Thanks For The Ride!

I know I promised a post everyday this week and I blew it.  I got so absorbed in my regular life that I forgot to post.  Sorry about that. 

So now on to the continuing saga of the Mad Man in Chincoteague…..

In Chincoteague, you can easily walk to almost anywhere.  Main Street and Maddox Blvd are the main streets in town and are for the most part walker friendly. 

I say most part because I almost got run over.

I was walking from the carnival grounds to the closest ATM and on the way back a guy was pulling out of a side street without looking.  I was, at this point, in front of his car and he never stopped.  He kept pulling out even as I was clinging on to his hood. 

So there I was facing the car, leaning over his hood, yelling YO!  YO!  YOooooo!!!!!! and the guy keeps pulling out into the street and never slows, stops or looks at me. 

It was not until I pounded down hard with my fist into the hood of his car before he even acknowledged my presence.  He had the nerve to ask what I was doing.  Oh, nothing, just wanted to get a closer look at the bird shit on the hood of your car in this darkness of night you big dope. 

He then had the nerve to complain about the dent I put into his hood.  Actually, I was proud of the dent.  I was proud that I could dent the hood of the car with such force while trying to hold myself up on his hood and not get run over at the same time.

Anyway, after the gentleman was kind enough to drop me off into the street and allow me to move out of the way of his motor vehicle, I proceeded to let him know what I thought of him and wished him a good night.  He also wished me a most pleasant evening and exchanged hand gestures. 

If that was the only bad experience that I had on vacation I can live with that.  And in reality, this is outside of the norm on the island.  The island is a very quiet and peaceful place.  Incidents like the one I mentioned above are rare, at least from my experience.