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North Carolina is filled with outdoor live music venues, which means we spend a lot of evenings gathering camping chairs, water bottles, bug spray, etc. and heading out to see an incredible array of talented musicians. During the summer months, our plans are occasionally thwarted by uncooperative weather. North Carolina’s summer storms can be SERIOUS! Here’s what happened recently…
As we sat in our car waiting for a storm to pass, we could hear the band warming up. Before long, the rain slowed to a fine mist, so we dragged our gear down the field to be near the stage. Unfortunately, the rain started picking up again. Ever the gentleman, Willie ran to the car and brought back rain jackets and a couple of his hats. The jackets kept the rain off pretty well, but I didn’t bother with the hat at first because I knew it would fall off. Willie’s hats are huge! I cannot tell you the number of times he has been frustrated by being unable to find a single hat in a store that will fit his head. XL, quite literally, doesn’t begin to cover it! We refer to him as having a head the size of a buffalo.
In the end , the rain got to be too much, so I had to wear the hat. All in all, I thought it wasn’t too bad. Besides, the rain would go away shortly, right? And then, it dawned on me. I startled Willie with, “Oh my gaaaawd! Does this mean that my head is as big as YOURS?” Willie cracked up, but then very kindly reminded me that I had my hair up in a messy French twist, which added about two to three inches to the circumference.
There is, in fact, only one buffalo head at the TRR.