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Just Give It a Little Gas…Mitch Hanley, Senior Producer Amid a day full of interviews and site visits, our tour guide Dan Splaingard took us over to his former landlady’s place so he could deliver a delicious Icee fresh from the gas station.  Theresa’s two dogs, whose names I cannot recall, came running out to greet us as Dan went inside.  These dogs were very sweet and all I can say is that I am glad this car was a rental.  It was as we were leaving that we learned the “game” these dogs love to play:  Car Chase the Dogs!  We had the hardest time getting out of the driveway, these dogs were right behind us, when we drove out to the main street they ran right in front of us.  Dan said, just give it a little gas and they’ll get out of the way.  Here’s a pic of one of them, having just gotten out of the way…
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Just Give It a Little Gas…
Mitch Hanley, Senior Producer

Amid a day full of interviews and site visits, our tour guide Dan Splaingard took us over to his former landlady’s place so he could deliver a delicious Icee fresh from the gas station. Theresa’s two dogs, whose names I cannot recall, came running out to greet us as Dan went inside. These dogs were very sweet and all I can say is that I am glad this car was a rental. It was as we were leaving that we learned the “game” these dogs love to play: Car Chase the Dogs! We had the hardest time getting out of the driveway, these dogs were right behind us, when we drove out to the main street they ran right in front of us. Dan said, just give it a little gas and they’ll get out of the way. Here’s a pic of one of them, having just gotten out of the way…

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    • #road trip
    • #environmentalism
    • #alabama
    • #rural studio
    • #sustainability
  • 5 years ago [Thu, Oct 11th, 2007 at 11:45pm]
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