I Have No Idea!

This morning, I got up at 6:00. When I came into the kitchen, there was a note on the breakfast bar, from Tony. “Nance, I’m going to go wake up Kinky, so he can do Imus, and then I’m going to the Old Timer. Love you, Tony.”

I didn’t know Kinky was going to be on the Imus show this morning, so I turned on the television, started the DVD recorder, to watch Imus. Fortunately, I didn’t miss Kinky’s telephone interview!

Kinky was great on Imus! At one point during their conversation, when Kinky was talking to Imus about Kinky’s upcoming Ranch Roundup out here, on the 25th—Kinky said, “I even lost a bet to Tony, Cousin Nancy’s husband...” That was the very first time that Kinky has ever mentioned Tony’s name on Imus, and I was thrilled that I had recorded it!

When Kinky’s part of the show ended, I phoned Kinky, and then drove Trigger over to the Lodge, to drink a cup of coffee with Kinky. During our visit, Kinky challenged me to another game of pool. Probably, because The Medina Bulldog had beat him last night.

The game didn’t take long. I sank a couple of balls—yellow and red, before The Hummingbird Man won. I am not sure if I should tell Tony or not, because Kinky was pretty happy about winning.

Around 7:30, I said, “Well Kink, It’s now my turn. I need to get back over to the rescue ranch, because I have to do Harley’s radio show.” I then left the Lodge, climbed into Trigger, and turned the key—nothing happened. I tried several times to start Trigger, but he would not respond. So, I went back inside the Lodge, to tell Kinky about Trigger dying, and to ask him if I could use his phone to call Harley and do the show from the Lodge.

“Good morning Cousin Nancy!” Harley said, over the air waves. “How is everyone doing at the rescue ranch?”

“Well, I’m doing just fine, Harley, even though Trigger just died, and I am having to call you from Kinky’s Lodge because I can’t get home.”

“I’m sorry to hear that about Trigger. Well Cousin Nancy, tell me who is Harley’s Pet of the Week, this week.”

I laughed, “I have no idea, Harley—Kinky doesn’t have a computer over here.” We both laughed.

Harley and I talked a little while longer about the rescue ranch, and then I said, “Harley, Kinky’s sitting right here, and he wants to talk to you. Here’s Kinky.” I gave the phone to Kinky, and then I went outside to try to revive Trigger.

I tried a few more times to start Trigger, and got nothing. A couple of minutes later, Kinky came outside and tried to start Trigger—still no response. Kinky pulled the hood release handle, from inside the truck, and then he went and opened up the hood. "How old is Trigger?" Kinky asked.

"Ten," I said. "But in truck years, he would be close to ninety years old."

Then Kinky and I both leaned forward, and silently stared at Trigger’s engine, for at least fifteen seconds. Then I burst out laughing! “Kinky, neither you, or me know anything about engines! Why are we staring at the engine?” We both started laughing at ourselves. Then we returned to the Lodge. I called the Old Timer, to tell Tony the sad news about Trigger’s untimely death, and also to ask him to please pick me up at Kinky’s, when he returned to the ranch. He said he would and he did.

After Tony and Aaron had finished their chores, they went over to the Lodge to see why Trigger had passed away, so suddenly and unexpectedly. Fifteen minutes later, Tony walked into the trailer to tell me that Trigger was going to be okay, but his battery had died. Tony then took off to Medina to buy a new battery.

While he was gone, I did my three mile walk inside the trailer—using my weights and the stretchie band. It was a good workout.

During lunch, Tony and I watched the Imus show together, and Tony nearly fell out of his chair when Kinky mentioned him! He was totally surprised—I loved it!

I’ve gotta go now— Mari B. and Lori G. are fixing to show up out here! Tony and I are going to go down to the gate and meet them, so we can take them to see Kinky first. I can’t wait to see them!

This one is for Mari B.— To Be Continued...