I could go two different ways with this one...but there is a story I tell over and over again and I simply laugh every time. It was the summer after my first year at college and I got a group of high school friends to go to the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Since I planned it I drove. We headed up towards the concert and stopped somewhere along the way for a cheaper dinner than we'd get at the concert. We stopped at Subway, packed back into the car and got back on our way. Well at a stoplight right after we stopped I looked at my gas tank and it was at about a quarter of a tank. I thought we could make it cuz it wasn't that much further, my friends thought I should stop, but I decided to keep going (we were on a time crunch after all).
Well, we got stuck in concert traffic about a mile or 2 before our exit...we were barely moving. Right before this time my gas light came on...GREAT! I can still remember all of us constantly looking at the fuel thing on my dash. We came up on the parking ramp and I just kept saying "what if we run out of gas in the middle of this thing?" Well we made it to a parking spot. I almost missed it, so I had to reverse and fix my parking job. Just as I put it in reverse, my car wouldn't move...We had run out of gas (with a stream of cars behind me). I quickly turned my car off and then back on and pulled into the parking spot. We went to the concert and had a great time. I had made arrangements with a friend in the cities to bring us a gas tank. Well, 15 minutes before the concert was over she was too tired and couldn't stay awake any longer...GREAT!!!!!! So there we were not knowing what to do, so we decided to just walk to one. This was at 11:30pm in downtown St. Paul...
That is where the true adventure began. We asked multiple police officers where the closest one was but got different answers, so we picked one and went. Well it was a good half mile walk. During this walk we walked past a bar on the opposite side of the street. A guy smoking outside decided to whistle at us. Erin speaks up and yells, "Do not whistle at us, we are not dogs!!!!" We all about died laughing. We rounded the corner when I car stopped to ask where the detox center was. Erin again spoke up and said, "Why do you need to go?" They replied, "no but our friend is there." Erin then says, "Oh that sucks. Do you know where the closest gas station is?" The other three of us were not the happiest with this, but we laughed anyway. They offered us a ride, we declined and kept walking. We saw a prostitute or two around the corner and then finally saw the signs to the gas station. We walked in, got a little tank and paid at a counter that was protected by bullet proof glass (boy did we feel safe). We started walking back when all of a sudden we saw my parents (they had started to drive up and said they weren't going to turn around until I had a full tank of gas in my car). So, we jumped in the car and got a ride back the rest of the way! :)
It was such a great night, one I'll never forget! :)
We got free energy drinks after the show...I'm truly not drunk or high in this picture! :)
In my parents car on the way back...
The quote on fb for this pic..."Why is this so erect?" None other then the great Erin Becker! :)
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