6-20-09 Saturday (Donna the Street Walker)

Greetings from a warm and humid Arlington, Texas.

That’s how fellow RVer’s John and Derek generally start their blog entry off – a short weather update. I’ve mentioned John and Derek many a time. They are the one’s the run away from us. Can you blame them? We’re weather jinxes. Funny thing is Derek leaves for training in Philly tomorrow. He’ll be back Thursday! So half of them gets to escape us.

On our way from Oklahoma City to Arlington/Dallas, we stopped off in the town of Pauls Valley, Texas to see the Toy and Action Figure Museum. When we arrived, Jim took Dasher for a walk first. On his way, he saw some helpless Chihuahua or Pit Bull out on the street. Maybe a street walker? He returned Dasher to the RV and went back out with leather gloves on (more stylish). Jim named it Donna for Prima-donna since a few of her nails were painted red. It had a pink collar on. Blah, blah, took it to the police station, blah blah, animal control wouldn’t pick up on a weekend, blah blah.

It all gets a blah blah because Jim doesn’t want to type the story so I’m gonna tell it my way. The synopsis? Jim rescues cute doggy and drops her off at the police station. She is cute, isn’t she?

*Update: Jim caved and left his story in the comment section. Here it is: Jim here.

You may be wondering why I am carrying a dog no bigger than my hand with a pair of leather gloves. Or you may just think I am a freak. Let me explain. I, along with a lady and her 12 year old daughter who thought they had run over the dog chased it until it was exhausted, trying to catch it to see if there was any info on the collar. Once we had it cornered and tried to grab it, it barked and bit at us. Now I realize I am 5 billion times bigger than this dog, but I did not want either of us to get hurt. After trying unsuccessfully several times to grab her from behind, I finally remembered my leather gloves. So off I ran 2 blocks to get them. I came back to find the dog some!what rested and ready to run from me again. Now the dog seemed to go to the mom. But still did not want to be grabbed. Then I got to chase the dog in circles around the mom. Finally I was able to grab her. She did not like it at all, but within just a moment calmed down and let me pet her. At this point we realized there was absolutely NO info on the dog. (PEOPLE IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT A COLLAR ON YOUR DOG AND A GOOFY LITTLE RHINESTONE BOW, THEN SPEND $2.00 MORE AND PUT SOME FU*&EN INFO ON THERE TOO!) The mom lady made a few phone calls to try to figure out what we should do with the dog. Since the RV is not good for running errands, and we all ready had our pets on board, and the police station in Mayberry, I mean Pauls Valley was only a few blocks away, we walked. I kept my gloves on because I was not sure if she would get pissy and bite again. Plus if she got loose again, I would need them to grab her. Garret covered the rest. She turned out to be a sweet little dog. I hope she ends up back in her home and loved. Might call the police in Mayberry, I mean Pauls Valley Monday to follow up.

We finally made it to the museum. We’re pretty much “behind schedule” by this point. The museum was cool. More nostalgic than anything.

Above/Below: These army action figures were on a pretty large scale. There was a big area with a lot of them.

Above: A small glass case with some Trek stuff. There was much more all over the place.

Above: Mork! Right lower corner = Bender.

Above: Another case had this interesting mix of sci-fi stuff.

Above: A lot of Star Wars figures still in their original packaging.

Above: Millennium Falcon.

Above: Pinhead from Hellraiser.

Below: Lots of others but I’m too tired to label them all. If you don’t know what it is, just make up a name, I won’t tell.

Above: DC comics universe. The case was about 5 times as long as the picture shows.

Above: Uh, the guys in purple look a little fruity. Anyone know who they are?

Above: The DC comics case had many a Wonder Woman version. Look at these 2 in the center.

Above: Marvel universe. The case was 3 times as long as the picture shows.

Above/Below: Look at all the figures. We spent a long time pointing out to each other, icons we spotted in the sea o’ cool boy toys!

After the museum, we had a quick lunch at Kentucky Fried Bell or Taco Chicken. It was a KFC/Taco Bell place. Jim and I love to combine the names of these often partnered fast food joints. It brings us joy, leave me alone. You know you’ll do it the next time you see a Taco Bell with a Long John Silver. Try it. I’ll wait. No, I won’t.

When we arrived today, Derek and John came to our site, greeted us and invited us to join them for dinner. We went to a BBQ joint, Spring Creek Barbeque. I enjoyed the ribs. The others enjoyed their food but would have preferred some pork on the menu.