Post #76520 by kctiki on Tue, Feb 17, 2004 4:40 PM

On 2004-02-16 21:02, Formikahini wrote:

There's a billboard on the highway ... I went up and down the road where it was supposedly located, and the billboard directions of something like "Exit 37, Turn left 2 miles" were wholly unhelpful. I tried left and right, at least 5 miles - you name it.

Alright Sis, take a good hard belt of that Mai Tai. Or better yet, drain it. ‘Cause I’m gonna give it to you straight.

You didn’t find the Kon Tiki because you weren’t ready to find it. But you already know that. Maybe some part of you always knew it. Could be it just didn’t want to be found. You read the directions, but missed the fine print.

Exit 37 (onto Renovation Ave. Bear right, past the Sports Bar, past the Walgreens) Turn left 2 mi. (that’s a hard left, onto the Boulevard of Broken Mugs). Hey kid, did that billboard say anything about shattered mugs? Nah. I didn’t think so.

Turn around? Give up? If we had any brains we’d give up.

But when I dialed the Kon Tiki Motel and had her on the horn, when she claimed there’s nothing Polynesian about the place, I swear I could hear exotic music in the background. Not that plinky plonky water torture stuff either. Slide guitar I think it was. Kinda lazy. Kinda sad. Makes you want to quit your job and stop shaving your armpits.

So keep your eyes peeled kid. That neon vacancy sign is just beyond the windshield, right over the horizon.