Tuesday night was football night. In addition it was Soccer night. On top of that it was a late night for Mama at work. So the question is how do I duplicate myself to get to two practices at the same time?
Mama arranged for Stickman to ride with one of his team mates on the soccer team. We had never been to their house so I finally had an opportunity to use the navigation portion of OnStar.
Now being a man, I would not really “need” the navigation piece. I do not follow directions nor look at maps and would absolutely not want a woman ( OnStar’s voice is a pleasant sounding woman) to tell me where to go…
I am of course kidding! With the address in hand I quickly pressed the OnStar button on the rear view mirror and waited. The OnStar representative was on the phone very quickly offering assistance. She looked up the address for me and sent the directions to my truck.
I am not unfamiliar with navigation as I use it all of the time on my Android phone, but OnStar is nice because their is no map to look at, making it a very safe way to get from point A to point B. We arrived at the teammates house and then we were off to football!
Pork Chop , shown above, plays tackle football for the Pearland Patriots. He plays on the five and six year old team. I know that you are remembering the news story last week, but his team was not the group that got into the melee. In fact his coaches are some of the most professional and dedicated coaches that I have ever seen in youth sports. 
While he was at practice I slipped away to the Silverado so that I could check out all of the interior. I had not really spent any time just looking around in the truck since we camped he first weekend.
The first thing I noticed was the very nice center console. There is a lot of storage room in it. It has a place to store pens on the side, several compartments in the inside to store paperwork, wallets and as you can see here my camping knife. Under the top console is a larger one that is big enough to hold a small to medium sized purse and maybe even a small laptop such as a netbook.
After I checked out everything that opened and closed I moved on to the awesome radio. I like to listen to a variety of music and news stations. Some of the great stations that are on the dial are Bloomberg Radio, CNN and Fox News. Of course there was almost every sport as well including MLB, NBA, NHL and a station dedicated to the various college division.
My favorite right now is 90’s on 9. I graduated from high school in 1991 so this is right up my alley. I have used XM Radio before and it is very nice on long road trips. We often drive 10 hours up to Northwest Texas and I spend a lot of time hunting for radio stations. This solves the problem.
Well I am feeling very bad today so I am going to end this post!
- Spark Dad
* This month I am a part of the Chevy Weekend Warriors team hosted by the Local Houston Area Chevy Dealers. As a Weekend Warrior I am provided a Chevrolet Silverado to drive, gift cards to subsidize gas usage, gift cards to various stores such as Academy to complete missions to highlight vehicle features and my blog is highlighted on www.gottalovechevyhouston.com. All of my opinions are however my own and the Houston Area Chevy Dealers do not guide my posts. I will tell you when I do not like something on the vehicle.
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