Wife and I were headed out of town to Cades Cove for a few days shorty after being married. Driving up to the NC mountains back then was frustrating because HWY 421 was a two lane road and you always were at the mercy of 18 wheelers and RV slugs.
We were bickering about me wanting to stop at a off the track gun store in Yadkinville. As I pulled in to the gravel lot there were a couple of old guys standing around a pick up. I was sipping a cold adult beverage at the time and reached over and pushed the bottle down in my wife's crotch and told her "to keep it cold for me while I went in".
When I reached for the door going into the building that long neck Bud exploded on the brick wall beside me. Never before saw old fellas high stepping as fast as those old boys were getting out of the line of fire.
It was a quiet weekend.
