The Purple Whale ticked past the 35,000 mile mark on one of the many trips up to the SMH.*
We are in western North Carolina visiting my sister and her husband this weekend. This morning we went into downtown Hendersonville to visit the Mast General Store where you can buy all sorts of candy by the pound and spend lots of time looking at spendy outdoorsy clothing. I bought cheap knock-off of a sort of Tilley Hat. It is a distressed wide brim cotton hat that sort of looks cowboy-ish to keep the sun out of my eyes and off the back of my neck at the same time. We promptly removed the leather strap that loops under your chin to keep the hat from flying off your head as you hunt rhinos from the open back of a Land Rover or while galloping across the north 40. Probably have to put it back on when I wear it while driving the Miata.
This afternoon for entertainment we went to the North Carolina Mountain State Fair. We were going to go see the pig races at Hogway Speedway at 3 o’clock but, we were too early, so we headed over to the Got To Be NC Stage to watch clogging. There were several hundred seats under the awning, but no real place to sit because all the chairs were taken by cloggers, their support staff and families. Diane and Allen managed to talk one lady into allowing them to sit in some empty seats as long as they promised to vacate them when her kids came back.
*I want to say it was Donna and I that nicknamed Diane and Allen’s southern retirement place the Stricker Mountain Home, but they have made it official with a carved wood sign to that effect next to the sidewalk leading up to their front porch.
You probably will not need to put the strap back on your hat if driving is the only purpose. I have a Dorfman Pacific all around brim hat but because it is foldable, the brim either flaps me to death or is blown up in the air making it of no use. I hope your brim is stiffer. Our 2010 MX5 Mazda isn’t as windy but a ball cap is still preferred for driving. I guess that means that “I might be a red-neck” forever.
I tried to find the hat for sale online at Mast General Store to link to it, but it wasn’t listed. It has a stiff brim with probably a ring of bendable wire in the outer edge. Right now it is flat front and back with the sides curled up. I put the strap back on for now, but if I don’t any staying planted isses it’ll come back off.