Pody's Tercedes

Basically, Pody bought this car for next to nothing and it was a BEAST. This Toyota Tercel could essentially make the drive from Ewa Beach, up the H2, past the Schofield Barracks, through the fragrant Dole fields to the Kam Highway, around Waimea, past Dudeland to Ehukai on auto pilot - and many times it did. The drive itself is one for the senses. The hypnotic smell of pineapple is my weakness and it served as a reminder of where I was each and every time we made our way north.

One day in particular, it was post sesh in the Ehukai parking lot and Pody realized that he had locked his keys in the car. Being a repeat offender of that crime, I had no place, but to sympathize with my bud. There was a crew of spongers (Pody calls ‘em dick-draggers) off to the side and we decided to hit them up for their keys. It was either that or smash the back window and who had money to replace that? Not only did that dick-draggers key unlock the Tercedes, but it also turned over the motor. Pody returned the keys to the boys and let them know in his own little way that they “didn’t see anything.” What a day -