The Rain

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Visibility is reduced to almost the end of our noses as the water sluices down the windows. Moving the car ever so cautiously, my father pulls into a truck stop to wait out . Making a mad dash through the small rivers that are forming in the parking lot, we all pile out of the car and into the cool sanctuary of the diner. We are allowed to order anything we want, this is vacation, all the rules and regulations of home seem to have lost a few clauses. We do not drink soda pop with our meals at home, the rules say you have milk, water or tea - Dr. Pepper is fast becoming a good acquaintance of mine. stops as suddenly as it started, we watch steam rise from the ground like thin strips of gauze as the sun reappears and again tries to bake the earth to a hard crust. The meal over, we doggedly return to the oppressive heat and continue on our journey to Texas. We sleep in every position in the car that a child can possibly imagine - legs over arms, arms over bodies, bodies on floorboards ...

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