I am new at all this, well, here goes.A Trip
June 1976
Ennis and Jack decided to take a trip to NYC. They were going to go on one of their fishing trips. That’s what they told Alma and Lureen. But just before they were going to head up the mountain, they heard on the radio, something about something called discos in New York, and Jack got this idea. “We gotta go see this sometime.”
So they drove to the airport, and Jack just pulled out a wad of bills to pay for the tickets. They got off the plane, and in a cab. The cab driver took one look at them and said, “You’re going to the village?"
Jack said sure, but he didn’t know what this village was in the middle of NYC.
Ennis just stared and stared.
They got to this place called the village. They went to a restaurant and Jack paid with his credit card. Then they walked around. They could not believe what they saw, kids with these weird haircuts, ladies in real short skirts and real high heels, all these guys in real tight pants. Jack just stared, Ennis pretended not to.
“Hey Jack, I don’t know about this place here” Ennis said.
Jack said “Me neither”.
Just then they walked by a bar, it was called the Cowboy Bar.
“Hey, why don’t we get us a drink” Ennis said, nervous and scared.
They went into the bar.
Jack whispered to Ennis “How come there ain’t no ladies here?”
Before Ennis could reply a tall handsome man stood before him, “Can I buy you a drink cowboy?
“Sure” he replied, too nervous to say no.
He looked for Jack. Jack was standing there, with three guys around him, all offering to buy him drinks.
Ennis's and Jack's eyes met. Should they go or should they stay?. A big blond guy touched Ennis’s shoulder, “Your acting like a fish out of water” he said.
Ennis didn’t say anything. But Jack heard the remark, and thought, ‘I hope I ain’t.”
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