THORNEE INN

Moments like this were like Gold to EuEarl .
   They'd started taking their usual Sunday drives again, now that the Oil Embargo was over, and had decided to visit Wise County. The old Thornee Inn, which had been operating since the late 30's, had been closed & everything was on sale.
"Might find us some nice, cheap furnishin's !", KC had said.
"Nice maybe," EuEarl had responded, smiling."But hardly cheap. That's Runaway Bay Country !!"
The Thornee Inn had been a popular , though small, hotel for years & was still in very good condition .If not a 4 star establishment, it had certainly ranked above a 2 for most of it's existence ! But the opening of the new highway, plus DFW Airport, had sent reservations plummeting in the past year or so.
There hadn't been a lot of "furnishin's" left to choose from, by the time they'd got there, as the sale had started the previous Friday, but KC was thrilled just to walk through the building. EuEarl smiled inwardly at how impressed KC was with the place. "I loved pret' near everythang 'bout rodeoin',", KC said, "But I'd'a liked, just once, stayin' in a place like this 'stead my lil ol' Teardrop Camper !" .
  But what had really charmed KC & brought forward his inner kid, was an alcove, off the main hallway, where several milk crates  filled with old LPs had been stored ! Like a child on Christmas morning, KC had swooped down on them & tore through the various crates !
"Look'a these, EuEarl ! Sarah Vaughan, Frankie Lane, Rosemary Clooney, the Four Aces ! Here's a Nat 'King' Cole ! Don Cornell &....Lookit this'n ! GOGI GRANT !! I near 'bouts f'got about her ! They us'ta play "WAYWARD WIND" on the radio all'a time back when I first started cowboyin' ! And lookey here. They's only $5 a crate !!" "
"Those have gotta be over twenty years old, babe ! They're probably pretty scratched up !"
KC was undaunted. "That don't matter. We'll have the covers, at least !"
EuEarl rifled through his wallet for a bit, then, assured they could cover it, said," I didn't know you liked Classic Pop, KC. You're usually tuned to Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells & those Grand Old Op'ry kinda stations." KC had stacked three crates atop one another & was attempting to lift them. EuEarl tapped him on the shoulder, shook his head & lifted the top two crates himself. " Don'cha like Country/Western no more ?"
"Sure I do ! But I ain't just likin'one thang all'a time !"
That was the Gold Moment ! That Pure KC way his Cowboy Man had of expressing himself & the joy he could find in so many things that EuEarl himself , somewhat cynically, often took in his stride.And he'd be reminded, as if he ever needed reminding, just why he was so in Love with his guy !
It made for a Perfect Day ! And to think, initially, EuEarl hadn't even wanted to go down Thornee road...
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