Yesterday, I arrived at my dad after a two hour drive. I should have waited till the end of the day to leave, just in case a client would call. But the weather was so nice that I took a chance.
The moment I left Rotterdam I felt free.
I should do this more often.
Send this to Bianca, she always wants to know what I'm up to. I'm happy, my dad, Trevor, beer, grill.
Road trip is nice
I always take the scenic road for the first part of the journey when I go up North. It takes 10 minutes longer but is 10x more beautiful than the freeway. I lowered down my window and put in a cd from Simon and Garfunkel.
Blasting Ms Robinson. Singing along. Having a good time.
Scenic road basically looks like this.
Phone Rings
40 minutes into my roadtrip my phone rings. It's a client. I pick up. If I could be so kind to open a port on a firewall. I told them I can't do it right now and I won't do it till Monday.
I can of course do it from my dad's place but I don't want to take the risk incase something goes wrong. They accept. Thank god!
Pit stop
I'm starving after 70 minutes driving. Forgot to have lunch. I stop at this place. It's called Haje. Have a tuna sandwich and a cheese bread.
It's delicious. I also call my dad I'm getting there earlier
Arrived
My dad and I have a coffee and we talk. But we have to go soon. I want to get to the Butcher to get some Steak. Near my dad's place they have one the best Butchers I know.
Butcher
Up north life is a bit slower. More countryside style. They find it a little strange when I ask to take pictures of the store. My dad says to the butcher I'm a writer. I say no. I make blogs. The butcher doesn't know what a Blog is. I say, that's ok. He lets me take some pictures.
Talking, Grilling and Chilling
We arrive back and my dad and I talk for hours. Of course I talk Blockchain and Crypto. My dad understand he's a programmer. He also used to sell Macintosh computer before they became mainstream. He knows what's it like to be part of something early. It's a great feel.
My dad also used to write for an American magazine called 'Call Apple'.
Wonderfull evening
We have a great evening with nice beers and great food. But my dad is getting a little bit older and ever since the cancer ordeal is more tired than he used to be. The evening has taken it's toll. It's 9pm.
After my dad wakes up from his chair. We have a small drink and he's off to bed. I grab my laptop and start browsing Steemit and finally have time to answer the nice comments I received.
When I look next to me I see this. Guess my dad is not the only one getting older.
Have a wonderful day!
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