As I continue my journey as a writer and publisher, I will share the development of “Drifter Radio: The Book” (working title) on this web-blog. My goal is to develop the book by writing short passages on the drifterRadio.com website.
The short stories I write on the website and in the book will be the same, but the book will be more refined with perhaps more information.
The first story I would like to share is my first long-distance hitchhiking drift to Las Vegas.
In the early spring of 2002, Adrian (DJ from 95.7 The Rock), Dr. Love, and myself headed to Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Love and I are searching for a new start in the desert. Our plan is to establish ourselves n Arizona and become truck drivers.
Adrian is on a mission to get a radio job in Las Vegas at 97.1 The Comp.
I am also on mission to attend the Hall of Fame Classic foosball tournament in Las Vegas. Dr. Love said we could borrow his Ford F150 to drive from Phoenix to Vegas. At the end of our Vegas adventure, Adrian would then fly back to Wisconsin and I would then drive back to Phoenix.
The plan to drive the Ford to Las Vegas would change in Phoenix. On the drive to Phoenix, the transmission of Dr. Love’s Ford started acting funny. In Phoenix, we decide to go to a Ford dealership to get the vehicle inspected.
While waiting to make a left turn into the Ford dealership parking lot, the transmission dies!
Adrian and I hop out and push the vehicle out of the street. Fortunately we broke down here.
Fortunately, the truck still has a drive-train warranty. The tranny can be replaced at no cost.
Unfortunately, it will be a week before the truck is fixed. In the next few days, Adrian needs to get to the radio station and then catch his flight out of Vegas.
While Dr. Love heatedly talks to the dealership and the need for it to get fixed quicker, Adrian and I sit in the show room wondering what we are going do do.
“I think we are going to have to hitchhike tomorrow,” I tell Adrian.
