Hit Me!
Special thanks to my pal and gifted artist, Anwar Hanano for recreating this epic moment for me. I've said before that my dad was a really smart dude. Genius at times. But his plans didn't always work out as planned. This is one of my all-time favorites, so I hope you enjoy it too. When we moved up to PA in 1994, we had arranged to rent a trailer in Sunbury under the premise that the landlord would build a ramp or provide a lift to help my father get in and out of the trailer safely. For as long as I can remember, my dad's primary means of getting in and out of elevated spaces (especially our van) was a pair of 6' long aluminum ramps. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, we had gotten used to the fact that they would become a bit slippery in the rain. What we hadn't experienced yet was how impossibly slick they got when exposed to snow. The process of unloading my dad from the van usually went something like this: Set the ramps up with one end on ...