Posted by Michelle on January 25, 1998 at 17:45:16:

It was about 2 months ago and I was over at a friends house. Karla's father and her boyfriend were getting ready to watch the football game. This did not appeal to us girls so we decided to do some shopping. We walked outside and got in Faye's(Karla's mother) Ford Explorer. Faye was wearing a red sweater and blue jeans. She was also wearing suntan colored hose and some black sandals with thin straps and a 3" or so heel. Karla was also wearing jeans and had on a pair of red leather flats. Faye started the truck and started to pump the gas pedal with her sandaled foot. She then eased up on the gas pedal and reached down to her foot. She unbuckled the strap going around her ankle and slipped her sandal off. She then took her left sandal off. I was sitting in back, watching all of this unfold before my eyes. Faye then placed her left foot on the brake and shifted in reverse to back out of the driveway. She then shifted into drive and we were off. A stop sign came up and I noticed something else exciting. She was a left footed braker. I also noticed that Faye moved her foot around on the gas pedal alot. We got on the freeway and she gunned the truck using just her toes on the bottom of the gas pedal. What happened next is something you just do not see often. Apparently she had an itch on her foot so she removed her right stockinged foot off the gas and replaced it briefly with her left foot! She then raised her foot and put it on her seat. She scratched the bottom of her foot for a few seconds then placed her right foot back on the gas. Faye saw me staring at her then asked me if I thought her driving barefoot was a little strange. I told her no and that I do it myself. She felt better. Faye said her husband thinks driving barefoot is something that should not be done. I was thinking to myself. Boy, this guy does not know what he is missing. Anyway, we got to the mall and shopped for about 2 hours. After spending enough money, we headed back to the car. Karla offered to drive. Faye said ok and handed Karla the keys. We all piled in the truck with myself jumping in the back again. Karla slid behind the wheel and adjusted the seat slightly back. She then placed her left foot on the back of her right flat, allowing her right foot to slip out of it. She was going to drivebarefoot also! This was just to much. Mother and daughter both driving shoeless. Her technique was not as exciting but did drive with her toes alot. She did not drive with her left foot. In fact, she never even took her left shoe off. We did make a quick stop with both of Karla's feet slamming the brake down. That was nice, with on shoe on and the other one off. Nothing else eventful happened though. We made it back home just as the game was finishing. I had a good time. We did it again the next week. I knew Karla drove barefooted, but I figured that her mom didn't. Boy was I wrong. We went to a movie the next week. We went in my car this time. I even let her mom drive. She knew how to drive a stick as their other car has one. But this is another story.