ah, it’s no bother. We were up anyways,” the former shopkeeper’s wife interjected. “My husband, here, likes his breakfast hot & early.”

The former shopkeeper just shook his head & said, “Well, you going to open ‘er up or are we just gonna stand out here all day?”

With that, the eldest unlocked the business & ushered them inside.

“Well, would you look at this!” the former shopkeeper exclaimed as he walked into the building. In that instance, the eldest sibling was transported back to the first time the shopkeeper & his wife visited his parents’ business.